Posted by headachequeen on November 14, 2003, at 11:28:38
In reply to Re: Topamax Side Affects! Headachequeen, posted by sarita0001 on November 14, 2003, at 10:17:09
> Hi
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> My friend was on tegretol and told me that she used to see lines all the time and stuff like you described in front of her. Like when she would talk to people there would be lines over their face, etc.
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> SaraWell I guess it is a case of be careful what you wish for... I just found a site about Tegretol... and found out all sorts of things about it that I think makes Topomax seem easy to live with... and makes the whole thing confusing...
there is weight gain with Tegretol... everyone on the list complained of weight gain... many complained of nausea, dizziness, poor memory, poor speech, loss of fluid speech, inability to remember words and names, inability to recognise words when reading, hard to concentrate when reading... and I forget what else shall have to go back and read the list again... found out more about the types of epilepsy... and that Tegretol is not advised for anyone over 60 it would seem... and on and on...
one person stated she had been through all the horrors of Tegretol and that certainly got my attention... shall read her posts when I get back in :(...
so I guess the older drugs are not sainted after all... some of these posts go back to a time when Topomax was just coming on stream...
One person was on a dosage of 1600 mg of Tegretol... scary stuff that...
so here I am on a cocktail of drugs: one that causes weight gain and I remember the pharamacist warning me that Tegretol would cause weight gain now that I think of it... and one that causes weight loss... thank heaven the weight loss is winning!!!
I was better off not knowing about Tegretol!!!!!!!
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