Posted by Elena on March 25, 2000, at 19:20:27
In reply to possibly abnormal side affects of mood stabilizier, posted by Amanda S on February 14, 2000, at 6:47:08
> I am taking topomax, just started last Thursday 25mg a day at bedtime. Felt numb and groggy at first, but by Sunday was feeling unstable. My mind seems off kilter, is this something that will go away the more my body gets used to the drug or is this abnormal?
Hi,
I realize this is an old thread, but I'm curious about what conclusion, if any, you finally came to. I'm on my third day of 25mg. Topomax and had exactly the same thought today: unstable. And very irritable as well. The last time I tried Topomax it was in conjunction with Zyprexa (along with my eight million other meds). Anyway, in addition to intolerable anticholinergic reactions caused by the two of them together, was also this horrible irritability (that's putting it mildly) which my doctor insisted had nothing whatsoever to do with my medication and everything to do with my rapid cycling bipolar disorder (with which she had just diagnosed me). I disagreed and said so, which didn't win me any popularity contests. But now it seems to be happening again..and then I saw your post. Is there anything you can tell me to help clarify things? thanks.
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