I may be imagining this (especially with the brain fog and all!), but I thought I’d read a post on here fairly recently about someone questioning whether hip-pain was a possible Topamax side-effect…? I’ve done a quick trawl through via the ‘search’ facility, but can’t seem to see the post I was thinking of. The reason I’m asking is because ever since increasing the Topamax from 50 to 60mg about 9 - 10 days ago, I’ve occasionally been waking up in the night with hip pain. Last night the pain was a little more intense, so it’s almost like it’s increasing. I’m not doing any extra sport/exertion, and it only seems to have happened since the Topamax increase. Has anyone out there experienced or heard of anything like this? Thanks for any info/help! Best wishes to all,
To All… I Know this is many years later but if any one else may be reading this, my doctor but me on Topamax starting at 100mg for 7 days and I started to notice mild hip pain. Then increased it to 200mg for the next 6 days. I was now at the point where I could not get out of bed, move in bed without severe pain in both hips, my groin, joints in my knees, I was a mess. Contacted my doctor and was told to immediately stop taking the Topamax. It has been 4 days since this disaster and I and just starting to notice a change for the better. Doctor said give it about 2 weeks to clear from my system and then about another few weeks of physio to have my body recover.
Have never gone through anything like that with a medication in such a short period of time… I know it is different for everyone, just be careful, and sure read the reviews, listen to your doctor but number “One” Listin to what your body is telling you… All the best to each of you…
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for sharing your experience with hip pain caused by Topamax. I noticed mild hip pain from day one but by day 14 and an incremental increase in dose I was experiencing sever hip pain that was also shooting up my back and down my leg. If felt like the bones were ‘bending in on themselves’. It was excruciating. I am sorry you went through the pain you did but I am relieved to hear your story as none of the doctors I spoke to at my surgery believe it is related to the Topamax!
My thanks again and all the best
I too have increased hip pain that I have been attempting to address by myself with ice/heat and stretching, anti-inflammatory, etc. I will now look into the impact of my Topamax. Thanks for the lead. KL.
I’ve been on 100 mg Topamax for about five years. It’s doing a good job b deferring the Vestibular Migraines, reducing the episodes from one to two every week to one every three months. Even then, the episodes are less intense than they were in the past.
However, my incidence of hip pain has recently increased, and I have been puzzled about the cause. I’ve had sciatica pain for ten years, and it has manifested on my right leg and back. The pain starts in my lower back, radiates to my right hip, down my right leg to my right foot. Since I have Neuropathy, the pain spreads out in my right foot as if the foot is submerged in hot sand. My pain management doctor has given me Epidural Injections of Steroids and Pain Relievers. He additionally prescribed Pregabalin (Lyrica) and Nortriptyline (Aventyl) to control the pain.
Everything was working well until about three months ago, when I started to feel pain in my right hip. The pain seems to originate from the high point of my hip bone, the part that sticks up the furthest. I thought it was because that was the part that contacted the mattress when I lay on my right side. But it hurt just as much if I lay on my back, or on my left side.
Seeing this post about Topomax and hip pain has now given me another avenue to investigate. I have an appointment coming up September 24, and I’ll bring it up then.
