taking Topamax & Wellbutrin together

I have battled like many of you, with migraines, depression, and other such things, however, I would like to take a moment to address the subject of Topamax. I suffered serious brain trauma in 1987, and it left me with several lesions on my brain. I began to battle the most HORRIBLE headaches, within 2 years of the trauma, but nothing yet, was available. The only answer for me, to go to the E.R. EVERY TIME, get a shot of demerol/phenergan and go home and sleep for around 2 days. THIS, alone, produced depression. I had children. Parents, a husband, a many friends, and I wanted to with ALL of them, but I could not, not would I dare ask them to stay behind. So, fast forward, along came the big T. I was on PROZAC, 80mg and it nearly cost me my family. my own father said to me, I do not know who you are? Where have you gone? Looking back, I was a little girl, trapped inside with pain piled on, but each time I swallowed a pill, I felt NOTHING. Without going into great detail, I hit BOTTOM, hard! I watched my husband leave me, take my precious son, and all I had left, was my 15 year old daughter, my parents, and the Lord....even the church, turn its back upon me. As I write this, I KNOW someone is going thru the SAME thing. YOU are not yourself. Your family is crying out in silence, and your home is in chaos, in that NO ONE understands? I am LIVING PROOF, you can walk away. There are OTHER meds on the market, that do not take your soul and turn you into the undead. LET IT GO. Look into the eyes of your family, of those you love the most....what PILL is worth more than those we love?   I derived, NONE.   Topamax.....it is a fix for migraines, in LOW doses....no more than 200 mg a day, with me ...over that, you get foggy, confused, forgetful and begin to question, who you ARE? DOCTORS are NOT GOD.....WE...know our BODIES better than anyone!   I am 42 and I have learned, to TAKE charge. I will not take a pill, just because a drug rep has just breezed thru, and their getting a kick back ...forget it! If it isnt broke, DONT FIX IT!  

 

Good luck to you all...and God Bless !

 

Joy

If you take the Topopax brand from WalMart that is why your hair is falling out, there is a 10-30% differential between generic brands. which means each gives different side effects. The brand Teva NO side effects, Wal Marts brand made my hair fall out in CLUMPS!

HI THERE....

I have been on Topamax (generic Topiramate) for over 6 months now...my problem is COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR...<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

I started mixing it with Prozac (30mg/day) and Zanax (1mg-1mg/day)...I also had problems with PARTY DRUGS ABUSE since I was 18yo and a lot of social anxiety, depression and other symptoms...

I started Topamax with 25mg, then went to 50mg, then 75mg, then 100mg...

Last year, in September, after reading about side effects of psycho drugs and health industry conspiracy theories, I decided to slow down on medication....I was actually feeling a bit better too...

I was able to decrease Prozac to 10mg, Zanax to 0.5mg and Topamax to 50mg...per day...

Sexual impotence with Prozac was annoying me, so by November last year I had completely given up Prozac...

My problem was: I couldn't stop my compulsive behavior with party drugs, such as ecstasy and GHB....mixing those with MEDS is DEADLY!!! My mind is not well....depression increased, when I am not on drugs, I have social phobia, and so on...

Since NEW YEAR I haven't take any drugs....I went to a new doctor who recommended WELLBUTRIN 150mgs and he also told me to increase Topamax to 100mg.....

He changed Zanax to CLONAZEPAM, so I wouldn't be addicted to the same anxiety med......I am taking 75mg of it, everyday...

So, today it's: WELLBUTRIN 150mg, Topamax 100mg and Clonazepam 75mg, every day....it's been ONE MONTH now....and my commitment to quitting drugs is full!! Here's my description of the side effects, so far:

- Loss of apetite for normal food (I've been eating junk food non-stop);

- Social phobia;

- Extreme depression (more than ever in my whole life)

- I am shaky, like never before...

- I feel like a zombie, I can't smile, or laugh, or look at people in the eyes...

- A feeling of despair...complete loss of hope...

