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Oct 26, 2017, 06:29 PM
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I had my first appointment with a new psychiatrist today. He's so nice. I'm so happy. I've had such awful luck finding a good psychiatrist. He was fine with everything I was on, including clonazepam and sertraline.
Anyway, the combination of remeron and trileptal have been making me eat like a pig. I can't handle all of this eating! I eat until my stomach hurts, and then I'm STILL hungry, and I've obviously gained weight. He's putting me back on lamictal, and he's replacing remeron with topamax? Does topamax make anyone on here sleepy? I'm thrilled he prescribed me it because I know it can help with weight loss. I'm just worried it's not going to help me sleep. And I'm admittedly worried it's going to turn me into a moron.
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Oct 26, 2017, 06:36 PM
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I was prescribed it in the past for my headaches related to my optic nerve swelling. I did not experience sleeping due to it or drowsiness but it does make foods nasty. It changes the way your taste buds work I guess. There were lots of things I stopped eating.
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Oct 26, 2017, 06:36 PM
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It is noted for causing weight loss (I didn’t lose weight). I didn’t notice sleepiness with it, but it did cause some bathroom problems, so I quit taking it
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Oct 26, 2017, 07:13 PM
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It made me incredibly stupid
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Oct 26, 2017, 09:11 PM
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I'm hoping it won't. Gabapentin didn't turn me into an idiot, and I know it turns a lot of people into morons.
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The darkest of nights is followed by the brightest of days. 😊 - anonymous The night belongs to you. 🌙- sleep token "What if I can't get up and stand tall, What if the diamond days are all gone, and Who will I be when the Empire falls? Wake up alone and I'll be forgotten." 😢 - sleep token |
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Oct 26, 2017, 09:56 PM
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Im just happy you FINALLY have a decent Pdoc ... Long over do
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Oct 26, 2017, 10:13 PM
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The darkest of nights is followed by the brightest of days. 😊 - anonymous The night belongs to you. 🌙- sleep token "What if I can't get up and stand tall, What if the diamond days are all gone, and Who will I be when the Empire falls? Wake up alone and I'll be forgotten." 😢 - sleep token |
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Oct 27, 2017, 12:26 AM
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A friend of mine took topamax and it made her, as she described it, "stony baloney" lol. It also made her lose a drastic amount of weight. (To be fair, she has an eating disorder, she may have attributed a lot of the weight loss to the topamax to deflect questions about her eating. But I'm not sure.)
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Oct 27, 2017, 01:53 AM
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Never had topolax - always used ambien and it really works. I have never had side effects from it
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#10
Oct 27, 2017, 06:58 AM
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Thanks everyone for the responses! I really hope it helps me sleep. I'm a sleep away from an upswing right now.
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The darkest of nights is followed by the brightest of days. 😊 - anonymous The night belongs to you. 🌙- sleep token "What if I can't get up and stand tall, What if the diamond days are all gone, and Who will I be when the Empire falls? Wake up alone and I'll be forgotten." 😢 - sleep token |
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Oct 27, 2017, 10:08 AM
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Beware the Dopamax effect.
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#12
Oct 27, 2017, 01:14 PM
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Topomax didn't turn me stupid or moronic...steadied me out nicely...and I lost 20lbs...
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Oct 27, 2017, 01:40 PM
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The darkest of nights is followed by the brightest of days. 😊 - anonymous The night belongs to you. 🌙- sleep token "What if I can't get up and stand tall, What if the diamond days are all gone, and Who will I be when the Empire falls? Wake up alone and I'll be forgotten." 😢 - sleep token |
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