Posted by lorilu on October 30, 2004, at 14:50:54
In reply to Re: topomax » lorilu, posted by rainy on October 30, 2004, at 10:22:41
Hi again,
When I am 400 mg. I will ask a kid at circle time to hand me his book, but instead he might be touching his foot so I will say "Hand me your foot." Also, the joke in my class (with my aides) is everyday is Wednesday when I do calendar. Somedays I will get the day mixed up with the kids. Luckily, or not :), they are little special ed. kids so it goes over their heads and my aides and I get a laugh out of it. Also, I will go upstairs at home and then not know why and I never know where my keys are.As far as going from 200 to 300 to 400 and vice versa I do that all the time. I only went up in 25 increments in the beginning. I do not see any side effects. Isn't Topamax supposed to be a mood stabilizer? I seriously take it so I will be calm and not moody. Are you saying that on the days that I am crabby it could be related to going up and down on the Topamax and not to having a bad day at work? Usually I just find an instant relief when I go back up to my prescribed medicine instantly. Although, I just have to remind my aides it might be a tough couple weeks of "stupids"!
As far as weight. I think because I take Effexor, I have not lost a lot of weight on Topamax; however I have not gained ANY weight this whole time and that I guess is good for someone who does not exercise (well I chase kids all day). I have lost maybe a couple of pounds but after a year I thought I would be skinny! Oh well.....
The reason I take Provigil too is because I used to sleep apnea. I had a deviated septum surgery but I haven't had the followup test. I still am exhausted without the Provigil so he prescribed it. Do I have Bipolar someone asked? The Pdoc would like to say at this time OCD and an anxiety disorder, depression and PTSD. Could it be something else, everyone I guess could label it something. I do know I have an overactive brain! He would also like to start ADD meds based on the brain scan but I think I may be getting overmedicated. I didn't fill it~ I think it was Adderall(sic)?
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