Posted by headachequeen on August 21, 2005, at 13:54:17
In reply to Topamax increase - stupifying!, posted by ClearSkies on August 16, 2005, at 11:19:20
> I'm in the process of increasing my Topamax dosage from 25mg/day to 100mg/day as I've been having trouble with irrational and racing thoughts. I've been taking it slowly , just having finished a week at 50mg, and yesterday was my first 75mg day. Today I am in a complete stupor. I'm quite weak limbed, certain that I can drop off to sleep with no difficulty, and I think the only reason I don't have any irrational thoughts is because I'm too darn tired to create any thoughts at all.
> The dosage is broken up like this: 25mg upon waking, and 50mg at night. I am having troube falling asleep - no doubt because I'm getting all my winks during daylight.
> Am I turning into a vampire? Will I adjust, should I change the times I take the medication? Caffiene is of no help to me, it just makes me irritable and jumpy, but still tired.
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
> Other meds taken are 60mg Cymbalta at night, .5mg xanax as needed for anxiety and panic, and 10mg Ambien for sleep. My dx is bipolar2, GAD, and panic attacks.
> Thanks!
> ClearSkiesFor some reason my computer and I have not been in proper synch with each other; I think it needs some sort of help... and topomax is not going to be the help it needs...
at any rate, I am suddenly getting topamax messages days after they are posted....Clearskies.. I do like that name and I wish you days and days of nothing but clear skies...
you are increasing your dosage much too quickly, hence the stupor and fatigue...topamax is meant to be increased over longer periods of time... with two weeks at least between increments...
any shorter period of time means that you are ganging up on your system and your body simply cannot cope....
when I started taking topamax, the neurologist gave me a timetable that stressed the two week intervals as being a recommended guideline, one was to increase the dosage only if one's body was ready for it... if necessary one could take three weeks or longer before the next increase...don't rush the increments, let your body adjust to 25 mg then move up to 50 and so on...
many people find it easier on themselves to adjust by 12.5 mg at a time and over the three week period...a week is definitely not enough time no matter what the dose...
kat
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