Topamax and one minute

I've been on Topamax since just Tuesday, 10/9/07. I find that I get very tired a couple hours after taking it and I have horrible nightmares and very dark thoughts, too. Diet coke tastes so HORRBILE which is bad because I loved my diet cokes, but then again I guess that's good b/c I need to stop drinking them anyway. My worst side effect is that I have horrible mood swings. Is this normal? Is this going to go away over time? Because if not, I'm going to stop taking it now. This is not like me and I am not going to subject my family to this - losing weight is not THAT important to me. Thanks for any help. :(

P. S. I'm taking 25 mg in the morning, afternoon and evening.

Taking Topamax for 2 years started out at 25 mgs 3 times a day for a mood stabalizer (bi-polar). Had tingling in hands and feet sometimes in face. Lost waight, pop tasts nasty, sleepy, short term memory loss, slurred speach. Now I take 100mg at bed time have no symptoms except I still am able to controll my eating (had a problem with over eating) no more road rage but I still felf a little depressed and did cry so I was not to stable until Citalopram 10mg at bedtime and Adderall XL 10mg in the morning was added. Now I finally feel like a totaly normal person. No more anxiety, mood swings, crying, paranoia,or any other weird stuff. I feel pretty good. Rarely I get pins and needles in my hands or feet or I forget where I put something.

ok i was put on topamax for hyperactivity.. well while on it, i seem to experience some form of attack... my body would get all tingly, i would feel stoned and not in my body for a few minutes.. i would feel like i was going to cry,not in control. afterwards i would be very quiet and tired.. the feeling of wanting to cry would only last one minute or so.. but the tired feeling would last for a few hours.. i have been off of topamax for over a year now and i am still experiencing this effect... i've never had these little attacks ever before being on topamax.. now i have them once a month or so.. this is the only thing i can think of.. is it possible that topamax has long lived side effects?????

I've been on Topamax for nearly a month now. My biggest complaint is I can't remember whether I'm coming or going! It's ridiculous. The toe tingling went away after a couple of weeks. The abdominal pain isn't as bad as it has been. I cannot tolerate taking my 100mg dose in divided doses during the day because it makes me sleepy at work, so I take them both at night. I've had two headaches since beginning this new medication. Good ol' Imitrex injection saved the day both times, but that was after the vomiting subsided and I was able to pack my head in ice. I have been moody, quick to anger one minute and sad and near tears the next. At 52, I've suffered migraines since I was 3. I'm irritated by people who can function, ie: walk around, laugh, joke etc. while touting they have a "migraine" while those of who really suffer are looked at by others as if we are slackers, crazy, or "drug seekers". I just wish someone would come out with something, anything that would work without any side effects whatsoever...but doesn't everybody, for every disease.