I have been taking 50mg 2x day of Topomax for about 10 days now, maybe longer, but you know, my brain is mush. Just prior to going into hospital and starting topomax i was at university and despite being depressed I was still managing to cope ok, averaging around 80%. Earlier that semester I nearly dropped out but Cymbalta got me going.

Anyway, mania hit so no more Cymbalta but hopefully late enough in semester that I didn't trash it. Since being on Topomax I have noticed I am a little more calm, but that could be the Ability and I am less hungry BUT I AM DEFINITELY STRUGGLING WITH WORDS BOTH WRITTEN AND VERBAL. My MAJOR is English and Writing and now I cannot find the most basic words. It is embarrassing.

This cannot happen to me. It is my career. It is the Topomax? If so, what else can I use to chill me as I have been VERY unwell. Saw my T yesterday. He sees me as mostly having rapid cycling BP with a usual hypomanic during the day then severely manic at night. Had really bad PTSD stuff but that just simply disappeared as it can do apparently when Bipolar is bad, as told by my T. I am thrilled by this as the PTSD stuff was distressing. Anyway, even with the ptsd my brain worked better than this.

Thanks Guys