Today is day 8 on Topamax. The only symptoms I've really had wer...

I've been on Topamax for four months for essential tremor and migraines. Not only has it helped my tremor, almost completely eliminated my migraines, improved my mood (which i didn't realize needed improved until it improved), improve my speech issue (a slight stutter that was only noticable to me), but I have lost 45 lbs. I have a few neg. side effects, but the parathesia (tingling) has nearly disappeared. There is the sexual disfunction, but being single anyway, that's not a problem for me (been single for a long time, so I'm not missing anything). Soda tastes like dish soap, but that's one reason why I've lost so much weight, I don't drink soda anymore. Go topamax!

BTW, I take 100mg twice a day.

Wow, I wish I could say that the weight loss has done me that way. I am currently taking 75mg per day. I am at the end of week three. I am going up my dosage this evening by 25mg so starting today I'll be on 100mg per day and it's the beginning of week 4 and I have only lost 3lbs and unfortunately 2 of those lbs are 2lbs I had gained over the holidays so I halfway don't even count those b/c I prolly would have lost those anyway after resuming my normal diet. Anyway, I don't drink sodas anymore anyway, but I am really frustrated to have been on Topamax for nearly a month now and have only lost 3lbs. I'd like to lose 15 more lbs. It seems like it's gonna take forever. :o( My doctor has only approved for me to be on 100mg per day, so I don't even know if he'll up my dosage when I go and see him on next Thursday or not. We'll see.