http://www.medications.com/se/Topamax Recent side effects for Topamax Mon, 05 May 2008 00:31:22 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30190 Currently on and will be calling the doctor tomorrow to stop after reading everything tonight. I have the migraines still, I have the tingles in all the weird places, everything taste like pooh, which is wonderful, seeing that I myself am overweight and do http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30190 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:51:37 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30076 I took Topamax for 6 months. I am a control freak by nature and really liked the drug at the start when I took 25 mg.; however, like most people who take Topamax know, you increase the dosage until you get to 100 mg. By the time I got to 75 mg. I was a b http://www.medications.com/effect/view/30076 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:11:03 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29941 I dont know if it has anything to do with Topamax but i think i may be doing some weird stuff in my sleep or not sleeping as much as i think i am. i would call it cat napping. other than that, the first 2 months were horrible. i had the numbness in the han http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29941 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:04:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29928 I started taking Topamax 3 weeks ago. My Neurologist started me on the 25mg dose and gradually moved me up to the 75mg dose. I've had several different side effects. I don't like this medication at all. I want to stop it but I'm afraid because all the http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29928 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:44:18 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29907 headaches,nausea,fatigue,irritability,blurred vision,terrible loss of memory,inability to eat,depression,diarrhea http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29907 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:42:49 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29710 After taking Topamax for six months, I found my self different person.... I started feeling this way just in the first few weeks after I started the medication, but the simptoms incleased with the time....Anxiety, nervousness, panick attacks, negative thin http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29710 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:59:50 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29617 I started taking Topamax 3 weeks ago, 25mg for the first week then up to 75mg starting week 2. I am also on Effexor,150mg 1 per day.. I feel good and have had a loss of appetite. My thinking is a little fogged and I must concentrate a bit harder. I starte http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29617 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:10:35 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29452 I began Topamax in August after 6 months of ongoing severe migraines. They stopped immediately. My DR had warned me of weight loss but I thought who cares? I weighed 130 at the time. I have had a fatigue problem for years so I really can't attribute th http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29452 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:37:22 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29424 Our pediatrician wants to put our 7 and a half year old son on Topamax. After reading these posts, I think we need to find another alternative. Thanks for the insight! http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29424 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:31:29 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29415 I posted this on Mar 15th regarding my experience with Topamax... I took Topamax for only 4 days. I ended up in the ER on Feb 22nd because I felt like I was going to pass out, getting dizzy, couldn't concentrate or think, numbness, rapid heart beat, sho http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29415 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:34:36 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29382 I have been on Topamax for a month and a half and agree that cotton mouth , tin tasting drinks, no appetite, no focus and fatigue are the greatest side effects but yesterday someone at work said since I have been on it I am "edgy" guess that means I am a p http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29382 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:51:11 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29170 I am feeling HORRIBLE! I can't taste anything normally either. My mind is mush, I cant go to the bathroom without breathing like I ran a marathon, I lost 20 pds in less than 2 weeks ( which puts me at 110). I slur, I have cotton mouth, can't sleep, I stare http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29170 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:16:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29131 Ive only taken the pill 2 times so far. Already looking for the reason why my Dr. Pepper tastes bad, and I haven't slept since I took the very first one. I studder and can not complete sentences after I take it. I have a call in to the Dr. He said it will http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29131 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:20:06 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29009 I've been taking Topamax for a couple of months now to help with my lifelong (I'm 47) migraines. I had been taking at least 10 Axerts each month, using Amyltriptyline about twice a month, and had completed one lifetime's supply of Aleve (my belly revolted http://www.medications.com/effect/view/29009 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:21:40 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28977 I started Topamax a month ago. My neurologist told me to start out taking 50mg in the morning and evening. I am a nurse and have read that this med needs to be started out on small doses and slowly increase every few days. When I questioned him about it http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28977 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:38:04 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28892 I have been on Topamax for 4 months and so far the migraines I have suffered for 40 years are gone. Great Some side effects like can't stand carbonated drinks. Reaction time is a little slower. I stress out a little more then I used to. I get really tired http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28892 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:49:55 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28874 I had what I thought was a sinus infection for three months, I was treated with various antibiotics and Prednisone. Finally a CT Scan was done and I had clear sinuses. I was having pain/tingling under my eyes, extreme tension in my cheeks, jaw, neck and http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28874 