Posted by proserpine on March 14, 2005, at 12:57:39
In reply to Re: joining the topamax club, posted by maaron71 on February 16, 2003, at 15:08:50
hi there.
i am new here.
i am also new to topomax.
i have been reading the threads here on topomax. i can identify very well w/ some of the side effects noted, specifically loss of concentration & the "motor oil" effect w/ carbonated drinks. oh heavens!! tastes like sludge & then there is this feeling of fizz at the end..... i have spent both a lot of time living on diet coke & well-- thinking-- i am glad my days of advanced degrees are over-- but my days of -thinking- are not--
i dont know if anyones days of thinking ever are.
i have been trying to test myself to see if my cognitive reactions are down & they definitely are. & that is driving me crazy.
since i am incredibly medication resistant (or perhaps medication-blind (i was once on effexor, &, deciding it was doing nothing except giving me an ulcer i suddenly went off of it. remind me someday to tell you about effexor w/drawal. i discussed this topic w/ a friend of mine in the know on both issues & she agreed that effexor w/drawal is, in some ways, -worse- than -heroin- w/drawal)) i was put on a dose of 100-200 mg topomax per day. today i cut it down to 100 mg per day, as i just cannot tolerate the 200 mg-- i couldnt possibly drive taking this dose.
as goth as i look (which would be uber), i was never a big recreational drug user & the only thing i can compare topomax to would be the time a friend of mine gave me a medical marijuana brownie (her use of medical marijuana was particularly iffy) &, again, med-resistant (or med-blind) that i am, after hours it was doing nothing, so i took another bite & i was in outer space, i walked across the street & thought i was across town-- this effect lasted for 3 days!! it was HORRIBLE!! & so topomax.
does this go away??
a different friend of mine, a little post the abovenoted experience offered me yet more marijuana. i demurred saying that i didnt like it as it made me confuses. & so topomax. he said that was what it was -supposed- to do.
okay, so some people would -like- this feeling. but i DONT.
remember, the last topomax i took was yesterday at about 5pm. if i took it today, this would be written in a far more confused manner.
HELP!!
poster:proserpine
thread:5053
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050312/msgs/470879.html