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Re: new to topamax, question about dosage » epcake

Posted by Podwoman on March 30, 2003, at 17:23:07

In reply to new to topamax, question about dosage, posted by epcake on March 29, 2003, at 17:31:52

As far as I know, there is no magic timing re: meals. All I know is 200mg max at bed, then if you are taking more, you add it in the a.m.

It doesnt make me sleepy at all. I wonder why. Things that make you go hmmmm... LOL ! Karmagirl, you there?! Anyway, I'm on 400mg daily now, and have worked up to it sloooooooowly. I'm clinically obese, have once contracted gestational diabetes and have high blood pressure...am a gasget ready to blow, I guess. I have lost 12 pounds, with minimum 40 to go. I'm rarely hungry. And usually my eyes are bugger than my stomache.... I wish! LOL

Topamax totally killed my desire/totlerance for oily foods, sugary stuff, gave me a thirst like nothing I've expirienced before, turned me off to complex foods with breading, fried batters, etc. Sodas and carbonated drinks used to taste flat when I was on low doses of the Topo but now they taste downright funky. I usually drink water, Poweraid, or CrystalLight. Better for me anyway.

So, the side effects I live with at this dosage are occassional tingling/numbness in my fingers & feet. It used to bother me a lot, now it's fleeting and best described as annoying. When it comes on it only lasts a few minutes. Often I hear about constipation---I DO NOT have this promblem. I am as regular as a Swiss watch. Must be all the water. I have not had a single migraine (& I was a sufferer). I used to take AD and probably should now....I get a bit bitchy still and I refuse to take them (I balooned up on them). As far as "cognitive dullness" goes...Yea, I had some of that...It was fun at parties...Just kidding! LOL I felt pretty dumb for a while but it wore off. It all wears off....The side effects I mean.
--Podwoman


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