Topamax and lack of sweating
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Hello, i'm a 16 year old boy and i was prescribed topamax 25mg for migraines over a year ago. A few months ago i was also prescribed wellbutrin 300mg and prozac 10mg for depression and anxiety. When I first started taking the topamax i hardly sweated. I did start sweating a fair amount before taking the wellbutrin and prozac but the sweating has just increased since then and i've been getting large stains on my armpits just from sitting in class.
My son has been taking Topamax for 6 years, one of 4 medications that he takes. Topamax prohibits sweating the body's way of cooling off. This was especially the case when he was younger. it is Very important to keep your son well hydrated for this very reason. I send my son to school with at least two 16oz bottles of water each day. if your son is outdoors in the heatplaying or at recess it is very important for him to take breaks to cool his body down.
Other symptoms are- Confusion, Sudden memory loss, slow come back of memory, Headache, Nausea and vomiting, Mental shock, Visual disturbance, Sweating, Rapid heartbeat, chest or neck pain ( less common). There have been some rare cases where patients of TGA have suffered seizures during the attack which is not a normal manifestation of TGA. The occurence of migraine, and also of episodic tension-type headache, has been seen to be markedly increased among TGA patients.
I have been on Topamax for quite sometime but was tired of living in a fog of constant confusion, fatigue, and lack of focus. I was switch to Metoprolol. I have been taking it so far for a week and without fail every single day multiple times a day I have extreme chest pains directly under my left breast. It feels like a stabbing pain. Attempting to breath during an episode is excruciating. Is it due to the new medication?
I am a 36 year young female and was told I have a right parietal meningeoma of 4mm. It is supposed to be in my frontal lobe. About a week later an EEG was done and indicated sharp discharges in both hemispheres of my brain. I have been having horrible headaches since at least 10/20 of this year that get to the point of nausea. They are sharp and never completely go away. Just vary in intensity to more bareable at times than others.
Am asking myself if my lack of need to drink - can be quite happy with one coffee, and 1 tea, 1 small milk per day - could be an autonomic dysfunction. I know fluids are important but just cannot remember to drink more. At 80 I am pronounced as remarkably fit (apart from usual arthritic degenerations) but have had one recent episode of arrythmia on returning to bed after night-time bathroom visit.
You will find varying opinions on Topamax. Some people think it's absolute poision. There are side effects which can include the numbness/tingling, weight loss (not such a bad one LOL), and some say they experience a "foggy" brain. For me, the side effects weren't bothersome enough to quit. The Topa did seem to help in the beginning (I was taking it for chronic migraine) but after about 2 years, I felt like it wasn't quite doing the job so I recently got off.
But I know a lot of people who topamax works for, and they never even have to try anything else.
I am 32 and have suffered from migraines for about 3 years. They started pretty much out of the blue, however, a lot of people in my family suffer from them.
I have tried nortriptaline, amitriptaline, verapamil, all without success. The first two didn't do anything for my migraines, and the verapamil made my blood pressure so low I couldn't function.
It is a rare condition and the mortality rate is 9 out of 10 do not live and the 1% that does is a mystery. It is an orphan and rare condition believed to be hereditary. The treatment is removal of the spleen and steroid treatment. Progress in this area indicates Enzyme involvement as well. Make sure you are tested. The only symtom is fatigue.
I have not said a word to my doctor about it helping the bulimia as she and everyone else is unaware of my problem with bulimia. Topamax has a few side effects that are not the greatest (makes me a little tired, reduces my sex drive, thinning hair, very expensive) but for it to HELP tame the beast inside me its been worth it. Are there any long term side effects I should be aware of? I have tried to go down in dose but my cravings and desire to purge comes back.
If someone taking Topamax becomes flushed or overheated, they should relax in a cool place and drink plenty of water. Very rarely, drug withdrawal convulsions (fits) have been reported. Psychosis (often with paranoid delusions and prominent visual hallucinations) has also been reported.
Rarely, the inhibition of carbonic anhydrase may be strong enough to cause metabolic acidosis of clinical importance.
old and never had blood pressure issues and all the sudden I started
having these issues,I had some symptoms
prior to the sudden occurence,eye twitching severely with eye pain,increasing severity of headaches and a real bad one a couple of days ago,It is not extremely high
so I was put on lisinopril only after I took 2 days of readings at home.
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