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i started taking topamax because of my migraines which i would wa...
| Posted at 5:36 AM on Sep 04, 2007 by purplerose813916, #23365 |
i started taking topamax because of my migraines which i would wake up with them daily. the first week i started topamax 25 mg.(once a day) i was dizzy, lightheaded, silly, "drugged" sleepy (all day), stumbled over my feet, my head was "cloudy". now is my 5th week and i am 25mg in the am and 25mg at bedtime. i don't feel silly anymore. no migraines!!! i am happy now. i get tingly fingers and toes but that is nothing compared to my head throbbing every day all day long. sometimes my chest feels tight but i don't know if thats related to the drug or not. overall, i am satisfied after i got through the initial start-up phase. i did have to stop taking my birth control pills though because they wont be as effective. :(
actually, recent research has shown that only at the higher doses used for seizure patients (since this med was originally meant for those with epilepsy, and these people take about 400mg/day) does it cause the liver to digest estrogen at an increased rate...which is the reason birth control is less effective. So you should be fine if only at 100 mg to remain on birth control and topamax but use another contraceptive method perhaps around ovulation and if taking antibiotics.
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