Is anyone else having problems with the side effects of Topamax? I have been taking Topamax for 2 weeks and am now at 100 mg a day. I am having terrible problems remembering everything. I cannot focus enough to do school work. My roommate will look at me ask me and ask a question and I will literally not register anything that was said to me. I follow up in 2 days with my doctor and am going to ask to be switched to something else. Has anyone else experienced this?
Melly, I think that is a fairly common side effect. Perhaps lowering the dose and going up more slowly would help ease the impact. Ben
Welcome Melly!
As Ben says, it’s common unfortunately. They don’t call it “dopamax” for nothing! 100 mg sounds like an awfully high dose after just 2 weeks. I’d cut it back by at least half and see how you feel there. Rich is on 50 mg and has good migraine control with no side effects.
Best … Scott 8)
Please see the thread, “Topamax -taking the plunge” for more info and post there for more indepth info, but to answer your question, going up to 100 mg in TWO weeks is way too fast. It is well know that this medication requires a slow titration. I am going 15 mg a week to get to 100 mg. Most docs don’t recommend going more than 25 mg a week at most if even that much.
Hey Bonnie – how are you feeling at the moment on Topa? Any problems or is it all going to plan? Hopw this one does the trick for both of you.
S
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Hey Bonnie – how are you feeling at the moment on Topa? Any problems or is it all going to plan? Hopw this one does the trick for both of you.
S
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Hi Scott - thanks for asking. I’m going to post under the Topamax thread since that’s really where this info should go, but overall, doing ok I guess, although I haven’t seen any improvement yet. Only at 60 mg though.