_{Pins and needles
Pins and needles with Diamox/Acetazolomide}

Hello hope everyone is having a good day

_{I was wondering if anyone has suffers from pins and needles with topamax/topiramate}

When i first got put on the i never suffered with the dreadful pins and needles them i got took off them then put back on them at 200mg per day (i was just on 50mg per day before) they started i have them constantly the drs don't seem to care about it and it is driving my mad as they are even keeping me up during the night . it is just in my toes and really really annoying :Angry:

does anyone know how i can stop it?

thanks
hope everyone is good

Hi Jean, Topamax does list tingling and cramp as side effects of taking it. Here's the link that will give you more information _{Topamax side effects}, which I hope will give you some answers, and it advises you what to do if you have one or more side effects.

I've never been prescribed it, but I was on Diamox and that causes pins and needles and cramp, so I know how uncomfortable they are.

The side effects are quite funny really.

They can cause headaches :shock: No wonder im never free from headaches

:Angry:

also vision problems.

I really wonder who thinks which meds are for what disorder at times :roll:

Jean I wonder the same, why when they are trying to control or cure you do they prescribe drugs that give you side effects that are sometimes worse than the symptoms! Its a medical mystery to me.

I was somewhat asymptomatic but now am on Diamox and I feel worse than before !!!

The symptoms can lessen in some cases Faye, but if you find the side effects are more than you can tolerate, have a word with your Neurologist when you go and see her, and maybe she can sort out something else for you, or help with the side effects.

heya yes the pins and needles are really irratating :( x

I find that when my hands and feet are either too hot, or too cold, that is when they hurt the worst.

I also find that keeping hydrated seems to help, as does eating or drinking foods with potassium in them. Orange juice, bananas, potatoes, etc.

I know you were talking about topamax but on diamox it is caused by a lack of potassium. My neurologist has me on a lot of potassium supliments. My bloodwork did not show that my potassium was low before but it also does not say that it is high now that I am on them.
It could not hurt to try. How are you mentally on topamax? It literally made me stupid. I had to come off it.
Best of luck!
Liz

I get pins & needles in my hands and feet. I don't mind them in my hands but I have to walk around when I get them in my feet.
One thing I will say is that I seem to get them just before the time I usually take my meds and it helps me to remember to take my tablet at lunch time when I'm usually quite busy at work.