is topamax used for depression
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Bipolar Medication Spotlight: Topamax (Topiramate) For a period of time, there was hope that Topamax would reduce mood symptoms and/or cycles, but studies haven’t supported Topamax’s usefulness in reducing cycling or symptoms of depression or mania. Doctors rarely prescribe it as a sole treatment for mania or depression.
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- For as little as 6,000 Yen p/hr ($60 USD), you can go to one of a number of cute, cosy cafés in Japan & cuddle with and sleep next to a woman (usually aged 18-30). Yup, just sleeping NEXT to someone with perhaps the occasional cuddle and head rub.
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Incidence Medication. 1  Baclofen is usually well tolerated. 2  Tegretol, Dilantin, Trileptal, etc. 3  A study by M. Zvartau-Hind, MD, et al, as reported in Neurology, Nov 2000, showed successful treatment of 6 TN/MS patients with Topomax (Topiramate) with minimal side effects.
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- A: Topamax (topiramate) is an anticonvulsant or anti-seizure medication. It is used to prevent seizures, either alone or in combination with other anti-seizure medications. Topamax is also used to prevent migraines. These are the official uses approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Topamax For Major Depressive Disorder I have been on and off different SSRI's and none of them have helped e.g. slept my life away, foggy mind, couldn't concentrate, no feelings, constant ringing in my ears, low libido. I started on Wellbutrin XL 150mg for 1 month and my doc upped my dose to 300mg.
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Topiramate Topiramate - Medical uses. 1  Topiramate is used to treat epilepsy in children and adults, and it was originally used as an anticonvulsant.
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Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug (NSAID Medicines such as Topamax can ease the pain of migraines and make them occur less frequently. As with all medications there are potential side effects associated with the use of Topamax. According to Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, numbness and tingling, also known as paresthesia, is the most common side effect. This side effect typically occurs within the first stages of treatment.
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Topamax The recommended dose for Topamax® monotherapy in adults and pediatric patients 10 years of age and older is 400 mg/day in two divided doses. Approximately 58% of patients randomized to 400 mg/day achieved this maximal dose in the monotherapy controlled trial; the mean dose achieved in the trial was 275 mg/day.
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Topiramate (Topamax) for Migraine Prevention The recommended dosage of topiramate for migraine prevention is 50 mg twice per day. Patients should start with 25 mg once per day, then increase by 25 mg per week up to the recommended dosage.
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Bupropion Bupropion (Aplenzin, Wellbutrin XL) is also used to treat seasonal affective disorder (SAD; episodes of depression that occur at the same time each year [usually in the fall and winter but rarely may occur in the spring or summer months]). Bupropion (Zyban) is used to help people stop smoking.
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Topamax Side Effects The most common Topamax side effects when taken alone by children aged 10 to 16 with epilepsy are: 1  Weight loss. 2  Upper respiratory tract infection. 3  Tingling of the arms and legs.  A loss of appetite 1  (anorexia) Diarrhea.  Mood problems.
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Trokendi XR What is Topamax? Topamax (topiramate) is a seizure medicine, also called an anticonvulsant. Topiramate is used to treat seizures in adults and children who are at least 2 years old. Topamax is also used to prevent migraine headaches in adults and teenagers who are at least 12 years old. This medicine will only prevent migraine headaches or reduce the number of attacks. It will not treat a headache that has already begun.
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- Quiche Lorraine I. For this classic recipe, crumbled bacon, Swiss cheese and a bit of diced onion are scattered in the bottom of a pastry shell and practically drowned in a luscious mixture of cream, eggs, sugar and cayenne pepper. The baked quiche is cooled slightly before being cut into beautiful wedges and served.
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Lexapro and migraines I have been on Depakote for a month and for migraines which did not help so my neuro added topamax which I am now up to two a before bed and two depakote before bed as well. The migraines are gone, I take Lexapro for depression but I am feeling SO aggitated I feel I am about to jump out of my skin and crying a lot!
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metoprolol tartrate - Drug Summary A: Topamax (topiramate) is an anticonvulsant or anti-seizure medication. It is used to prevent seizures, either alone or in combination with other anti-seizure medications. Topamax is also used to prevent migraines.: Topamax (topiramate) is an antiepileptic medication approved to prevent seizures, either as monotherapy or in combination with other medications. Topamax is also used to prevent migraine headaches. It will not treat a migraine once it has started.
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- PubMed Citation (Concise review of indications and side effects of anticonvulsants; topiramate is used for partial and primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures, both as monotherapy and adjunctive therapy in adults and children; adverse events include drowsiness, dizziness, headache and ataxia; mentions that liver failure has been reported).
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Topamax Gave Me My Life Back I have been on Topamax for nearly 2 years. The titration to 100 mg was very challenging but I took my time (6 months). Having a supportive neurologist made all the difference. I was very dizzy getting to 75mg but after that things seemed to calm down. I eventually had to titrate to 200 mg to get full relief of MAV.
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- Topamax is approved to treat epilepsy and prevent migraines. It can cause cleft lip and palate birth defects when taken by pregnant women. Topamax is the brand name for the anticonvulsant drug topiramate, manufactured by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Topiramate was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1996 for use in the treatment of epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, uncontrolled seizures.
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- Weight gain,headache: Topomax is helpful to get rid of daily headache, seizures, work as a mood stabilizer, reduce craving to food, opiates, alcohol depending on the reason for using it --after several month, withdrawal can cause weight gain, seizures, headache.
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Topiramate (Topamax) for Migraine Prevention Topiramate (Topamax) is an antiepileptic drug recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prevention of migraine headache in adults. Its exact mechanism of action is uncertain, but it is known to affect neuronal hyperexcitability,1 which is one probable factor in the development of migraine.
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- 1 (Topamax is not intended to relieve the pain of a migraine headache once it has started.)  As a first-line single-drug treatment to prevent partial seizures and tonic-clonic seizures in people aged 10 and older who have epilepsy.
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Medication For Depression Can Help A couple of medications for depression are called atypicals. It is uncertain how the first atypical medication for depression, Wellbutrin, works. It may effect dopamine or norepinephrine. Remeron is another atypical medication for depression.
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Topamax Topamax ® is indicated as initial monotherapy in patients 2 years of age and older with partial onset or primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Adjunctive Therapy Epilepsy
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- however topamax was also found to prevent headaches or reduce the number of headaches topamax can cause side effects such as memory problems trouble concentrating problems with speech sleep problems feeling tired headache and dizziness and loss of appetite
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Topiramate Warning:The primary use of Topiramate, and the only use for which it has regulatory approval, is to treat seizures. Some people use Topiramate to treat other conditions, which may include PTSD, Axis II mood disorders, and eating disorders. However, no peer-reviewed studies have established that Topiramate is safe and effective for those conditions, and therefore these uses have not been approved by the FDA.
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Topamax: Weight Loss Plus Topamax: Weight Loss Plus. Topamax (topiramate), oddly enough, is a derivative of fructose. It is strange that one of the very few psychotropics to cause weight loss is closely related to sugar, but there you have it. It is only approved as adjunctive therapy for seizure treatment by the FDA.