Seemingly Backward Side Effects?

I haven't been taking topiramate for very long and finally decided to read the side effects today. It says it causes problems with cognition and can cause drowsiness, but I feel a ton more alert and clear headed than I have in a while. I have suffered from depression for years, and even the usual daily blues have gone away. I find my self having more energy and needing less sleep. The only thing I have noticed so far that goes along with side effects that others experience is that soda tastes HORRIBLE. Are the things I'm experiencing temporary and has anyone else had these side effects? (Prescribed for migraines, at 25 mg, stepping up to 50 at the end of the week, then 100 by the end of the next week)

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Not everyone experiences all of the side effects of any given medication. The most common ones listed are just those that were found to be experienced by a large percentage of the people taking it.

Learn more Topiramate details here.

I'll use narcotics as an example, there are some that take Oxycodone and they get a euphoric high from it, thus they love it and that's how many end up abusing it and becoming addicted…..but most people that take it experience a downer like effect, so they just get drowsy and dizzy.

There's really no way to say that you will or will not experience the other side effects as more time passes, but the only way to find out is by waiting to see what happens.

Are there any other questions or concerns?

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