So everything is good except for dizziness. I reached the sweet spot with respect to appetite. This morning, after swimming non-stop for an hour (breaststroke, but still, non-stop) and biking for 40 minutes, I was really hungry and had a big breakfast consisting of a serving of oatmeal with butter and two glasses of chocolate milk (chocolate milk is the preferred snack post-exercise). So cannot complain - do have quite a normal appetite. I did not eat prior to exercise so having two glasses of milk was justified.

But dizziness means that I sit at work. That is bad. Prior to Topamax I was able to stand for 8 hours straight. It was a major accomplishment of mine, health-wise.

I hope with time I will get used to Topamax and the dizziness will go away.

No headaches. Works like magic for headaches. I berate myself for having taken Depakote for headaches in the past. Now I have to shed the pounds I gained while on Depakote and Topamax seems to be even more effective than Depakote for headaches. Why did my GP not tell me about Topamax back then?? I requested Depakote because I did not know any better and I was suffering from frequent migraine attacks and needed a relief. Sure, I should have done my homework and didn't, but it still was her job to give me my options. Argh!