http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476 First I want to say, after reading several posts, that it seems a lot of you are taking Topamax without food, which may be causing your "spaciness." My doctor suggested always taking it with food, even though it says with or without food, and I only experi Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:54:32 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=18232 Interesting theory about Topamax and hormones . I started taking Topamax in August 2008 for migraines , titrating from 25mg to 50mg . Have only 2 or 3 real migraines since , and I was getting 5 -10 a month. Tingly hands and feet right away as well as blurr http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=18232 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:15:30 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=18272 hi - great to hear from you - I think a lot of the forgetfulness and insomnia is from the drug itself but is also a peri-menopause symptom. It's strange that I didn't have the most common ones people complained about - I only had a little bit of the tingl http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=18272 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:16:47 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=18964 It is so comforting to hear of people with the same "rare" side effects. I was only on Topamax for 7 days (25mg) and had to stop because of that breathless feeling. It seems like I just can't get enough air into my lungs. I have been off of the drug for http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=18964 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:57:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=18967 hi there - I'm sorry you're having the same problem - I'd love to print this out for my neurologist - I'm still not sure he really believes my cough and breathing trouble were from the drug. I was on it about 4 months and it took 2-3 weeks for the breathi http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=18967 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:07:40 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=19173 Hello, I had a scary, puzzling episode of facial numbness on the left side of my face today. It started in the middle of the night when I woke up and felt like my throat was swelled up and I couldn't breathe, also very dry. I got up to get ready for wor http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=19173 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:27:45 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=19174 migraines can cause facial numbness, that happens to me sometimes, though not quite to the extent yours was. Not sure if it was the Topamax or not. http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=19174 Thu, 14 May 2009 22:44:38 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=19840 I have been taking Topamax for four months. I also have alot of side effects; difficulty concentrating, can't spell, can't do math in my head, tingling in hands and feet, hair is falling out.... Before I started taking the Topamax, I was prescribed Nadol http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=19840 Sat, 16 May 2009 02:22:46 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=19867 my breathing trouble started about a week after I started the Nadolol - before that it was just a dry cough. I think the combination of the two is what did me in, and even though I stopped taking the Nadolol it didn't get better. The doctor can tell me w http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=19867 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:04:22 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=22664 Hi, Brbarb. :) So glad you posted this. Yes, the docs are quacks! (Some are, anyway.) I've only been on Topomax (or should I say Dopomax?!) for a week. 25 mg. The first 4 days I had a raging headache, not a migraine, but a headache. (And didn't have a hea http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=22664 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:49:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=22725 I am a 26 year old female and have been on Topamax for about 1 month now. I am relieved in a way to see that some others have had some of the same side effects that I have and yet have had positive results with this medication. I have tried so many other http://www.medications.com/effect/view/39476?item=22725