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Just wanted to toss my $1.98 in on the Topamax. I was given it by my Psych for two reasons, the Neurontin was giving me extreme fatigue as a mood stabilizer and I was gaining severe weight on the Zypreza. It's been an excellent answer to both. I experienced some pretty heavy duty cognitive dulling with the Top early on, to the point where I thought about giving it up. My profession requires me to be reasonably "on the ball". But it worked so well on my mood and helped with weight loss (about 30 pounds so far), I decided to stick it out. With the weight, I should add that I also started watching my diet a lot more closely and started getting more exercise, so I'm sure it wasn't the Top on it's own. But it did help. I'm glad I stuck it out. The cognitive dulling is gone (shut up Cam) and my thinking is cleared up and has returned to normal (now THERE'S a scary thought...). Topamax is like most meds, it's not for everyone, but it's worked really well for me. I'd be glad to answer any questions anyone has about it.

I hope everyone is well!

bptoo