Posted by bridgey1128 on February 3, 2004, at 8:33:14
In reply to Re: topomax » tmg, posted by headachequeen on February 2, 2004, at 19:46:41
Prozac made me bonkers! It made me very agitated. I could only take it for a week! Welbutrin I took for about 3 months and it made my mouth SOOOO dry..this was just LOVELY since I was doing a show at the time. NICE trying to sing under hot lights when you feel like your mouth already has 15 cotton balls stuffed in it! It KINDA worked but never really did much..it eventually started making me nuts too. I guess that is where my bipolar comes in. I shouldn't have been taking it to begin with. It did the same thing to my brother who was taking it to help him stop smoking. I never did black out with the Welbutrin but it never did much for me anyway. I didn't like the Effexor at all. When I was on it, it was ok, but it never did anything but boost my libido through the freaking roof. When I tried to COME OFF IT, now THAT was another story. It was the most horrid thing I have ever had to do! Brain shivers, headaches, diziness. I felt like I wanted to die. This went ON AND ON AND ON. I finally just STOPPED taking it because I realized weaning was just going to keep it going and if I was going to have side effects I might as well have them with nothing as well as something. They stopped abruptly when I took an Ativan. I dunno what it did to stop them but it helped EMMENSELY. I would lie there at night before then and listen to this ch ch ch going on in my ears every 5 secs. It's like having your own percussion section in your head at all hours. I actually STILL have that problem now although I am not sure if it's now associated with the Topomax or not. Anyway, not much to add but thought I would put my two cents in anyway.
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