Posted by token on August 5, 2003, at 6:27:02
In reply to effects of topamax-heat, posted by shay52 on July 21, 2003, at 15:16:06
it's been a loooong time since i've been here but here goes...i was on 200mg bid topamax for about a year and the appetite went back to normal. then i stopped all my meds for 2 months and gained 12 pounds. now that i am back on, i am not eating as much but boy am i nauseaus with heartburn, etc...as far as the heat, this can be very dangerous. topamax is known to disrupt your body's ability to sweat and control your body temperature. last summer, doctors didn't know what was wrong with me and thought i had an endocrine problem and since i was a psych patient, they thought i was faking my collapsing in the heat. i also kept falling asleep while driving even though my doctor was only 2 miles down the road. i would quickly recover once i cooled off so it never looked genuine but now there is a medwatch warning on it.
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