I’ve been on the drug for 1 month now for migraines, and am only taking 25mg/day at night. I have trouble sleeping because I’m worried about the chest pain/dizziness, and numbness in my hands and feet. I know that they can be side effects, but I don’t find that too many people have chest pain as a side effect. I’m planning on going off the drug.
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Numbness on hands and legs is a common side effect. I had them too. You could ask your doctor for potassium salts or simply take more bananas and orange juice. It will help to get rid of the feeling.
My neurologist gave me potassium salts and it works coz I didn’t like bananas and orange juice after the taste change topamax gave me.
You might want to try resting more. Your dizziness might be caused by the lack of sleep?
Chest pain… Check your pulse. Is it too fast? Normal pulse is about 60-90per min. If it is too fast, you might want to start on beta blocker, or tell your doctor about it.
I had occassional chest pains too, then I realised that it was due to fast pulse.
Topamax takes time to adjust to your body system. It took me at least 2 months before I was adjusted to the side effects and more than 1 year before I got the correct dose for my migraine. Though I admit that I was a problematic migraineur.
Speak to your doctor. See what s/he says. 25mg is very easy to taper off if you really want to stop the drug.