Posted by headachequeen on July 13, 2004, at 8:26:13
In reply to Re: Topamax » Momof4, posted by luddy on July 13, 2004, at 6:50:08
> Hi there! I've been on Topamax since Feb. and I also had the tingeling in my fingers, toes & cheeks. I just recently realized it has gone away. I am also on 50mg. (I take it for Migraine prevention). I've also started taking Wellbutrin for depression....so I'm not sure if that Rx has caused the tingeling to stop. Also, does it happen for you every day or not? It would only happen to me every so often.
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> I also did not notice any change in my appetite, therefore did not lose any weight. But once I started on Wellbutrin....I have absolutely NO appetite and I've lost almost 10 pounds in just a few weeks. I would have to agree with headachequeen. It might also mess with your blood sugar...seems to have changed mine, too! I've become anemic. I feel it's the Topamax...but who knows.
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> Good luck with everything! Hope this helps.Well, mes amis, in the past few days I have noticed that the tingling has stopped. No more electric stabbing in my feet and hands and I can't say I miss it. I am not about to stop my campaign to have the tegretol changed of course!!! I am still relying on the topomax to make the silly stuff work!!! and I keep thinking of the people who tell me about the tingling in the face that comes with tegretol... I have suffered some of the facial tingling.. thank heaven nothing like the tingling I experienced in my feet and hands!!!
But for the moment it has stopped and I am greatly appreciative...However, while the Topomax has the headache situation under control and has shored up the effect of the tegretol, limiting the seizures, they are still happening, one last night and one the night before and I have lost count of the number of them now...
they are at the point now that my legs move during the seizure, no more of these passive seizures... and that is not a happy thought...
so tegretol is not working...
and how can topomax help if the stuff is not working at all???You mentioned anaemia... is this a shortage of B12? it can be dealt with through injections of B12... I have been anaemic for years and getting injections once a month...it increases fatigue when I miss a shot...
I have a suspicion that this may be another redhead thing...
kat
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