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Posted by headachequeen on December 17, 2003, at 14:25:20
Has anyone noticed an end to weight loss when on Topomax? I have held the same weight for about two weeks now and my appetite seems to have changed in that I have more of an interest in food...
the dosage has not increased for the past two months...
While I realise that the seizures have not occurred for quite some time so the meds are working... I still have about twenty pounds to lose and would like to do it the easy way :(....
and the weight loss has certainly improved my sense of self worth....
kat
Posted by sarita0001 on December 18, 2003, at 5:28:18
In reply to weight loss plateau or end, posted by headachequeen on December 17, 2003, at 14:25:20
Hi,
I found that happened to me after about 2 months. I've read that's been the case for some other people here too. I'd say go off of it and do it "the easy way". But it's up to you. Good luck.
Sara
Posted by Sooshi on December 18, 2003, at 13:06:22
In reply to weight loss plateau or end, posted by headachequeen on December 17, 2003, at 14:25:20
I initially lost 14 lbs the first month and a half, but the weight loss has abruptly stopped the past 2 weeks (I've been on Topa about 2 months, 200 mg). My appetite comes and goes...some days I don't feel like eating at all, others I do, but I never get that "binge" eating sensation any longer, so that's a real plus. I take Topa for BPII, so the weight loss SE was a nice bonus, even if it doesn't continue.
Posted by Sooshi on December 20, 2003, at 18:28:51
In reply to Re: weight loss plateau or end, posted by Sooshi on December 18, 2003, at 13:06:22
Well, I was stuck at the same weight for about 2 weeks, but I got on the scale today and I see that I'm down another 3 pounds, and that's after having indulged the past week at a few Xmas parties and such. This Topamax must really rev up the metabolism or something.
Posted by headachequeen on December 20, 2003, at 20:44:35
In reply to Re: weight loss plateau or end, posted by sarita0001 on December 18, 2003, at 5:28:18
> Hi,
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> I found that happened to me after about 2 months. I've read that's been the case for some other people here too. I'd say go off of it and do it "the easy way". But it's up to you. Good luck.
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> SaraI haven't the option of going off the Topomax. No way do I want the seizures to start again and for that matter, no way do I want the migraines to start again but it would be nice to lose a few more pounds. I am 5'6" and at one time I weighed 96 pounds, around the time I was married actually. No way I want to return to that weight admittedly, but it would be nice to get down another twenty pounds or so and I have no luck with the dieting... at the moment I am existing on yoghurt and cashews and salads for the most part with the odd poached or scrambled egg thrown in. Occasionally a little chicken or broiled meat added but I do not have a large appetite and eat very little in the way of carbs or fats... they do not interest me and I have no interest at all in sweets...
learned somewhere along the way that a couple of ounces of nuts, cashews or almonds, or a bit of extra virgin olive oil with a little bread will decrease the appetite btw... for myself as I am not interested in breads and the like, I choose the cashews or a few olives and it works in cutting the appetite...
but I seem to have reached an appetite plateau... just when I want the side effects to kick in <g>
but I do notice that jeans and skirts no longer fit at the waistband even though the scale registers no weight change...maybe this is the redhead's way of doing things????
kat
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