I took topamax for about a month a few months ago and am currently waiting on a urologist's ok to begin taking it again. I think it made me feel better emotionally, but it made me SICK!!! My stomach was awful nauseated pretty much constantly. (I think this is what causes people to lose weight when they are on it, btw.) I actually ended up with a kidney stone which is believed to have been caused by the topamax (though I have a condition called interstitial cystitis which causes a lot of urinary tract problems, so it possibly could have been related to that...). Anyway, I never got to feel too good because I was in an extreme about of pain for most of the time I was taking it. The nausea was awful, but once the kidney started hurting I was miserable.
Um, that was just my experience though, so maybe the nausea will go away for you soon? I wish you good luck. I was very disappointed to stop taking it. It was one of the few antipsychotics I've taken that didn't cause horrendous side effects (other than the sick stomach and kidney pain... hm, guess it did have side effects.) I am shutting up now.
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