Several years ago I started topimirate for migraines but I couldn't get the dose high enough because I was already so sedated I couldn't have more. But the tiny dose I was on helped with anxiety. So I stayed on it. But it seemed highly unlikely it was doing anything so with my pdoc's approval I tapered off the last 2 weeks. I stopped taking it Monday.

And after a few days then I've not slept well. I wake up in the middle of the night horribly anxious about stupid things, like Christmas presents for my hard-to-shop-for sister and BIL. Or many other things. Some are valid and this has been a very stressful week. But mostly I think it's the med change.

I don't know whether to stick it out a little longer and see if I adjust or go back on. The goal is to decrease my sedation a bit and it's done that, just not quite the way we hoped. I guess I'll have to email pdoc Monday but I may decide to just take it anyway.