Has anyone taken Topamax (topiramate) for migraines and experienced bad side effects?

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I’ve recently started the medication and the side effects have been pretty noticeable for me. I was wondering if anyone has taken it and experienced the same thing, and how long it lasted.

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I took it and had tingling in my hands and face, it became too annoying so i stopped

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I haven’t ever had it but I’ve had patients who were on it and it has some pretty nasty side effects. Hair falling out, rashes, vomiting, diarrhea, passing out. It’s not a very pleasant drug.

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I was so nauseous the entire time I took it I barely ate. I was also pretty itchy.

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I was on it twice and stopped because once of side effects. Mostly horrible le acne and dry skin, tiredness and brain fog. I felt so dumb.
The second time was not as bad because I had a different neuro and he also had me take high dose vitamins plus 2000mg vit c every day to mitigate the side effects. It did help but I ended up getting a different med because the topomax stopped being effective after a while.

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Sleep paralysis for me

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I had to get off of it because it made me so itchy.

Has anyone taken Topamax (topiramate) for migraines and experienced bad side effects?

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