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Hello....I have been on 125 Mg of Topomax for a couple of years. I have post traumatic headaches. My dose is about to be increased to 200 mg per day. I wanted to let you know what my Doc says about the numbness. He says that it is a lack of potassium, and that he can prescribe potassium if I experience this numbness because of Topamax. My numbness got better, but has come back since I started increasing the dose. This was a headache doctor I recently saw at Mayo Clinic, and I feel that he is an excellent doctor. He also recommended eating foods high in potassium as well. Like bananas etc... Good luck to everyone taking Topamax, because the side effects are Rough!

Yes, Ive lost 25 lbs (Im on topomax for migraines). I happened to see on CNN(sorry I dont remember the date it was on or the doctor they interviewed, I'll try and find out)they are actually doing studies with Topomax and weight loss. The studies are looking so good they are going to try to get FDA approval to use Topomax for wt. loss, along with helping migraines and what it was intially made for seizures. For someone as small as your daughter 20 lbs is alot to loose. I needed to lose weight and still need to lose more. The topomax make me not hungry, my cravings went away. I actually had to make myself eat. Good luck, I hope this helps.

I have done a lot of research on the effects of Topomax. The Doctors sometimes refer to it as Dopomax because it will affect word recall and word association. take a look at epilepsy.com. They have some of the best info on the drug.

Iam so happy to hear a positive out come for u.i was reading all the messages and ,wow! they were all bad things,,,it was scaring me..I have back pain that was so bad i cant stand for more then 10 minn,,,the DR> put me on thos med.,,,,,iam hopeing i dont have bad results like all the otheres ..i want to say thanx to ur positiv out come.i will stay and give it a try,,,,,,,Trisha

Iam so happy to hear a positive out come for u.i was reading all the messages and ,wow! they were all bad things,,,it was scaring me..I have back pain that was so bad i cant stand for more then 10 minn,,,the DR> put me on thos med.,,,,,iam hopeing i dont have bad results like all the otheres ..i want to say thanx to ur positiv out come.i will stay and give it a try,,,,,,,Trisha

Iam so happy to hear a positive out come for u.i was reading all the messages and ,wow! they were all bad things,,,it was scaring me..I have back pain all the time, I went to the dr and he put me on topomax.I hate pills and i dont take amything usually, I hope iam doing the correct thing.....i will give it a try and let u know the outcome,,,thanx Trisha

Iam so happy to hear a positive out come for u.i was reading all the messages and ,wow! they were all bad things,,,it was scaring me..I have back pain all the time, I went to the dr and he put me on topomax.I hate pills and i dont take amything usually, I hope iam doing the correct thing.....i will give it a try and let u know the outcome,,,thanx Trisha

Iam so happy to hear a positive out come for u.i was reading all the messages and ,wow! they were all bad things,,,it was scaring me..I have back pain all the time, I went to the dr and he put me on topomax.I hate pills and i dont take amything usually, I hope iam doing the correct thing.....i will give it a try and let u know the outcome,,,thanx Trisha

i am a drinker-but i am only taking 100 mg a day-curbs appetitie a little but i still like to drink

I had severe head trauma over a year ago a real bad head concusion, I am still having symtoms which include headaches everyday and lightheadedness. I had an MRI and the injury is still there of course and they have me on Topomax right now I am taking 2 a day but it has not helped my symptoms yet, I still have bad pressure in my head, can someone advise.