Posted by Storm Rider on February 17, 2006, at 12:57:29
In reply to Re: topomax, posted by SandyWeb on February 17, 2006, at 10:08:54
> Hi all,
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> I just started Topamax on the 7th. I take 25mg at bedtime and another 25mg in the morning. I'm not finding any problems with it so far other than:
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> 1. each morning I wake up with a headache!! Crazy, huh? I thought this med was also prescribed for migraines. I'm assuming my body is just adjusting to the new med, and the ibuprofen helps just fine.
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> 2. pop or coffee tastes too sweet. That's a GOOD thing, right? Yeah!! I find I'm drinking a lot more milk and water now.
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> 3. Any sugary foods I tend to "regurgitate" (sorry about that!). So I'm trying to eat just plain, healthy foods now.
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> And this is just the beginning. Yippee. I can go up to a maximum of 400mg. I am actually replacing Gabapentin because it pooped out on me. Plus the other meds I'm on (especially the Remeron) make me eat and eat and eat.
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> I am finding that I like the way the Topamax makes me feel. I don't know how to describe it. It certainly seems to have an anti-anxiety property to it.
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> Anyways, I will SLOWLY be titrating my dose upwards. I figured I'd add another 25mg to a nighttime dose on the 22nd. Hopefully I won't ever have that problem of "word-recall" that so many people talk about.
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> God bless.
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> Sandra
>I am glad to hear that you are starting at 25 mg doses, but the 50 total is still too much...
the ideal way to start is to start at 25 in the evenings...
then increase by 25 mg after two weeks of adjustment time and again after two weeks and so on
IN THE EVENINGS until you reach the half dose (200 mg) and then start the morning dosages...
this will avoid the nausea and vomiting... been there and done that and didn't want the t-shirt or the cd...
and then re-read the information sheets the neurologist gave me when he gave me the prescription
the part that said, start in the evenings at two-week intervals until half the total dosage has been reached before taking morning dosage....
the part I had skimmed over...
there is a down-side to speed reading obviously...with the evening introduction and waiting to take the morning pills, things balanced and there was not the cognitive problem...
other than today's right and left mix up LOL
It is prescribed for migraines and it works...
but taking it too much too quickly and starting in the mornings for some reason messes up the system...
I never asked why.. didn't want to admit I had not read the destructions...
sigh...
kat
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