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Update on me.......
| Tue, 10-18-2005 - 6:21pm |
I finally am losing weight. Not much. I have lost 2 pounds. LOL. I started topomax (25mgs) last Thursday. Can't say it is doing too much except making diet coke taste yucky. But I am exercising and watching what I eat and the fact that I am now losing a little has me extremely excited. I just could not lose anything and was still gaining for a while and was getting extremely frustrated and down about it.
What exactly is topomax supposed to do for weight loss and at what level? We are trying to change it to my mood stablizer since I seem to gain on abilify. Right now I am on both until we get the topomax level up. What is a normal topomax level anyway?
Missy


Missy
That's awesome !!
God could not be everywhere, so
Hey Missy! That's so cool that you are losing weight! I must have caught those two (10) pounds!!! Its okay though, I'm getting myself back on track today.
As for Topamax...the "normal" range varies from person to person. A mid-range dose is around 200 mgs. You will start to "feel" something around 50-100 mgs as far as mood stabilization goes...but the real stabilizing dose comes around 200. That's where I'm at right now. It works wonders on RAPID CYCLING. As for weight loss...some get that side effect, some don't. I did for about 3 months. My appetite was GONE. Now, its so back...but that's okay. Soda tastes yucky, but guess what? I started drinking it again anyway (and not diet) and stupid me, is back on them again. You'll start having cognitive side effects around 50 mgs. That won't feel very nice, lol. You'll feel really really dumb!!! You'll lose words mid sentence. You'll not remember words, even. You'll not remember the alphabet sometimes!!! You might forget how to type...but, it goes away after a few days...it will come back after every increase. I am supposed to be around 400 mgs now, but I can't tolerate that much because the cognitive stuff never went away. When that happens, you know you are taking too much. I'm taking 200 only now, but am going to increase back to 300 this week. My cycling is much better at 300, I just hated the side effects and went back down to 200 without waiting it out. You have to be patient. Working is hard when you're titrating up on it. Make sure you can take breaks, and if possible, work on something very easy! I can do my job with my eyes closed sometimes, but when I'm increasing my Topamax, I feel like a complete idiot. Just keep reminding yourself it goes away...and if not, tell pdoc, cuz its too much for you.
Sorry I got so long here!
Love and Hugs,
Keli