The same thing happened to me. It's been 10 years now. I'm stuck with this for life....
Well it's 2014 and the side effects of Topamax have been revised. Here's the kicker. "Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately:...
Hello develliott06. Yeah the spelling, math skills, etc. can be swiss-cheesed by this stuff. Your neurologist can explain more how it can affect your cognitive abilities. I was on a minimal dose and...
So I'm curious. Are you still having seizures? And if so are you conscious during them? Mine were originally like staring spells. I'd freeze up, couldn't move or much if at all, confused, I didn't...
And then there's Lipitor. A colleague was taking it for a brief time and was complaining about severe pain in his leg. He saw several doctors, had x-rays, etc. and they found nothing. He asked if the...
This is almost funny (really.) I was so upset by one of our previous exchanges that I chose to block your post. But when I get email notifications of replies to this thread I'll see yours because I...
I'm sorry that things got a little heated here. It's just very frustrating. I was given the same opinion by almost a dozen doctors for 2 years before I was finally diagnosed. It's still very...
I know three people who use topiramate for epilepsy and migraine prevention. It works very well for the two who take it for seizure control. The other who uses it for migraine prevention gets great...
"Those side effects go away. Specialist or not who says. I know that because, I was one of those people who was tested on it, before it became FDA approved. Before they put it out as a medication,...
You're very fortunate. The psychopharmachologist said I have an idiopathic response to medications hence all of the whacky adverse effects. For some reason my brain doesn't react to quite a few meds...
Yup. And a Topamax "specialist" was very surprised to learn about the side effects I was a having on the the minimal dose (cognitive functions, tingling, no feeling of bubbles in soda.) And oh yes I...
My god. This entire thread has overwhelmed me. It's like reading my life story for the past 6 years. I too took Topamax as a migraine preventative in November of 2005. It was prescribed by my new...