keli...topamax question..
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keli...topamax question..
| Wed, 10-19-2005 - 1:33pm |
dr. raised mine. he's concerned it's gonna hit me altho i have so far managed to avoid any side effects.he said..when it hits it hits hard.he told me about a patient who lost his job the day his dose was raised b/c his boss thoughthe was he was drinking & i remembered yo describing the day you had to tell your boss your dose was raised.
what side effects can i look foward to?
anything i can do about them?
i knew he was gonna raise my topamax.i was jumping out of my skin last week & not sleeping.
what side effects can i look foward to?
anything i can do about them?
i knew he was gonna raise my topamax.i was jumping out of my skin last week & not sleeping.

My pdoc told me it was pretty well tolerated by most, provided it was slowly worked up to a therapeutic dose. I am at 25mgs per day right now, with no side effects, but I am still on abilify until we get the dosage up to a good level. Just thought I would add that in.
Missy
if you go slow, it doesn't hit as hard...but it does hit...i mean, you can usually tell you're going up on it...however, that all depends on the person...i am very sensitive to meds...and side effects...what dose were you on and what dose did you go up to? i'm supposed to be on 400, but i couldn't do it...i'm only on 200 now, but sometimes i have to increase that to 250 or 300...when i do that, i get all loopy...can't speak, can't type...can't think...lose words...that kind of thing...it DOES go away after about five to seven days...if it doesn't, you MUST come down on your dosage. ITS TOO HIGH!
Let me know what you're on now and what you were on, and I can give you some pointers...
Love and Hugs,
Keli
now i'm taking 50 in the am & 100 in the pm.
starting tomorrow it's 100 2x a day.
strangly the only thing i feel is horribly headachey(isnt it a migrain med?)of corse i'm taking tons of other stuff.i also decided to take my cymbalta in the pm since i found out its sedating..
so its prozac lithobid & topomax in the morning.
lithobid at dinner
seroquel topomax & cymbalta at bedtime.
wow.
i should congratulate myself for being a functioning human being.