I used Topamax as a means to end… i.e. While I don’t discount people’s personal experiences, the plural of anecdote is not data.I love that line "the plural of anecdote is not data". Topiramate in migraine prophylaxis—results from a placebo-controlled trial with propranolol as an active control.
Luckily I was still with it enough to question my thoughts! I work in a field where communication is key so I can’t have that. I assume it has something to do with the Topamax. Topamax is a billion dollar blockbuster drug used to help prevent migraine and epilepsy. Trokendi XR is taken once daily and should reduce the spikes that cause bothersome side effects.Migraine prevention involves more than just medication. Due to this, I have tried other medications but I keep coming back to Topiramate because nothing else works as well.Hi Leigh, this sounds very similar to my experience. Its effectiveness appears to be similar to that of other antiepileptic drugs and beta blockers.
), itchy skin, and I felt "drugged" all the time- vague and forgetful.
Thank you so much for sharing. thanks AvivaI haven’t Aviva sorry. I sincerely hope you find your key to peace. Very well said and I agree.Complete agree! — But it is still the darling of military and civilian doctors for unapproved pain and migraine.
Anticonvulsants are a class of drugs which were originally designed to prevent seizures in those with epilepsy.Topamax is the brand name developed by a division of Johnson & Johnson which held a patent to their formulation when approved in 1996. I can’t really drive and reading is difficult. I also got constipation and bloating, joint pain and weight gain, even in only 3weeks.
et al. Everyone is different and responds differently to treatments which is why you need to work with your doctor in partnership to find the best solution or combination of solutions for migraine.I love Topirate for Migraine & severe muscle spasms in cervical neck brought on by barometric pressure drop, worse with extreme temperature drop. Some of these are listed in the next section below. And please, do not drive if you’re having memory and concentration difficulties- don’t even ride a bicycle. It’s not a good situation to be in. At a dosage of 50 mg twice per day, topiramate reduced migraine frequency by approximately two headaches per month compared with a reduction of one headache per month with placebo.A one-month supply (60 tablets) of 50-mg tablets will cost patients approximately $210, compared with $130 for 100 tablets of divalproex (Depakote ER) and $2.50 to $4.00 for 100 tablets of generic propranolol.The recommended dosage of topiramate for migraine prevention is 50 mg twice per day. It just made me really dizzy and I just felt awful right after I took it at bedtime and all during the night and when I woke up I just felt horrible.Thanks for sharing DeAnn, I didn’t feel great when I first tried it, but I was really desperate and my side effects improved within the first week.I’ve just come across this site while looking into Topiramate which I started 8 days ago! And I still had migraines. Only a week into taking it. Evaluation of the efficacy of caffeine cessation, nortriptyline, and topiramate therapy in vestibular migraine and complex dizziness of unknown etiology.
I have tried to decrease the dose many times but have been clobbered with horrible withdrawal headaches that last up to 8 to 10 days every time I decrease it a tiny bit, so it’s difficult. When I started taking it and when I increased my dose, I had tingling feet, had difficulty remembering some infrequently used words, and Coke Zero tasted flat. I became more easily agitated and grumpy. I’m so glad you’ve found something that helps.I took topiramate for several months and it did help with migraine frequeny but on the other hand it made me feel suicidal so I stopped taking it.That is a very understandable reason to stop. I miss frequently due to migraines thank goodness I have had such empathetic and compassionate professors thus far.
Over the years my type of migraine has changed from what would be described as classic to usually having the type where I still get the visual aura, skip the headache and go to vomiting nonstop for days. Topamax is very similar to opiate painkillers when dealing with dopamine to which they both affect GABA, what is GABA? The doctor weaned me off but the vision problems stayed.