Posted by bridgey1128 on October 20, 2004, at 8:55:38
In reply to Re: Topomax and bipolar II » bridgey1128, posted by iris2 on October 19, 2004, at 17:33:28
Merry, that is a pretty name, btw, you are having the problems you are having due to the stupidity of your Dr. You should NEVER EVER EVER go up on Topomax that quickly!!!! EVER!! It should ONLY be gone up in SMALL 25mg increments every 2-3 weeks and you should ONLY go up to the next dosage after YOU and ONLY you feel that the side effects have worn off. Everything you have said, the anxiety, sweating, etc..this is NOT good and not something that should be a normal side effect if a Dr knew what he was doing and you were going up slowly on the drug. Tingling, and the bad taste I have heard a lot but the anxiety is a bad one. Loss of eyesight is another one that I had. Dr's DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING! Trust your own body, and your body is saying...STOP STOP STOP!!!! BACK OFF!!! The vivid dreams? I had hallucinations! But mine was because I needed to go UP on my meds and I hadn't for 2 months. I am telling you, DON'T listen to your Dr. INSIST that he let you go by what your body is saying. This is a fairly new drug and Dr's HATE to admit they don't know everything. We only give advice based on all our experiences combined and that experience is....GO UP VERY SLOWLY. MErry, do yourself a favor, and stay at the dosage where you are until you feel these side effects dissapate. You may even want to back off the dosage to the next down. He wrecklessly upped you full steam ahead and I can't stand that! It's like some Dr's have no clue about the side effects, or don't care. 400mg isn't too much. I have been doing well at 150mg for about 2 months and then suddenly I started breaking into my hypomania again. Extreme irritability and all.. I knew it was time to go up again. So once again, it's time to go up. And I will go up in 25mg increments. You always start with the highest dose in the evenings. That is also why you feel crappy.
Largest dose in the evening and the smallest in the morning. When the dosage evens out, like 100mg night and 100mg morning, when you have to up it again, you start adding to the night time dosage, because it can make you nauseous taking a higher amount in the morning. I hope this has been helpful and please stay with us! We always enjoy new people!
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