So I had to go back on Seroquel in July and I was worried about gaining all the weight I had lost when I had came off of the Seroquel so my pdoc put me on Topamax. I've been on Lamictal since I was diagnosed 7-8 years ago and I had noticed a slight decline in losing my photographic memory, focus, multi-tasking, etc. Well anyways since I've been on the Topamax it has been really bad but I didn't realize it was the Topamax I thought it was the bad reaction I had from the Latuda back in June/July. So anyways I have had major problems at work. The amount of work I complete has decreased dramatically and I couldn't figure out why. I was so afraid I was going to get pulled into the supervisor's office. I ended up telling my boss that I was having problems, he knows about my BP and OCD. I was also constantly asking my husband the same questions and he would reply "I've already told you this three times." So I saw my pdoc yesterday and he told me it's a combination of being on the Lamictal and the Topamax. They are both anti-convulsants causing these issues. If I understood him right he said BP is like epilepsy. The brain is constantly having seizures, but without the physical reactions. There is so much activity going on in the brain, so that is the reason I have such a hard time going to sleep. We decided to go ahead and taper off of the Topamax. I was at 100 mg and he is lowering it to 50 mg for one month, and then to 25 mg and then none.

Has anyone had this problem with Topamax? If you did and came off of the medicine, do you know how long it takes before these problems went away for you?