Posted by Storm Rider on March 22, 2006, at 14:16:51
In reply to Re: TOPAMAX and Hypothermia, posted by SandyWeb on March 22, 2006, at 11:55:59
> Hi all,
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> To get back on the topic of HYPOTHERMIA.....
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> I began Topamax on February 7th at a low dose of 50mg. I am now at a dose of 200mg. For the majority of that time, I can honestly say that I've been absolutely FREEZING! Not fun! I really don't know why so many of us seem to have experienced this, but I have wonderful news for any of you sitting at your computers wrapped in quilts and wool socks and winter hats pulled down over your ears!!! Lol!
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> I would have to say that about 75% of that horrid coldness has gone away in the past couple weeks. I mainly feel it in my hands now, and if so inclined, I can touch my nose and go, "Brrrr!". Lol. But I can dress normally now (although with a cardigan sweater on), and I feel pretty much normal for how someone should feel in the winter months. This side effect just took an extra long time to balance out.
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> So jump up and down. Get happy. You won't be freezing forever! I'd have to say that was the absolute worse part of Topamax. I hope each increase doesn't cause such a major drop in temperature. Wow!! That was really something!
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> As for the appetite suppressant, it still is working wonders for me. I definately need belts to hold the ole pants up now. Something horrible has happened with my bras, though!!! Lol. It's actually rather a game to go into my closet now and see what clothes now fit that I couldn't even pull up over my hips a few months ago!
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> Someone mentioned that they've lost the desire for junk food. I've found that too. I don't mind a LITTLE bit of chocolate from time to time, but I can't imagine eating a whole chocolate bar or even a bag of chips. I still like soda pop,BUT it has to be Diet Pepsi (zero calories, so that doesn't hurt). Love my coffee, but I use the zero calorie Sugar Twin. I just plain don't eat that much. But if I get an urge, I have bananas, apples, and grapes. And LOTS of water.
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> Anyways, you WILL warm up again!!!!!!!!! By summer, you'll be wishing you were cold again!!!! Lol!
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> Sandy
>Losing weight that came about for all the wrong reasons is really an awesome experience, isn't it, Sandy <G>
Congratulations!!!A footnote to this hypothermia thread.
Of late I have been experiencing an unexplained weight loss. Tests have shown no reason for the sudden drop... it cannot be linked even to the topomax; there is no apparent link to any physical cause.
Suddenly I am unable to eat a meal, have no interest in food. A few bites of food and I feel as full as after a huge feast. I feel nauseated because I have not eaten, nauseated if I do eat. Again, no explanation.
Losing three or four pounds in a week is not uncommon.
With this new weight loss, I, who never feel the cold... oh I whine when the temperature is in the low seventies, longing for the return of winter...
am constantly shivering and looking for heavier socks and another sweater...
and as I mentioned earlier, finding clothes that fit me has become a serious challenge. Anorexia is becoming a part of the daily discussion... no I am not anorexic. I would like to eat, food just has no appeal and I am full very quickly when I do eat...
the wrong foods and I am ill immediately...
bizarre... the doctors tell me it is not the topomax... but they cannot say what it is...
so now I am drinking those wretched meal supplements yecchhh... and lots of water... for lunch I had some chicken, plain because any seasoning is apt to upset the applecart...however, back to hypothermia. I was told today by one of the health pros that losing weight changes the body's approach to life... it no longer knows how to deal with cold in the way it always has, so it has to develop new strategies and until it adjusts to the new size and the new metabolism and all the rest of it... should have taped what she said, sorry... then we feel the cold more intensely...
apparently once I either adjust or gain some weight as in start eating, I shall feel the cold more intensely...
so when your body adjusts to the thinner you, you will then be more comfortable with the atmosphere around you....sounds so logical when she explains it...
kat
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