Posted by helenag on June 18, 2004, at 21:22:59
In reply to Re: Has topomax helped, posted by rainy on June 15, 2004, at 21:18:49
> I'm barging in--interrupting really--apologies. I've been on serzone, 400 mgs which is going off market. Stopped taking lamictal and began feeling better but went into mild hypomania--too much energy, needed to paint the hall NOW--3 to 4 hours of sleep OK, that sort of stuff. Better now. On 300 mgs Topamax which keeps me from bulemia and and drinking, although it keeps me in a mild absent minded fuzz. pdoc wants to restart wellbutrin at 400 mgs augmented with 200 mgs trazodone (wellbutrin pooped out on me before serzone came on scene.) Anybody had any experience with this stuff? I don't want to gain weight on deseryl. I don't want to get seriously depressed again. I'm 62 and bpII. again, sorry for interrupting.
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I've been on Topamax for a year, dose at 300mg, which is now at 200mg. At 300mg for several months and then the side effects for some reason really began to get to me. Maybe because I stopped drinking?Topamax helped level my moods. I do put up with side effects: tingling in the feet, the "stupids", dry eyes, tiredness, and yes, I have lost weight from loss of appetite. Infact, today I realized at 3:45pm that I had not eaten yet for the day.
I had asked my pdoc about the side effects and I noted myself that when I accidently forgot my morning 100mg dose, I was not as tired nor as foggy. As an experiment, I skipped that dose for a week and found an improvement in all the side effects except the appetite loss. The cognitive slowness was beginning to really bother me as I couldn't recall names of people, objects, etc.. and it made me look incredibly wierd in front of people who knew nothing about my psych meds. Instead, I appeared like a dip-sh*t. Or like someone on some kind of street drug.
One person's experience....hope it helps rounds out your answer. helen
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