Topamax and zoloft
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I think it was the combination of going off of the Zoloft 
s trying to lower my nacrotic pain medicines, so he put me on Cmybalta, tizanidine,and now trying Topamax. Anyhoo, are of you on these similar medications? And if you are are you having similar time side effects? If you did how long did they take for them to go away? Or did they! Was you able to sleep? Was you able to lose any weight? I hope that if your taking Topamax it will work for you!! Any comments will be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks in advance!!!
I'm currently on 300 bupropion, along with topamax 100 and still have had no weight losse. I just started the 300 bupropion after being on 150 last week and have already had crying spells but this was the week of my period so I was thinking I just could be "emotional". Before I was on Zoloft 25-150 bupropion but I ate to much on it, I'm hoping for weight loss but every antidepressant I take makes me eat what to do I do??
Thanks for your reply. She was on Topamax and Pristiq for about 4 years, for depression and anxiety. Last spring her Dad and I noticed bazaar behavior starting, horrible mood swings, not just teenage hormones, but violent outburst, self harm (she's been a cutter since she was 14, and had stopped for a good two years) she was loosing all her friends because of her moods.
Which is going to probably be a follow up question to this one. I am currently prescribed and take 200mg Topamax a day as a mood stabilizer along with 200mg zoloft. I often wonder if the Topamax might have anything to do with it. I was also recently diagnosed with vitamin B12 deficiency anemia. My blood panel didn't show anything wildly out of the ordinary other than that. What might cause something like this to happen? I take care of my teeth.
Hello. The shakiness could be a side effect, if it continues or becomes especially troubling. As far as alcohol use, be VERY careful. Most antidepressants carry a warning against mixing with alcohol as in some people the combination can be unpredictable. This is probably more an exception than the rule, but I had an episode many years ago in which I drank on prozac and became violently agitated.
I've tried Topamax and had really great results with all of my disorders - bulimia, drinking, depression. It even caused me to lose weight, which I loved of course. The side effects, however, can be pretty rough. Go to www.mywayout.org for more information or just google topamax. My Way Out is mostly for drinkers because topa has shown to be very helpful in that area. The worst side effect for me on topa was feeling extremely irritable.
At 9 1/2 my daughter complained of blurred vision when trying to focus on small print. Shortly after, she developed severe biological depression, which unfortunately was treated with Zoloft without realizing she had Central (hypothalamic) hypothyroidism. The blurred vision turned out to be due to far-sightedness, and when trying to focus up close, the left eye drifted to the left. This is corrected with prismatic reading glasses.
Then, about 2 ½ years ago I had a near-psychotic meltdown, mostly about the devil and evil spirits, and was diagnosed with OCD and prescribed Anafranil and Zyprexa, which helped with the irrational thinking and obsessive thoughts a little. Between now and then, I have been diagnosed with OCD, Social anxiety disorder, GAD, major depressive disorder, ADHD, and most recently, aspergers/high functioning autism.
celexa,zoloft,paxil, just to name a few. He was also given midrine and perscribed topamax but was so expensive we were unable to purchase it and after some of the things I've read about the eye problems I'm not sure if I want him to try it. He did have an MRI but there were no signs of tumors and such. Does anyone have any suggestions? He does take Hydrocodone for the pain but it barely takes the edge off.
I started at 25 and I felt more nervous and jittery and strted to get weird thoughts of hurting myself and others. I would get more anxious at these thoughts and feel so guilty and shamed. They bumped me up to 50mg and for 2 weeks I felt great...but going into the third week I was more depressed and the obssessive thoughts continued. They bumped me up to 75 mg and it slowly got worse. I went to the doctor and she told me to go back down to 50mg which i have been on for 4 days now..
I am glad you are at least getting the support of a Celebrate Recovery group, but am sorry you are not able to get "formal therapy" right now. It's really great though that you are taking the initiative to go to that group though. That's a big step in itself that you are doing it for yourself you know? Do you have insurance by chance? I know that's a bit of a personal question but insurance does usually help with therapy and such.
She has been taking Topamax similar to your schedule. She was on 75mg since 2002 and we have noticed a reduction in the amount of Maxalt she needs to take since that time.
At her last visit, her Neurologist recommended progressing to 100mg daily. So after eight years she will do so. It seems to have had a positive effect so far in reducing the number of migraines. But one migraine is to many in my opinion.
It will be important for you to find what your triggers are.
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