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mistermaxime	topamax and depersonalization		Lead	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 232 02/29/08 1:03 AM	Remove this ad can topamax worsen depersonalization? my past 2 headaches havent been as bad as usual but ive noticed a massive increase in derealization/depersonalization in the past 2-3 weeks. im thinking slower. i feel so weird. i feel a little bit like my eyes are in the back of my head now. it really pisses me off that i cant describe any clearer. anytime something that happens outside of my routine which i hate, i dismiss it. i tell myself it never happened, it was only a dream. i think that i subconsciously think my routine will never been be broken so i dont want it to be. so now anytime anything i go into a dream-like mode. now i guess ive come to accept it as "normal" it happens more often than it ever did. even now i'm slightly in awe at the fact that arms are attached to my torso and they are moving when i want them to. its like their not mine but i can use them as i want. i know theyre mine! why does it feel like their not?
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shannon3fh		#1	[url]	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 449 02/29/08 9:44 AM	my friends mom took topamax for a month. she works at a grocery store. when a customer came to her to check out, my friends mom saw the total amount on the cash register but simply could not say the amount. her mind was like not functioning correctly. her dr said it was fr the topamax.
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mistermaxime		#2	[url]	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 232 02/29/08 10:57 AM	i having having slight trouble counting and doing simple tasks. my mind is wandering off wondering why im even counting at all.
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SopuliSusie		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1496 02/29/08 11:57 AM Administrator	Topamax can make you really stupid. I walked around in a mental fog the entire time I took it. It was stunning. I couldn't write whole sentences. Awful. Need to cheer yourself up? Watch the Kitty Cat Dance!
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mistermaxime		#4	[url]	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 232 02/29/08 12:01 PM	i have to think for 5 minutes before writing each sentence and its only week 2. even this took me a couple minutes of thinking even though i knew what i was going to write. i cant help feeling im being followed, it started about 2 nights ago. i see objects move in the corner of my eyes. i know no one's there but i can't stop looking backwards. Last Edited By: mistermaxime 02/29/08 12:05 PM. Edited 1 time.
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tamster0125		#5	[url]	[-]
Registered User Posts: 21 02/29/08 12:09 PM	Mistermaxime, Hi, I regularly visit this site to try to understand what my son is dealing with. I signed in this morning and was shocked to see the title of this forum. My son (age 13) has the snowy vision, but seems to be getting more frustrated by the "depersonalization". Last week his Dr. put him on Topamax. He says it would help with the headaches, which are pretty mild, (only one major migraine so far). But he says it will "indirectly" HELP with the "depersonalization". It is concerning me that I read so many stories of Topamax causing the depersonalization. Did you have the depersonalization before you went on the Topamax or did is cause it? Tami
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ksomething		#6	[url]	[-]
Registered User Posts: 5010 02/29/08 12:18 PM	Hello tamster0125, can you give some information re. the course in the last 4 weeks. After the first attack of migraine with aura in January this year, there was a significant increase of intensity of visual static - has this recovered to the intensity it had befoire the migraine attack? If yes, since when did it reach that level again? Have there been further attacks of migraine with aura. Depersonalisation can occur as a symptom of the persistent aura itself, it is not clear whether it is a side effect of Topomax, it can occur (as in your son) without Topomax anyway in PMA sufferers Has you son ever made a picture of his visuals? could you ask him? Greetings, K
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tamster0125		#7	[url]	[-]
Registered User Posts: 21 02/29/08 12:34 PM	He has not made a picture yet. Matter of fact, we were just discussing that a couple of nights ago. They did a 24 hour EEG, which we do not have the results of yet. Any time I ask him about the vs, he just says "its the same". One interesting fact, a couple of days ago he said he was in class, all of a sudden he felt "there", like things were normal again (with regards to the depersonalization). He said it only last about a minute and it was "back to fantasy land". He has had no migraine attacks since the one in January. At this point he does not see any change with the Topamax, but has been only taking 1/2 a pill (25mg) for one week, and took his first full pill last night. Tami
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ksomething		#8	[url]	[-]
Registered User Posts: 5010 02/29/08 12:42 PM	Thanks for the update. I hope that short moment of remission of the depersonalization feeling was due to an incipient effect of the Topomax, there are anecdotal observations that it may work in PMA so it's possible and one should continue the theraoeutical trial. May I ask, what is your son's own current explanation for all this, does he think it's due to the migraine, or some other cause, does he have anxieties associated with that question?
