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Eroc

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How much Topamax is too much?
May 10^th, 2014 at 10:50pm

I am taking 300 mg at bed time 200 mg in the morning 50 mg around noon 50 mg and 50 mg at at 5 PM for a grand total of 600 mg a day and I am still getting hit with a kip 5 at about 8:30 am.

To go on I am also on 720 mg a day of verapamil, 900 mg a day of lithium and a modified version of the D3 regimen courtesy of Mr. Batch of which I seem to still be resistant to.

I am considering taking 300 mg at bed time and then another 300 mg in the morning to see if that stops the morning hit.

Thoughts?

Thanks for the input.

Eric.

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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Re: How much Topamax is too much? Reply #1 - May 11^th, 2014 at 8:21am Topamax doesn't have a good record when it comes to treating CH's in some folk. Also known in the CH circle as Dopey - max. Hoppy.
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Eroc CH.com Junior Offline CH.com helped me! Posts: 91 Apple Valley, Minnesota Gender:	Re: How much Topamax is too much? Reply #2 - May 11^th, 2014 at 11:00am It is definetly dopey but not that bad. I'm a little slow but haven't missed any work as of yet. I just don't want to OD on the stuff. So far it has worked. No AM CH. I took 300 mg at waking. I do still also have a rather loud tinnitus I have been fighting as well however. E
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Hoppy CH.com Alumnus Offline LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE Posts: 1890 Perth WA Gender:	Re: How much Topamax is too much? Reply #3 - May 11^th, 2014 at 4:26pm After 200mg is when the dopey and memory loss kicks in, so maybe talk with your doc about adjusting the verapamil to a higher dosage, and cutting back on the Topamax. I'm led to believe that 700mg is the safe limit. Hoppy.
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