Topamax for migraines with Concerta & side effects?

I take Topamax 25mg and Concerta 54mg daily. I just recently started taking Topamax, and I am hating the side effects....I am a ditz and ADD already. Topamax just makes it worse for me...my first question is will jacking up my concerta dosage help me think more clearly and be able to put a sentence together (because of the topamax side effect)?

Second question is have anyone been experiencing breathing difficulties with topamax? I have Athlete's Asthma and I cannot walk and talk at the same time without having to sit down and calm down. I can't exercise anymore.

Third question is will it help me lose weight? I am not overweight and I do not have diabetes. I do have a slightly high body fat percentage though (compared to my muscle mass). I was just wondering if it would help me shed five to ten pounds.

please only answer if you, a friend, or family member has taken topamax and has been through this...thanks!

Thanks for your answer Lisa, how long did it take you to lose weight?

I don't know much about Concerta, but I've been taking Topamax for a year so I'll give you my perspective on that. If you stay on 25mg of Topamax daily, I don't think it'll slur your speech that much. It is a low dose. I was taking 50mg twice a day and it really wasn't bad at all.

No breathing difficulties for me, but I suppose it works differently for everyone.

I've lost over 40 lbs. with Topamax. It decreases your appetite a lot. My doctor had to decrease my dose to 75mg once a day because I couldn't lose any more weight.

Hope this helps!

pl see what suits you.
If you are in cold country use all warm things.

If you have cough/cold body hot water bath will help.
Massage and exercise in front of morning sun is good thing, pl try.
Pl try simple acupressure given below for immediate relief.
If it fails you will have to go for Acupuncture.

There is hardly any medicine for H/A OR MIGRAINE. Not only these but for RA, OA, Back ache, Ear ache/ringing, Stomach ache and almost all painful diseases. Hence they become chronic.

Acidity, WORRY, sadness, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation; drug side effects, stress, bad smell, TV & COMPUTER SOMETIMES, Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy, BODY CONSTITUTION etc are their causes.
None of them can be treated with medicine.
Our 100% success in treating migraine &H/A confirms it.

Acupuncture is the best treatment.
I can treat it with naturopathy and YOG, but how can you manage pl see.

Pain killers don't treat the pain but we loose the sense of pain for some time; in that duration our body itself treats sometime and credit goes to meds.
The useless drugs have tremendous power of side effects like liver/kidney failures, ulcer, inflammation of intestines and lot more.

Avoid late sleeping if possible; worry, tension, spicy foods, sour fruits, stale bakery foods, SMOKING and alcohole.

Sweet foods, COCOANUT WATER,sweet fruits like dates, milk, rice, SPROUTS, SALADS and good sleep will help if cough is not there.

But you try one herbal remedy- two drops of drumstick leaves' juice in opposite nostril if one side pains and both nostrils if full H/A will give you rescue. Betel leaf helps but it is very strong.

If it is acute pl search a painful point (with round tipped pen/jimmy) 3-6 mm behind your thumb nail and press it, H/A will disappear within 30 seconds.

For forehead/eye pain the points are in front of nails on the finger tips or 3-7 mm below.

It may disappear naturally too.

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