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Started out with face tingling about a week taking it primiraly o...

Posted at 9: 7 AM on Oct 03, 2007 by cuini, #24082
Started out with face tingling about a week taking it primiraly on the right side of my face. About 3 weeks into taking the medication I experienced Experience weakness on left side of body which included unable to lift left arm and left leg, unable to stand by self, involuntary tremors to the hands, fingers, legs and mouth, difficulty speaking, very emotional, very tired. Was hospitalized because emergency room doctor felt that the effects were due to reaction to an MRI dye 6 hours before. Was released next morning with slight improvements in left side of body strength, speech slowness cycled from normal to extremely slow, additionally the involuntary tremors with the hands, fingers, legs and mouth continued as well as the emotions, actions like eating and bathing required a lot concentration and caused extreme tiredness.
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Reply about 1 year ago on Dec 26, 2007 by nickat, #3629

Thank you for your post, I experienced something very similar on November 12, 2007. I was taking 150 mg of Topamax a day for Migraines, and while I was on an airplane, I was unable to move the right side of my body and couldn't speak for a period of time. I, too, had a MRI, and it said I hadn't had a stroke. The neurologists I spoke too just said that I had experienced a migraine with unusual aura. Which I thought was odd. Now, I am wondering if there is something with Topamax?

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