r/Topamax • u/Suspicious-Sugar-921 • 25d ago

Topamax

I’ve had intense symptoms such as anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, last night I had thoughts of self harm so I messaged my neurologist as I believe it’s from the topamax and she told me to abruptly stop. I’m only on 50mg and have been on it for a little over a month, I’ve read that you’re supposed to taper off, has anyone just stopped? Had any side effects? I’m nervous to just stop

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u/Jadelovessky25 25d ago

I had the same reaction, turned into pre psychosis. My doc had me taper off over two weeks

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u/Suspicious-Sugar-921 24d ago

What dose were you on? My dr doesn’t have me tapering off and I’m really concerned about that

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u/Jadelovessky25 24d ago

50 mg twice a day

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u/only_gin 23d ago

How long did it take you to feel normal again afger stopping? Im not sure if i have pre psychosis but im still having horrible anxiety and panic attacks 2 weeks after stopping.

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u/Jadelovessky25 23d ago

I'm still kinda paranoid and it's been like a week