Topamax and The Things It May Do...What Have You Heard/Experienced?

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Ok people I am gonna put this one out there because there is this pill I take and by the title you can guess what it is (Topamax). I have seen many other people posting on here about different positive and negative side effects on it. Positive being from weight loss, pain relief, and other things it was ment for. Negative to being it making you forget things, more intense memory loss, and other things. Now I am going to tell you MY side effects I personally have had that have been positive and negative. Then I want to know from you guys what you have heard or experienced about this pill. First, positive things I have experienced are of course the pain relief that it is supposed to give which it is ment for in the first place (was originally given for pain in my legs and back). Also, weight loss was experienced which was a big thing because I have tried everything out there and this is the FIRST thing that has in any way helped me lose weight at all (to put things into perspective im well over 400 lbs.) which yes I know I just put my weight on here but I wanted you guys to realize that it was Huge for me when it worked. Another positive thing that happened when I took it was that it helped with me being a little more "here" if you know what I mean. Before I started it I used to be in so much pain I would not be the same person I guess (to me in a way) and now I feel more like me kinda. Now the negative parts that I experienced which recently have gotten a bit worse (hence the post). First came the tiredness which I expected due to the fact that it was a pain medication and was to relieve pain so I figured it might make me a bit tired. Then came the slight itchy feeling now and then where I thought that I would have a flea or something on me and I didn't (but only a little). Then came more and more tiredness and I almost felt like a zombie at one point. It then started to wear off at one point but then so did the meds and the pain started to come back so he raised my meds (the doc). Then my dose was to a point that for a while (for about the last month) I couldn't even be in a dark room without thinking I was going nuts with things crawling all over me. All sorts of stuff like bugs, roaches, anything you name it I would swat at my legs and arms (mainly legs). I couldn't sit with the light off cuz I thought I was going nuts. Finally, the night before I went to see my doctor a few days ago I fliped when a real bug did jump on my leg in the dark and I spotted it with a small LED light I have and flung it so far accross the room it wasn't funny. Needless to say when I told the doc he lowered my meds and said we would go from there and said it was a side effect from the Topamax (to have the crawly feeling). But that mine was going overboard and we needed to get it under control. So what have you heard, read, or experiencend? Lets hear your two cents worth. Peace Out for now (sorry for the huge post I got in a talking mood lol). ~*~J_Dawgs~*~