Are Topamax side effects annoying or unhealthy???
I was started very gradually at 25 mg of Topamax and gradually increased to 50 mg. I started having uncomfortable side effects at 25 mg, but the side effects became extreme at 50 mg. I’ve complained to my neuro, but they just keep saying (after two months) to stick with it and the side effects might well go away with time. In the meantime, my migraines have not improved. The worst side effects are a very debilitating memory loss, extreme difficulty with word-finding, if anyone interrupts me I completely forget what I was about to say and cannot remember, I felt stupid and doped up, I’m always sleepy, occasionally I feel slightly dizzy, and the last two weeks my feet have been tingling. The least serious of all the side effects has been a face full of adult acne, so badly that I’m worried my face will scar; I have to see the dermatologist about this and I rarely want to leave the house because it looks terrible. The fatigue is so bad that it has interfered with my family life despite my
