tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post412275586405995181..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Topamax Effective in Reducing Heavy Alcohol DrinkingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-35909094325929712902018-01-04T15:44:51.737-05:002018-01-04T15:44:51.737-05:00I know I actually use Topamax to treat cocaine dep...I know I actually use Topamax to treat cocaine dependence. It worked wonders for me. I am also bipolar and alcoholic so it may have helped those too but I was mainly focused on the cocaine. I would be curled up in a ball, crying, I wanted to use cocaine so bad. My psychiatrist started me on Topamax and I no longer hardly even have using dreams. It's a miracle drug for me right now in my life. I will have four years clean off cocaine on February 10th, 2018. I eventually want taken off, because I feel like it's a temporary fix to a long term problem. I do follow a recovery program and am active in it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08962271591173991140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-53166289484734772842011-11-22T19:26:01.753-05:002011-11-22T19:26:01.753-05:00By experimenting with my dose, I have determined t...By experimenting with my dose, I have determined that the 50mg of Topamax is indeed managing my migraine headaches, as well as stabilizing the Cyclothymia which was exacerbated by alcohol use & abuse to the point where I was originally diagnosed as being bipolar rapid-cycling. <br />I stopped my daily drinking after a bad experience with Depakote and Alcohol, and it’s rare for me to have more than one or two drinks a month, but during the time I’ve been taking Topamax, I seem to have become alcohol intolerant in a fashion. I didn’t have alcoholic cravings, but the Topamax + alcohol hangovers are not worth the experience for the few drinks enjoyed. <br />I do have (other) mild negative side effects of memory problems, trouble thinking, concentrating, or remembering things… Which keep me in a perpetually “stoned” state that my co-workers tease me for. <br />A poster had stated on 2/4/09 that it changed (even destroyed) his “base” personality. I do feel that this drug has the potential to affect our basic cognitive functions enough to alter the nature of how we respond to our environment compared to our life without it; but when it resolves other issues that are more distracting or damaging than the side effects … you either stick with it, or find a new drug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-52536538603797233622009-03-13T17:36:00.000-04:002009-03-13T17:36:00.000-04:00my d's dr prescribed tobromax for binge eating. Sh...my d's dr prescribed tobromax for binge eating. She suffered from anorexia and now she is starting to go the other way. She is now bingeing .Her bmi is normal now but he fears it will go up higher and higher .I am so scared of this drug after researching all its adverse affects. Plus she already takes prozac 60 mg for new depression /mild ocd and I am especially afraid of its cognitive effects ,poss. to alter moods inc. depression and brain fog. I dont know what to do she is only 19 and I dont want to suffer any more side effects. Somebody give me some help in making this decision?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-51749684868624263952009-02-04T12:53:00.000-05:002009-02-04T12:53:00.000-05:00I am a chronic alcoholic who was prescribed Topoma...I am a chronic alcoholic who was prescribed Topomax (100mg twice daily)for mood stabilization / bipolar. Funny thing is that while this med miraculously removed all cravings for alcohol for 18 months, and also caused a 90 pound weight loss - It absolutely destroyed my cognitive functions as well as exacerbated social phobias and depression. My personality changed so much that, while sober, I lost an Senior Executive level position in the Hospitality industry. <BR/>So - yes Topomax undoubtedly kept me sober.......On the other hand it destroyed my memory and my "base" personality.<BR/>I would love to talk further with mental health practitioners about this, but could find none in Atlanta who bought in to the "sobering" effect of this otherwise evil drug.<BR/>As a post note - Obviously I got off of Topomax. I have a horrific relapse 8 days later that lasted for 4 months.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-36878772087827227852008-06-09T05:36:00.000-04:002008-06-09T05:36:00.000-04:00Alcohol abuse affects to everyone.you may loose yo...Alcohol abuse affects to everyone.you may loose your memory, may cause to kidney failure.Alcohol abuse center helps everyone to recover from addiction.<BR/>------------<BR/>mohammed<BR/>Alcohol abuse affects millions. This site has a lot of useful information. <BR/>http://www.alcoholabusecenter.comsameerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03418109402528167904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-30883105440955206852007-10-31T15:57:00.000-04:002007-10-31T15:57:00.000-04:00Rachel- what do you mean your mouth and head are n...Rachel- what do you mean your mouth and head are no longer connected?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-14212734791745366852007-10-11T22:56:00.000-04:002007-10-11T22:56:00.000-04:00Carrie, yes, I'm one who's been helped by Topomax ...Carrie, yes, I'm one who's been helped by Topomax (for migraine and for mood stabilization). Honestly, my mouth and brain are no longer connected, but I'm skinnier and stable, and my head doesn't feel like it's being hit by a large metal object on a constant basis... So I guess it's worth it?Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897760883997811787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-88063580434455217562007-10-11T00:31:00.000-04:002007-10-11T00:31:00.000-04:00News of this was posted on the clusterheadache mes...News of this was posted on the clusterheadache message board I belong to, and the responses were quite amusing. A few people made comments to the effect of, "Oh they forgot where they put the alcohol, and that's how it helped, right?" Or, "Well, they went to pick up the bottle opener and then couldn't remember why they had gotten it out of the drawer." etc etc... Made me chuckle.<BR/><BR/>I've stated my beef with topamax before. I know some people have received benefits from it... (Enough so that they even got it FDA approved to treat migraine!) but from the stories I hear about and the personal experience I even had with it, half the time I think the drug is hogwash. If I hadn't had at least 2 clusterbuddies who say it has changed their lives completely for the better, then I really wouldn't think it had helped any of the hundreds of people who I know have been put on it, but there are always a couple here and there that report success with it.<BR/><BR/>Anyway - hope this is really is true! Topamax is getting quite the publicity the past few years...!<BR/><BR/>Take care,<BR/>Carrie :)NeoNurseChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120931307124798416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-49542477536994188072007-10-10T18:44:00.000-04:002007-10-10T18:44:00.000-04:00I apologize for staying anonymous, but what I've g...I apologize for staying anonymous, but what I've got to say may get me in trouble. <BR/>As a practicing psychiatrist of many years my experience with Topamax and some other newer agent that are being vigorously pushed by the drug manufacturers (and with the shameless cooperation of an incompetent FDA) has been quite poor. It is no better than placebo, and may in fact act as an active placebo of sorts. What I mean by that is that the side effects are initially being interpreted by the patient as therapeutic effect. After a relatively short period of time it invariably disappoints. Just my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-58656926141014692872007-10-10T13:31:00.000-04:002007-10-10T13:31:00.000-04:00Is there any reasonable speculation on a possible ...Is there any reasonable speculation on a possible mechanism and is there any possible tie to weight loss on Topamax, in your opinion? I'm wondering if there is some effect on drinking [and eating] related to the reward system, rather than reducing drinking via the sedative action of the medication.<BR/><BR/>My speculation is fanciful since I'm not up on the pharmacology of quite a few medications, including this one. Perhaps I've even framed the question incorrectly. Just curious about your thoughts on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com