Anyone on Topamax or Phentermine?

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  • Ninja_Bunny
    Ninja_Bunny Posts: 48 Member
    I wish there was a like button :) I was just put on Topamax for migraines NOT for weight loss :)
  • audra_g
    audra_g Posts: 19 Member
    Topamax is a seizure medication. its secondary use is to help control migraines. IT IS NOT A WEIGHT LOSS DRUG! i dont know why a doctor would offer to put you on it unless you have one of those conditions.. it is a serious CNS drug that has a lot of side effects. I have been on it for 6 years and i agree with what everyone here has said. i lost about 10 lbs when i first started taking it, but it balanced back out and the weight came right back. i had parasthesia for years ( numbness and tingling in my hands and feet and in my face). i still get it once in a while. the insomnia and depression come and go, but the trouble with words, thoughts, right and left, etc is everyday :(
  • mecaseyrn
    mecaseyrn Posts: 76 Member
    Topamax was a wonderful drug at first to rid me of my migraines. However the side effects are no worth it. I had horrible and I mean horrible numbness and tingling in my hands and feet. I would also get really bad neck pain. I was tired all the time. I was cranky. It initially helped with decreased appetite but it was because I was sleeping so much. THEN came the withdraw...I decided I no longer want this numbness in my hands or feet. It took weeks of flu like symptoms as I was coming off it, the rebound migraines were terrible, the nausea was nuts.

    I do not recommend taking this drug unless it is for Migraine Maintenance and you can tolerate the side effects. I know everyone is different and some have lots 100s of pounds on it, but what happens when you stop. You will just regain it all. Good luck!
  • wonderwoman1974
    wonderwoman1974 Posts: 66 Member
    I am on Topamax and have been on it for a number of years that I can't remember how many. I take it for migraine prevention. The only side effect I seem to have is feeling fatigued. I have lost weight naturally. I am also on an antidepressant and it hasn't done anything to my appetite or weight. Everything that I have done over the last 4 years in regards to my weight has been control and exercise. The medications help me to function evenly on a day to day basis. I only have one headache on average per month and my depression/anxiety is under control. This helps me to exercise with perseverance and edurance with a purpose and meaning.

    ^^^I am also on Topamax for migraine prevention for 3 years now...but it also is treating my bipolar as a mood stabilizer. I have not had any of the horrible side effects listed in this thread. The one I am replying to is the most similar to my experience. I have found my experience to be very positive. Topamax keeps me level and functional and also keeps those headaches in check on top of it. I unfortunately didn't have the good side effect of weight loss either :/ that would have been a welcome one!!
  • bettymayfree
    bettymayfree Posts: 4
    I take Topamax, and like a lot of people have said, I sleep ALOT, like 12 hours or longer a day, and I've been taking it for 10 years now. So while I do have a diminished appetite, what I do eat, considering it's a relatively large amount of calories for the amount of exercise I can do and the amount of time I'm awake...it doesn't really work out. However, I'm also on Lexapro and that increased my appetite until I started taking something else that happened to interact with that and lower it again. So...drugs are bad!
  • abrahamsitososa
    abrahamsitososa Posts: 716 Member
    My wife knows these 2 chicks that take phentermine(however you spell it). The first time they took it they lost A LOT of weight and as soon as they stopped taking it they regained it back or even worse they added a few more lbs than before they started taking it. They always get back on it on and off but they dont seem to lose weight as much as they did the first time they took it. They have told us that their urine changes color and they feel like drinking a little more. A lot of their symptoms are similar to that of Methamphetamine. When they are on it they dont sleep much and have lots of energy, they want to party more and they drink more alcohol now. One of the women now has some serious migrane problems and she thinks its because of the weight loss drug. Her doctor ended up prescribing her some seizure medication and now she's on all kinds of crap.
  • ewfishbye
    ewfishbye Posts: 3 Member
    I just started on the combination of Topamax and Phentermine!
    Hopefully it works well for me!
  • jordanroberts00
    jordanroberts00 Posts: 1
    I just started month 2 of phentermine and topamax. I take 12.5mg of phentermine in the am and 100m of topamax in the pm. I lost 19lbs the first month. I am 24 years old, female, mother of three kids (one set of 3 month old twins!). I also work the night shift as an RN. I had a few side effects of the topamax at first like dry mouth, tingling mouth/face, and soda tasted funny. But other than that it wasn't bad at all. I'm really happy with the results. I do eat extremely healthy, when I do eat! It def suppresses my appetite and I drink a lot of water due to the dry mouth. I started at 199 lbs and now I'm 180! My doctor is keeping me on it for 3 months, then off for three months. If I need to go back on after the three months off I can restart again.

    So that's my story- I like it, I see results, I feel good.

    Good luck!

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