- Suicidal thoughts (this is new...I've been thinking about death almost everyday);

I am seriously thinking about quitting TOPAMAX.....from what I've been reading here, that's the evil med......

I will contact my doctor right away...

Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

DANIEL

Good afternoon, I'm 31 ,a past coma stroke patient, and i also take wellbutrin and topomax.and not to mention allot of other things, and im on 400mg of wellburtin and 50mg of topomax/ i'm no doctor,was a nursing assistant but i been on wellburtrin for years,i switched before but came back to it, basically im letting you know im close to a year with those too and everything is fine,now i take my topomax right before bed, but my husband required to take his 3 times a day..If you have concerns tell the doctor or pharmacy tell me risks perks,so on,your health ,they need to help you understand it,sorry dragged it out-lol Best of Luck. sending good thoughts from Florida

hello am new here. i have been reading the posts and i have a question. I have been on Topomax for quite awhile and recently had my dose changed to to quite a bit more. at the same time i had Welbutrin introduced. now at the same time i noticed my hair had totally dried up and no deep conditioner in the world could help me..it hasn't fallen out yet but time will tell. Now is it the increase in the Topomax that has done this? or is it the combination of the two drugs? Also what CHEAP solution is out there? any ideas?

amen. i went through the same thing almost on high doses of Cymbalta. I lost my mind and my family and my job. each time i went to the doctor begging to be taken off...hewould just up the dose. Finally through my wonderful counsellor i was sent to a psychiatrist who immediately saw the problem and took me off it and put me on welbutrin. We will haveto wait and see on that. its time we take charge and make the medical community listen...we know our bodies the best..sometimes they are just too arrogant to pay attention to us. Be wel. Gloria

taking these meds for depression if you are bipolar could cause irrational behavior and she should tell her dr. about it and stop immediately before it causes mania.

Thank you, that is amazing advice! I am going to take all of the supplements you have suggested!

How is your hair doing, still no shedding from the vitamins. Will start asap I starting on 75 mg topamax. Thanks

So sorry to hear this. Years ago I was on effexor then lexapro I was not myself. I was mean. I thought I wanted another man. You should talk to her doctor with her express that you know it's not her.

I have been taking Wellbutrin for about 3 months I took it to stop smoking which I did do. this will be my last month taking Wellbutrin but I am starting Topiramate 50mg and I am scared of losing my hair.. If I take it for a month just to lose a few pounds will I lose much hair? Will I even lose any weight in a month?

I have been on a topamax-wellbutrin-prozac cocktail for over a year and am considering detoxing off of ALL three. For the last 20 years I have been on one anti-depressant after another and they work for a while but then it's like my body becomes immune and they lose effectiveness.  With the topamax I noticed a change in taste almost immediately and it has not gone away. My memory and focus has worsened. Some days are extremely bad. The wellbutrin side effects seem to effect my moods in that I become very irritable and aggressive. Almost hostile. Then I swing down into a depression.  At this point I would rather rid my body of the c**p I'm putting into it, try to modify my lifestyle to include a healthier diet, exercise and natural supplements. From the research I've been doing the long term risks just don't seem worth it anymore. The benefits are not outweighing the risks anymore.

Something you might want to look into is Deplin.  It is what is called a medical food it actually is folic acid...L-methyfolate.  There has been a lot of research and people who suffer from depression....especially ones where anti-depressants work for a short while then stop....have a gene that stops  their body from absorbing folic acid.  Folic acid is needed in the brain otherwise one suffers from depression/bi-polar.  It needs to be by prescription as it is folic acid that crosses the brain barrier regular folic acid doesn't work.

 

I've been taking it for two months along with Wellbutrin and for the first time I feel normal.

 

Do a Google search on Deplin for more info.

 

Wish you the best

What are the other things? Then it would be better to tell you about any sideeffects if any

Thank you so much, I am going to ask my Dr. to put me on these. I really appreciate you took the time to write.