Well I didn't like the weight gain from some of the different mood stabilizers I was on, so he said "let's add some Topamax, and possibly switch to it if does all that it was doing for many people on it. Everyone experiences different things , some people may or not have the same outcome with certain meds. I guess at that time I was unlucky with the weight loss side effect. My brother-in-law was put on Topamax for some chronic nerve pain he was having, he lost about 13 pounds over a 6 month period, I saw him recently he gained most of it back just over time.

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SOLON