Posted by Sara Jo on January 20, 2003, at 14:27:07
In reply to Re: Topomax and Lexapro, posted by ROO on January 15, 2003, at 8:17:36
The side effects that I have experieced are as follows: cognitive--forgetting my students names/words to my daughters bedtime songs (delayed remembering); Numbness/tingling--fingers/feet and toes (so glad it's not my lips, knock on wood, I'm a musician); sexual--increased drive (which is quite a change from "don't touch me or even look at me"); Appetite--carbination makes me gag and I crave water. Lexapro seems to be working great for me. So far the combination has worked well but I've only been taking the medication for a few weeks. Thanks for the response!
> I've been on the Topamax a few months...it has affected me
> cognitively to some degree...can't think as sharply, etc., but
> it has subsided some with time. Side effects--well, it seems to make
> my lips numb, and my finger tips tingly and numb too. I also have sexual
> side effects with it. Things don't taste as good on it. At higher doses it
> seemed to depress me, so I lowered it, and raised my antidepressant dose and
> that seemed to help. I like the lexapro a lot and hardly have any side effects
> at all from it.
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poster:Sara Jo
thread:135766
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