Posted by kudu on May 16, 2009, at 19:48:28
In reply to Re: What Topamax dose for weight loss?Dee » Enigma, posted by Vincent_QC on March 26, 2009, at 7:15:25
I just joined this message board just to respond to this string of posts! Boy, do I feel SO much better! I was googling around finding out more about Topamax and stumbled accross your string and relating to everyone! Thank you for the comic relief and making me feel normal!
I have been taking it for 6 weeks and am only up to 75mg 2x a day (150 total) for migraines (that weren't being controlled by other stuff) My nuerologist wants me to increase my 25 mg every week until the migraines are gone and not go above 200mg a day. She wants me to stay at 150mg if I can. I just had a small migraine last week (but it was a itty bitty manageble one).
My heels tingle. I am as dumb as a sack of rocks. I look at a pen and say, "can you hand me that thing that writes?". I feel that I had a stroke! Soda tastes salty too. I figured topamax was a better option than depakote becuase I thought maybe I would lose a couple of pounds.
I am hoping for the weight loss bonus. A colleague told me she starts to see the real weight loss at 300mg a day but it is usually for folks who are 60-80lbs overweight. So, I am going to stick with it and give it a college try to 200mg and just be a little stupid for awhile hoping it will wear off. I think of it as a humbling experience.
My husband is getting great comedy from it. I do fine on important stuff it is just the daily recall is where I have difficulty. Here is another example- "Do you have those things that turn on the car"... "You mean the keys"
Thanks for allowing me to post!
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