Posted by Lynne on June 28, 2001, at 1:24:26
In reply to Re: Starting Topamax for weight loss » steve2, posted by Cece on June 27, 2001, at 14:54:36
> I lost substantial weight (40#) last year on Topomax, over about about a 9 month period- that part was great!
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> However, I got the problematic side effects- mental dulling, and lots of word-finding problems, and went off it. It also seemed to have no, or imperceptible, mood stabilization effect for meCan Topamax be orederd without a prescription?
thanks,
Lynne
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> This year, still needing to lose weight (Depakote and Nortriptyline had really taken me up the scale), I wanted to see if I could tolerate a low dose. At 25mg I did start to get a little slow weight loss, but I started losing words again and having trouble putting sentences together in the right order. Sadly, not an okay trade-off.
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> But, I do sometimes read a post here from someone who has tolerated it, and gotten mood benefit without these problems.
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> Good luck,
> Cece
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