Topamax used for mania

Topamax side effects are insane! Any advice on how long this lasted for you and if I should push through? Topamax caused me nonstop pain for months on end. I wanted to die. I've had lifelong chronic migraines and (at that point) was already accustomed to dealing with daily head pain, but topiramate escalated it to an unmanageable level. I took topamax for 20 years, with several breaks to try new medications. Topamax has serious side effects, but you have to take it for a long time before those effects are permanent. Originally I posted this in response to someone else's thread but I noticed a lot of people post similar threads asking about experiences with Topamax and weight loss so I thought I'd copy and paste this into my own for maximum visibility. Edit: Added an extra tip Edit2: Added another 1. If taking for weight loss that you want to keep off forever, be prepared to stay on this med forever. I. Topamax was one of the only preventatives that has worked for me. I got the brain fog, the lack of appetite, some sleep issues (I kept waking up earlier every morning), the change in the taste of carbonation. All of that was worth it for fewer migraines--even the brain fog while getting my PhD in science. The fact that you regain migraines during topamax means that it stop working for you and based on personal experience, higher dosages increase your risk of worsening your headache. Propranolol will not make you gain actual weight, just increase slightly your water intake and try to be in a calorie deficit. 12 votes, 47 comments. Hi friends! After being denied Ozempic 100000 times by my insurance, my doctor put me on Topamax for weight loss. This is an… I take these together. There's no side effects taking topamax and setraline together. My doctor also reassured me, otherwise I wouldn't be prescribed them. If you're taking topamax for seizures then sertraline can lower seizure threshold, but I think it's better than the other options. I haven't had a seizure while taking it. I took Topamax over 20 years ago, and easier weight loss was a side effect but the other side effect was that I lost brain function and I wish I were kidding. It was horrible. There's a reason it's nicknamed Dopamax. It made me unable to formulate thoughts or sentences, remember simple words like 'store', god, it was terrible. Topiramate (brand name Topamax) is an anticonvulsant medication commonly prescribed for prophylaxis against migraine and epileptic seizures. More recently, it has been utilized off-label as an effective treatment for various disorders, including alcohol use disorder, binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, borderline personality disorder.

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