Re: [epilepsy] Topamax

 

Tim,

I hoped some of my short term memory/word finding issues would improve
after going off topamax, but that is one issue that did not improve. It
is a direct cause of my RTL.

Kelly

On 6/19/2011 7:56 PM, TIMOTHY BALDWIN wrote:
> Elizabeth,
> Is verbal-memory loss related to the inability to produce words after it was
> finally remembered?Is it the brains inability to send that word to the voice box
> instantly just after memory took so long to find it.On the day of my left
> temporal lobectomy I was warned of a possible loss of this and I didn't know of
> its meaning then or now,Topamax wasn't my cause. Tim Baldwin
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: elizabeth<equinn76@earthlink.net>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, June 19, 2011 2:25:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Topamax
>
>
> I hated Topamax! It causes memory loss (short-term) and it causes problems with
> word finding. You also have to be careful long-term with glaucoma issues. I
> stopped it because of the word finding problems. You can only say "uhhh" so
> often!
>
> Hope this helps!
>

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