Posted by rainy on October 30, 2004, at 10:22:41
In reply to Re: topomax, posted by lorilu on October 30, 2004, at 9:37:15
Hi Lorilu. It sounds like we're on similar medication regimes except I'm on desyerl. Forgetting names and words is so awful--everybody does it, but Topamax seems to exaggerate it way beyond funny. It doesn't happen as much for me at 300 mgs if I'm looking at a person, but if I'm under social stress, like in a face to face conversation, I often have to ask the other person for the word I want. Or more often than not, I say the wrong thing.
I've only been on provigil for a little more than a week so I can't tell about positive effects. I've certainly been focused on this board like I wish I were on other projects since I began it, but the only other thing I've noticed is an intermittent full body tremor. The shakes. How long did it take for you to notice the positive effects? Do you see any antidepressant effects or "mood brightening effects" as the literature says?
You say you go from 400 to 200 mgs as you need to--do you just zoop up and down or do you taper yourself? I've gone up and down at 50 mg increments and been mean as a snake going up.
Consensus on this board is that that's too fast. Patience isn't one of my strengths.What other cognitive jokes do you notice at 400? Any negative stuff with provigil? Does the Topamax help keep the effexor weight gain to a minimum?
Sorry. This isn't the Inquisition but you wrote an interesting message.
thanks for writing
rainy
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