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Topamax is w/out a doubt the WORST drug I've ever been on. It ma...

Posted at 5:24 AM on Aug 12, 2007 by topamaxbraindamage, #22893
Topamax is w/out a doubt the WORST drug I've ever been on. It made me brain dead. I couldn't find a job on Topamax. I would be in interviews and would space out and couldnt' answer questions. People looked at me like I was crazy. I felt like I had Alzheimer's at 38, especially when my neuro prescribed Exelon, the drug for Alzheimer's to counteract the cognitive side effects. As I said, couldn't find a job, had no insurance. My topa-lovin' neuro was giving it to me and getting me on the patient=ass program through Johnson/Johnson, the maker's of TM. She didn't want to help me get on another anticonvulsant PA program. Finally, I had to charge another med on my credit card because I couldn't take this toxic gunk in my body anymore. The decay of my mind has escalated to the point that I don't know if I will ever be back to myself again. BEWARE of this drug. I haven't even covered the eye pain, insomnia, headaches, leg cramps (i can go on).
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Reply 11 months ago on Sep 11, 2007 by ssearcy07, #1730

I have had the same problems. Are you still on Topamax? I want to stop taking mine. I am down to 25 mg a day. I feel like i am goin crazy. Did the Exelon help. Please tell me there was a light at the end of the tunnel for you? I feel like i am losing my mind from Topamax. I am 36 and my memory is so bad all because of this med. What finally helped you?
Thanks Sherri

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