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:43:15 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28791 I have been on Topamax for several years now for crippling migraines. I now take 125 mg at bedtime. I once tried to take myself off of it but, the headaches came back worse than ever So... I went back on. some say that it works because migraines are like a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28791 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:34:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28498 My 6 year old daughter is taking topamax. Since the time she been taking it she has forgotten who she was and everyone around her, she went for an excellent student to not be able to do simple things like reading writing and math. She does even seem like t http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28498 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:38:33 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28481 Hi, Reading all of your posts. I have been 100mg of Topamax for three years now and my side effects consist of tingle of the fingers/hands/feet, oily T zone (face), short term memory loss, extreme fatigue, loss of taste. which I don't think is necessary a http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28481 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:55:46 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28401 hi started my topamax 25 mg at bedtime i take it for migranes been top for 3 weeks now i have noticed side effects however iam taking other meds and im having trouble distinguishing which side effect goes with what lol ..e.g.. paxil for anxiety , pani http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28401 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:26:11 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28400 I was on 200 mg/day of topamax for migraines. It did lessen the frequency and severity of the migraines. I lost 20 lbs and looked great. I felt horrible. I was suicidal and paranoid, cried frequently and thought that I was going to die. I was very tir http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28400 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:20:57 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28376 I just think people should be aware of what this drug almost did to my sister. After only being on it for days on 25mg dose she began to developer blurred vision. She immediately called the doctor whom shrugged her off and then my mother rushed her to th http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28376 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:24:43 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28355 Here is the link to the information about vitamin deficiency and medications. You can search different types of meds so I hope it is helpful...this is where I was able to go through and figure out which vitamins would be useful for me to take to help with http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28355 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:48:18 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28343 I just started taking Topamax due to having headaches everyday. I have been experiencing tingling, zoning out, confusion and body odor. I noticed some of these on others posts, but am I the only one that is having a body odor problem?? Not only that but I http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28343 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:41:38 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28281 I have been back on 125mg of Top for about 9 months now. I tried it for 1 year prior to this with too many side effect. I have taken it for migraines and an eating disorder. Instead of helping this time around I believe it triggered emotional issues, panic http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28281 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:12:53 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28273 Been taking Topamax 300 mg a day for the past 4 year. I also take 450 mg of Wellbutrin. This is to help with migraine. Although my total count of Zomig pills I took last year was 120 pills and some of those I broke in half so I wouldn't have to use a wh http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28273 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:03:27 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28235 Has anyone experienced hypersomnia with Topamax? My son just started taking it a couple of weeks ago and now I can't wake him up in the mornings. Not just tired... but literally unwakeable. Then he has sleep drunkenness once he eventually wakes up in the m http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28235 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:26:29 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28175 I've been on Topamax since Sept 2007 and the only side effects I have had were at the beginning were the tingling in the hands and feet when I was brining my dosage up. Soda tastes awful but I no longer drink it and that is a godsend after being a heavy d http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28175 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:15:07 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28157 I take 200mg a day (100mg in the morning and 100mg at night) for seizures. It has been my miracle drug. Granted the side effects were awful. But I did my research before starting it again. I had taken it previously for migraines and couldn't tolerate it. I http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28157 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:49:55 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28083 I have been on Topamax for 2 years for maigranes. I am 50yrs. old and suffered with headaches from the time I was 14 yrs. old. I used to wish I could just die to end the headaches I had all the time. Most Dr.'s didn't know how to treat me. Then I found one http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28083 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:46:12 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28044 I took Topamax for only 4 days. I ended up in the ER on Feb 22nd because I felt like I was going to pass out, getting dizzy, couldn't concentrate or think, numbness, rapid heart beat, shortness of breath and this was intensified by anxiety from all this st http://www.medications.com/effect/view/28044 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:08:00 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27995 I have been on Topamax for a year. I am on a low dose of 25mgs morning and night for Migraine prevention (instead of the Verapamil I had been taking for years). I am pleased with the results. No migraines. I do not drink soda any more due to the after http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27995 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:13:18 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27919 I am a 35 year old female.I have been taking Topamax 100mg for over a year now, I went from weighing 155 down to 125 