Posted by Lou Pilder on June 3, 2015, at 12:31:56
In reply to Topiramate sucess stories anyone?, posted by former poster on June 3, 2015, at 9:54:26
> My Pdoc put me on 100mg X3 daily for anxiety and insomnia. A few hours after taking the first tablet I felt incredible benzo-like calm so profound that I went to a graduation party. I had very little appetite however. When I got home that evening I stood outside and looked around my yard and colors seemed to be more intense, pleasurable and my hearing was more acute. Nausea side effect was also unbearable. That night was the best sleep I have had in months. The next day still nausea and also diarrhea all day. Now I'm affraid to take another pill.
f_p,
You wrote,[...My Pdoc put me on (Topamax) for anxiety and insomnia...].
The last time I looked at this drug it was illegal for it to be marketed by the drug company for psychiatric issues and was for seizure disorder and for migraine headaches. If this is still the case, then I would think that stopping the drug could be to your best interests. I also base this on knowing someone (an adult child of a friend of mind) who developed horrible adverse effects after taking the drug to the point where her mind was altered and could not succeed in graduate school. That is when I became interested in the drug's effects that I have found out that could be life-ruining.
If the drug is still illegal to be marketed by the drug company for psychiatric conditions, your prescriber could know of that. I do not know if it would be criminal or civil or both as to the liability that the Pdoc could be found or if you are entitled to damages. There are lawsuits involving the drug that have been settled and you could be one to enter a class action award. I do not know if the Pdoc is liable or just the drug company up to a certain date. It is my understanding that the Pdoc could prescribe off-label a drug that is illegal for the manufacture to market for what it is not approved for, but since there is a settled class action suit against the drug manufacturer, I do not know if that somehow changes that.
The overriding issue here is your health in relation to taking a drug that is not approved to take for psychiatric conditions, but just for epilepsy and to prevent migraine headaches. You are putting your trust on a Pdoc that is prescribing off-label if the drug is still only approved for epilepsy and migraine prevention. The Pdoc may be using you for an experiment without your consent since the drug is not approved for psychiatric conditions. And if the experimental use of the drug causes you to have a life-ruining condition, or sudden death, I am so sorry, my friend, for the Pdoc may be allowed to give you the drug legally. I think that is sad, really sad.
Lou
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