How was your Topamax weight loss journey?

I would not rely on what we are saying here. You need to find a expert doctor as you having significant problems and in dire need of an expert. I for one am extremely concerned for you and would not want you to live your life based on my experience even though I am on 200mg and have had side effects but yours make me want to find the best Dr available.

I started taking Topamax as a recovering alcoholic to help with cravings. When I started taking it I was about 210 lbs. I was taking 100 mg twice a day. I am now 165lbs. This was over a year ago. I didn’t experience any weird side effects nor have I relapsed. As far as the weight loss it could be attributed to the Topamax or no alcohol but I think now I’m at a plateau.

I have been on topamax and have lost 21 lbs in 9 days. Food smells delicious and I'm starving but the minute I see it I want to vomit. I'm lucky to get a fee bites down per meal. I am eating about 500 calories per day tops. I'm miserable. They say it gets better after 6 weeks.

My first time taking Topamax, I lost FOURTY pounds. Went from nearly 180 to 135 in almost no time. However I was taken off the medicine because my family felt my appetite was too poor. I tried it again about a year later, nothing happened. I'm currently on it again- DOUBLE what I was taking- and have yet to see the magic happen again...

Call it a one hit wonder.

All of you people who have lost weight on Topamax are so lucky. I had the opposite experience (weight gain) though I didn't have any of the bad side effects. I was taking 50 mg and then my doc bumped me up to 200 mg when she lowered my dose of Abilify. We were hoping for weight loss but unfortunately I suffered more weight gain. It seems like a few years ago when I was on Topamax (25 mg only) I was able to lose a small amount of weight. That was before the abilify though.

I've been on 50mg for 8 days and have lost 11 lbs. I've been making an effort to eat healthier though too. It helps deminish my appetite substantially but doesn't completely take it away so I still have to make healthy choices.

I like your reference of "magical" weight loss. I feel the same way! I have just lost weight with absolutely no change in eating habits. I mean I eat donuts, bacon, mashed potatoes - everything I've always eaten - with slow steady weight loss. Since starting Topamax, I've lost like 50 lbs. I haven't had any gastrointestinal side effects at all and have had no more mood swings either. All in all it has been a great med for me and I wouldn't consider going off of it.

Chiaraherself... Did you lose weight the second time with it ??? Curious :D

I am prescribed Topamax as a mood stabilizer at 50 mg. (any higher dose causes confusion) and it literally melted weight away. I lost 50 lbs in 4.5 months without exercise; my lifestyle changed in how I ate though. I wasn't hungry. Some food tasted gross, I used that to my advantage. 1 year later, down 62 lbs. I'm 34/male/5'11" and now 205 lbs.

I've been on 100mg a day for a little over 2 months now for migraines and I've lost 10 pounds. For me it's due to loss of appetite and changes in taste. Most of my side effects are under control now, but I thought about quitting several times due to severe stuttering and confusion. I still occasionally can't find a word I'm trying to say, but my migraines are mostly under control.

Hi - I have been on topomax for about 5 months and have lost about lbs. - "magically" -- that is, without any effort to change my eating habits or exercising at all. I was about 220 lbs.before starting it -- my other psychiatric meds had made me gain about 20 lbs -- but the topomax came in there and really cleaned house!!! I hope I never have to go off of it. Plus, it has helped with my mood swings which is what I am taking it for the first place. All in all it's a good treatment option for me. I hope it helps you as well.