Posted by headachequeen on December 6, 2003, at 16:21:47
In reply to Does topamax cause cognitive deficits?, posted by DanGirl on December 4, 2003, at 22:52:52
> I have been on topamax for 2 years now,for mood stabilization, and I have noticed while taking it that my speech tends to slur. I am a college student, and it just seems that it takes me longer to come up with answers to questions now; ie, I'm not thinking on my toes anymore. Is this just my imagination? My psychiatrist just keeps saying she is sure everything is fine...
Funny but it has not occurred to me to discuss the side effects of all this with my psychologist... I always seem to comparmentalise... the topomax is a neuro thing as it is prescribed by the neurologist for the epolipsy so I leave it there (and here)... must see what the shrink man thinks and says...
but it does seem to make words slur...
and I wonder if that has anything to do with the dry mouth... lack of saliva????
or is it separate???
I have always been very articulate and the slurred words really upset me... the inability to find the right word upsets me even more...
is it topomax is it something else????
and I resent it when my neurologist gives me the everything is just fine, why worry... or the old, it's just stress and anxiety routine... if you didn't worry about these things you wouldn't have the stress from it and it wouldn't happen because you wouldn't have the stress that makes it happen attitude...
it IS happening and it DOES make me worry so everything is NOT fine... if it is a side effect, then tell me, and help me deal with it... help me overcome it... and I will get on with my life... but don't pat me on the head and send me away like a little kid which I am not...
and I can guess that you feel the same way...
let's unite and make them realise that we need answers and understanding and a little help...
not to be patronised...
oh I feel better....
thanks !!!!!
kat
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