Migraine medicine

I have twice been on Topomax. The first time I quit because of the side effects. The second time I had a different neurologist and he said you need to take 1000mg vit C and Centrum vitamins everyday. That's right, centrum for older people because Topomax depletes your vitamin stores and you need to take extra. I felt soooooo much better after a week. Not so tired, skin was better and I could think. I eventually had to quit because it no longer worked but taking those vitamins helped tremendously

Oh and if you get the tingles with it my other neuro said to take it with a glass of OJ. It helped a lot. And was the best tip for me. I still suffer from brain fog, loss of words, mood changes, I had severe weight loss in the beginning but pregnancy fixed that 😒 I get insomnia and then extreme fatigue. Taking it for 15 years and still had those side effects. If they bother you too much ask about taking something else, unless it really reduces your migraines. It was working so well for me I didn’t want to give it up.

Been on topamax for about 15 years with about 3 year break (not consecutively. I was pregnant and then breastfed) and recently my topamax has just stopped working. I have been getting migraines literally every other day. I have a neuro appointment in 10 days so I’ll probably get another 6-8 more between now and then. I felt like topamax was worth all the side effects but now that there’s so much more new migraine meds out there I’m hoping my neuro will let me try something different. I’m ready to not be in pain every friggen day.

I’m on topamax I have been since I was 17 but all meds will work differently for other people. I have tried several over the years I have bad reactions to many of them that dr swear by. I am also on two other meds paired with topamax 

I was on topramax for a bit and couldn’t do anything because of the side effects. I’m on resatriptan now that seems to work but can make me dizzy and very tired.