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mistermaxime		#9	[url]	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 232 02/29/08 1:21 PM	Remove this ad Im not sure if it's really the topamax but the worsening of the condition started around the same time as when i started topamax. I think it might have been a little bit before though.
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ksomething		#10	[url]	[-]
Registered User Posts: 5010 02/29/08 1:45 PM	"i cant help feeling im being followed, it started about 2 nights ago. " Can you describe this a bit more: Do you have the fear that someone is following you? Or do you have the feeling as if somewhere is standing/walking behind you?
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shannon3fh		#11	[url]	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 449 02/29/08 10:12 PM	i really think it is the topamax. if it is bothering you so much please dont hesitate to call the doctor. they can switch you to something else.
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mistermaxime		#12	[url]	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 232 03/01/08 7:57 PM	its a feeling that someone is walking behind me being a nuisance. i havent noticed it since that time, but today i have a killer headache. ive also done some thinking and realized i really need that psychiatric evaluation. i think i may have more than just the regular VS and CDH psychological disorders, i see signs of other things.
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ksomething		#13	[url]	[-]
Registered User Posts: 5010 03/02/08 11:12 AM	"its a feeling that someone is walking behind me being a nuisance." Is this a sort of physical feeling, as if you would sense the presence of someone walking behind you. You don't hear something, you don't see something (have you tried to look whether there is someone?), but the feeling ist just there. Do you have the feeling it is at a certain distance from you (which distance?), does this remain constant when you move, walk or run (i.e. the feeling as if this someone were always the same distance behind you?) Do you have the feeling as if you knew something about this someone, is it a man? your age? older? "i see signs of other things" you seem to fear psychotic symptoms, right? however what you describe is most likely a phenomenon called "idea of a presence" (or "feeling of a presence") I can tell you more about this after having read your responses to the questions above
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mistermaxime		#14	[url]	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 232 03/03/08 12:07 AM	the feeling of being followed has gone away. the signs are from my behavior, dreams and thoughts. there are some events in my life that i see linked to it but prefer not to discuss them on here. i have actually never discussed them with anyone in my life for that matter. aside from that i think the numbness in my cheek and arm is getting worse. my cheek and arm keep feeling like they are falling asleep. maybe im having a migraine and CDH/PMA is making it hard for me to tell. This pisses me off so much I want to stop complaining. I feel like i fell into quicksand and everyone who tries to help me out slowly gets sucked into it. Ive already struggled so hard to get out of it, its up to my nose.
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ohCRICKETS		#15	[url]	[-]
Registered User Posts: 383 03/03/08 2:01 PM	We have very similar DP/DR, but mine isn't related to any drug or medication. Eins - Hier kommt die Sonne Zwei - Hier kommt die Sonne Drei - Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen Vier - Und wird nie vom Himmel fallen Fünf - Hier kommt die Sonne Sechs - Hier kommt die Sonne Sieben - Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen Acht, Neun - Hier kommt die Sonne
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mistermaxime		#16	[url]	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 232 03/03/08 6:51 PM	I'm not sure if it is or if it's not yet. I've been on Topamax for about 2 weeks now and no signs of improvement on CDH or PMA. Doctor said it should take 4 weeks, but I've been feeling so strange lately I'm not sure whether I should keeping taking topamax or call him and stop the treatment. What is the purpose of all this pain? On a side note I've also stopped eating lunch. I would love to eat it if only there was something appealing for me to bring to school or that school had but there isnt. I've lost 6 pounds since then.
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ksomething		#17	[url]	[-]
Registered User Posts: 5010 03/04/08 2:14 PM	Loss of appetite and loss of weight may be symptoms of depression, as discussed previously. I hope you have the chance to see a psychiatrist soon to check for this.
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mistermaxime		#18	[url]	[-]
Regular Visitor Posts: 232 03/04/08 3:07 PM	Remove this ad if they had a subway, chik fil a and some nice tacos in there I'd be eating lunch everyday.
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