Starting Topamax again

[lrathk24]

Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone has stopped taking Topamax (Topiramate) and then started up again. I went off Topamax a year ago due to pregnancy and now my migraines are worse than ever and my doctor wants to put me back on it.

The first time I took Topiramate, I had issues with loss of hair, horrible brain fog (I would forget what I was talking about mid-sentence..so embarrassing) and losing weight I couldn't afford to lose, to the point that I looked skeletal. I still had an appetite but I could not for the life of me keep the weight on. People who have started up on this medication again, did you have the same side effects as the first time you took it?

[sunshinedaisies]

Starting Topamax again

Are you taking it for migraines ? I did have the same SE's when I took it for the second time .....

[lrathk24]

Starting Topamax again

I was taking it for migraines, it's the only thing that had worked for me. I went from about 7-8 migraines a month to 0.

[Alky]

Starting Topamax again

Have you tried gabapentin? It's supposed to work for migraines as well. It's not without it's side effects, but it doesn't put me in a fog and I'm still able to function at work.