and my migraines have decreased a lot.I still get some but I will take a Maxalt as back-up and it takes it right away. I do believe I have http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27919 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:48:57 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27790 Topamax causes side effects like agitation, restlessness, depressions, difficulty in breathing, frequent change in body temperature. To know more on Topamax side effects and drugs that interact and increase the intensity of the side effect visit http://www http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27790 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:06:27 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27785 Okay, this is the comprehensive list memory loss, cognitive damage, exhaustion, mood swings, suicidal ideation, paranoid ideation, auditory hallucinations, depression, daily weeping. Dry mouth, enamel stripped off teeth, no sweating, constipation and http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27785 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:59:19 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27784 I took it for severe epilepsy. I had two children on it fine, no problems. It put my epilepsy into complete remission, but for all the years I took it my life was destroyed by the emotional and mental side effects. Ended up homeless and in a domestic vi http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27784 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:00:56 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27648 2 yrs ago I was diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy. I have been on Topamax since, because of the severe pain it causes. I have never experienced weight loss and I was on up to 400mg a night. I am now on 200mg a night. My tastes are fine and my drinking s http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27648 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:16:45 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27578 I'm on Topamax, Atenolol, and Citalopram...all for migraine prevention. We added the Topamax to the regimen (100/day) about 6 months ago. The first 6 weeks were the worst for side effects, especially the metallic taste, tingling hands, 'stupid' feeling, http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27578 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:18:08 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27542 I've been on this garbage for about 2 months and today will be my last day. Just a bad feeling deep within my body since I've been on it. It's really hard to explain, along with all the other SE's, the terrible soda taste, tingles in feet and hands...I fin http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27542 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:14:35 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27509 I have been on TOPAMAX for over a year and until recently I didn't realize I was suffering from any side effects. It helps the content headaches and the weight loss is great. In the past six months I have been suffering from severe chest pains, you would t http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27509 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:30:14 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27473 I have been on Topamax for the last year for migraines but during the same time period, started having problems with my eyes. I thought it was an infection from my contacts so I stopped wearing them plus my eye make up. I have been to 5 doctors and they al http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27473 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:30:47 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27423 I have been on Topamax for 3 or 4 months now for migraine headaches. I love it. I use to get cluster headaches everyday for a while now not at all. I get the tingling in the hands and sometimes in the feet. But only in the morning and not all the time. The http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27423 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:54:55 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27362 25 mg 2x a day to 100 mg 2 x a day will cut back to 100 mg 1 x a day because of the sinus/ ear problems however i began taking as a mood stabilizer/weight management drug and it has been wonderful. side effects have included tingling in hands, feet and fa http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27362 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:45:09 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27358 I am also experiencing hair loss and have been on Topamax about 2 months. I had no idea this was a side effect. I initially lost weight which was wonderful, but then my weight dipped so low my family and friends thought I was anorexic. I was finally wearin http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27358 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:15:41 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27332 I have been taking this for about two weeks and have just ramped up to 50 mg. I had a closed head injury last November and have been suffering from balance, headache and memory issues since. Doctor put me on Topamax for headaches and I have had the eye che http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27332 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:53:18 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27312 This is my third time on Topamax...and I am weaning myself off again...The first time I loved it! I don't drink pop so I could care less about the taste issues. I suffered some tingling so I took Magnesium for that, some fatigue, low blood pressure, etc. B http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27312 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:17:56 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27256 Recently my evening dosage of Topamax has been increased to 200mg. Since the very first night I have experienced nightmares. This is very unusual for me, however, these dreams are so intense I generally wake my husband from his sleep with horrible scream http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27256 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:00:15 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27230 I have been on Topamax for four months for epilepsy and I love it. I do experience some of the above mentioned side effects but my seizures were not grand mal seizures they were absence seizures. so the memory loss thing is a non issue for me, as far as http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27230 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:18:50 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27181 I have been taking Epilim on and off over a period of many years now, the main side effects I have experienced are the following, loss of appetite, confusion with words, short term memory problems., difficultly recalling long term memory data, eg, ppls. n http://www.medications.com/effect/view/27181