Posted by galkeepinon on July 5, 2003, at 19:32:56
In reply to Re: what dose were you at that you lost 20 lbs.?, posted by Gabbix2 on July 5, 2003, at 17:18:56
Hi Gabbix, do you take 200mg all at night of the Topamax now or in the day??? Oh My Gosh!!!!!!!! I can't believe you mentioned something-it gets me excited because I gained a lot of weight on some of the other meds out there over the past years. You said this>>>>>>"I didn't even notice a significant appetite decrease, it must work on metabolic factors as well." I want to do some research on this. I think there is so much more going on with this Topamax than people know. I read somewhere that in 2004 the FDA is going to market it as an appetite suppressant (another pseudo-Phen-Phen, but better) You said that you didn't notice a significant appetite decrease but still lost weight. I'm at the point now on Topamax, that my appetite is slowly coming back, but I'm still losing and I'm thinking a lot about this same concept about the issue of Topamax being a metobolic working substance-the med has some astounding chemistry.
gal
I just thought I'd let you know.
> Pardon my interrupting, but when it comes to weight gain/loss, I find its rarely considered rude.
> I was on Effexor xr, and gained about 30 lbs really quickly, I was then put on Paxil, I didn't gain weight but didn't lose any either. My Pdoc
> put me on topamax simply to counter the possible effect of the weight gain from the Paxil, because he knows how devasting it is (One of the few who takes it seriously)
> I was at about 150 mgs, and the weight just dropped off. Which is incredible cause it made me so tired at first. I'm now at 200mg, and
> Though I haven't weighed myself, I can wear clothes I couldn't wear 3 years ago. I've lost about 4 sizes in 3 months. I didn't even notice a significant appetite decrease, it must work on metabolic factors as well.
> I just thought I'd let you know.
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> Oh by the way I'm not prone to drastic weight loss. Even when I was put on dexedrine and thyroid meds I didn't drop weight like that.
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