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I was put on topomax for extreme migraines. Turned out a side effect was zero appetite. Unfortunately another side effect was to lose of about 60 iq points.

• onionisafruit 4y ago
  That's why it's called dope-a-max. My wife had the same experience.
• antihero 4y ago
  Was it literally like just being less smart? Or was it sedation/fog?
  • treeman79 4y ago
    Like staying up 30 hours. But not feeling tired. You can function. But higher concepts are not possible. A “for loop” was very challenging. Also you make a lot of really stupid decisions. Once I was hacking out of house and noticed garbage can needed put away. So I got out of car while driving away. Promptly got caught on seatbelt and got dragged away. Stopped driving until I was off that Medication. The alternate med. Diamox makes me sleepy. But otherwise Doesn’t make me dumb. I know people that do great on topomax. But it has a reputation