rbecca

Hello,
When I first looked into treatment for my anxiety and panic attacks I went through more meds than it's possible to remember without a list in front of me.I was working with a few different docs and when the "typical" things precribed for anxiety didn't work well for me they started to move toward the "mood stabalizer" catagory. I eventually was given Topamax,just as I always do, I read up on it before I took it.I have social anxiety,I don't have the fear of dying or that most rare side effect ever reported being something that will happen to me. When I started to stumble over my words I did mention it to the doc,she told me to keep taking it (the topamax) and to keep a diary of anything else that was out of character. I went from stumbling over my words, to mixing up words in sentences,to a total loss for the recolection of even the most common words.To say that this was frustrating is an understatement
Along with the speech issues there became disasociation and depersonalization issues. Very weird feeling,if you have had it you know what I'm talking about.
I finally ended up getting off of it after one of these episodes landed me in the psych ward..... I had the diary with me and the docs took me off the Topamax right then. HOWEVER It has been a little over 4 years since I stopped taking it and I still have a very bad speech issue.My daughter (14) makes fun of me when we're talking and we laugh about it, but I'm wondering if anyone else has or has had a problem with what the medical community creatively named "Topamax Stupid"-that isn't me being sarcastic,it came from the doctors

If anyone has had this problem or is struggling with it now I would really appreciate your feedback.

Thanks, Becca