I tried topamax about 2 years ago and it actually worked well for me, but when my pdoc ran out of samples I had to switch to something else (tegretol, I think) because I couldn't afford the $$$ hundreds of dollars for the monthly prescriptions. Anyway, last visit we decided to try them again since they are in generic now and I actually have prescription drug coverage (yea me!) now. I started last week with 25 mg once a day and this week 25mg 2 x a day, next week up to 100 mg 2x a day (I think?)...I digress.

I've also gotten sick with some other chronic problems I have and am having symptoms I've never had before, STOMACH CRAMPS! I'm talking bad like I'm having extremely bad period cramps. (But I am definitely not.) Did anyone else have stomach cramps with topamax? Did they go away? I didn't have cramps the last time I took them, but who knows...I'm trying to figure out why I am hurting so badly. I went to the MD yesterday and, well, he was pretty much useless and I just might as well just drove down the road and threw $119 out of the window.

So, while I'm on antibiotics for this other crap, I'm going to stop the topamax and start again in a few days, that way I can try and see what is actually causing this pain, but in the meantime if anyone has any experiences with this I'd love to hear them...

Thanks.