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Hair loss and Topamax

I have been prescribed Wellbutrin for depression and Topamax as a mood stabilizer.  The combination worked very well for me and the bonus was that I lost weight.  However, I also lost hair.  I was wondering if anyone else experienced the same problem.
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I just started taking topamax and my hair has always come out in clumps, but grows back just as quick, ok if my hair does fall out with this drug I'll wear a wig anything is better than the migraines right? I'm on 50mg just now and will eventually get to 200mg. I this the hair loss is more to do with diet and nutrient rather than the drug itself but who knows I will let you all know as I'm going to take suppliments also
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I was taking topamax as well for my migraines. I lost 32lbs! great! but my hair started falling out bad! so my doc Just switched my meds to Verapamil. I just did some research and it can cause hair loss as well!
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I just started on 100 mg 2 months ago..I have lost 15 pounds but the hair loss is what is worrying me, does the hair come back once you discontinue the medication??? Please let me know ASAP...
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i took topamaz about 3 years ago (for 6mths) and then stopped for a year. my migraines started coming back so i started taking it again. started out with just 25mg a day. it worked fine for a while then i had to up the dosage to 50mg a day. just recently i had to up my dosage to 75mg per day after being on it for a year and half straight. it wasn't until i got to 75mg per day that i noticed weight loss and it wasn't until after this weight loss (approx 15lbs) that i noticed my hair coming out like crazy. i tried going back to 50mg per day but my migraines are there. i gotta get off this stuff. it works for the migraines but nothing is worth losing my hair.
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I have been reading this entire thread all morning!  Thanks you ALL so much!  I have been on Topamax for six YEARS and it stops today!  I have always had hair loss but it began to get much worse this past year.  Because I hadn't started or changed any meds I just couldnt put a finger on it.  My doctor suggested that it was the Top and I said but I have been on it for years.  He said that things change over the years (with me I suppose)  I am on it for "mood disorder".  I think that can be controlled with Wellbutrin and Buspar (if any of you haven't heard of that one you should REALLY look into it!)  So, thanks to all of you I am so looking forward to hoping my hair grows back and also that I can finish a sentence once in a while! lol I will check back in soon....
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Are your still off Top? I like your post as I have been reading them ALL all morning and yours sounds closest to mine.  Although I never see any replys or answers to any of these questions.  So, I may not see this one:(  Just trying it out...thanks
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