Ever heard of topamax? Great little fat burner!

[artrius]

Let me give you a little history before I start talking... I've been stuck around 20% bodyfat for a while, and I've done quite a lot of drug/diet manipulation with out success. With drugs (ephedrine, clen, t3, and even DNP), without drugs, with and without cardio (45 minutes to 1 hour a day 5-6 days a week, heart rate kept at 160 per minute). Diet has been 40/40/20 p/c/f, anywhere from 1800-2500 cals, depending on what I was trying to do. Of course, I was lifting as much as 5 times per week. Was I losing body fat? No. Was I getting stronger, at least? NO. WTF? Frustrating, to say the least.

Well, I've said fuck it, and I've been eating intuitively, at the recommendation of my doctor now. So I really don't know how much I'm getting, but I just eat when I feel like eating. My point is this...

I asked my doctor to put me on something to help me to burn some fat, and he put me on Topamax, and holy shit! I've been dropping 2-3 lbs a week! This is simply great! This is the first time I've EVER seen such good results using ANY sort of drug or method!

You know, on second thought, its almost too easy........ Well, anyways, for those of you who are interested in it, the actual drug name is TOPIRAMATE, and I started at a dosage of 25 mg and worked my way up to 200mg.

Here's a link if you want to look at it, its really for epilepsy, but its working WONDERS for my bodyfat. http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/topiram.htm

 

[T-Matt]

Let me give you a little history before I start talking... I've been stuck around 20% bodyfat for a while, and I've done quite a lot of drug/diet manipulation with out success. With drugs (ephedrine, clen, t3, and even DNP), without drugs, with and without cardio (45 minutes to 1 hour a day 5-6 days a week, heart rate kept at 160 per minute). Diet has been 40/40/20 p/c/f, anywhere from 1800-2500 cals, depending on what I was trying to do. Of course, I was lifting as much as 5 times per week. Was I losing body fat? No. Was I getting stronger, at least? NO. WTF? Frustrating, to say the least.

Well, I've said fuck it, and I've been eating intuitively, at the recommendation of my doctor now. So I really don't know how much I'm getting, but I just eat when I feel like eating. My point is this...

I asked my doctor to put me on something to help me to burn some fat, and he put me on Topamax, and holy shit! I've been dropping 2-3 lbs a week! This is simply great! This is the first time I've EVER seen such good results using ANY sort of drug or method!

You know, on second thought, its almost too easy........ Well, anyways, for those of you who are interested in it, the actual drug name is TOPIRAMATE, and I started at a dosage of 25 mg and worked my way up to 200mg.

Here's a link if you want to look at it, its really for epilepsy, but its working WONDERS for my bodyfat. http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/topiram.htm

haha.. what's funny is that I have a prescription bottle FULL of topamax in my medicine cabinet.. I threw a party a couple months ago and someone left it in my couch.. I had no idea what it was or what it was used for.. Cool, thanks for the info man!

Did you pyramid from 25 up to 200 and back down to 25?? Where has most of your fatloss occuried? Extremities? Midsection?

T-Matt

 

[artrius]

haha.. what's funny is that I have a prescription bottle FULL of topamax in my medicine cabinet.. I threw a party a couple months ago and someone left it in my couch.. I had no idea what it was or what it was used for.. Cool, thanks for the info man!

Did you pyramid from 25 up to 200 and back down to 25?? Where has most of your fatloss occuried? Extremities? Midsection?

T-Matt

Well its not really *SUPPOSED* to be used for fat loss, but my doctor is cool like that Here's how I've been doing it:

week 1: 25 mg
week 2: 50 mg
week 3: 100 mg
week 4 and on: 200 mg

Allow me to warn you... there are side effects, especially when you hit 200 mgs. Its mostly mental. I feel kind of cloudy, like words escape me a bit at times. I don't feel quite as sharp. Also, since I've been taking 200 mg I like to take naps, although that effect is starting to go away. Other things to watch out for is a rash. I haven't gotten one, but my doctor told me to watch out for one. Just read that link I posted above and due your due diligence and you'll be fine.

 

[artrius]

oh and to answer your other question, fatloss is not location specific.

 

[Psychanzolol]

Before this thread goes ANY further, I strongly recommend you NOT use Topamax as anything except what it's made for; which is an ANTI-SEIZURE medication; It's also used at times to diminish possible psychosis and as a mood stabilizer. Unless a trained psychiatrist thinks you really needs this type of med, you're really gambling with your neurotransmitters. IMHO.

P.S. I'm licensed in two states and nationally certified as a mental health specialist, so I have a little bit of experience.

 

[forcedoutage]

My wife has it to help prevent migranes. It makes things taste weird to her, but one side is that she looses weight.

 

[sparetire]

a friend of mine at work has been on topamax for her migraines and she lost quite a bit of weight. It's not so much that it burns fat, but it suppresses your appetite. screw topamax, just buy phentermine and take it for 3 months at 30-37.5 mgs a day...you'll lose weight.

 

[artrius]

Before this thread goes ANY further, I strongly recommend you NOT use Topamax as anything except what it's made for; which is an ANTI-SEIZURE medication; It's also used at times to diminish possible psychosis and as a mood stabilizer. Unless a trained psychiatrist thinks you really needs this type of med, you're really gambling with your neurotransmitters. IMHO.

P.S. I'm licensed in two states and nationally certified as a mental health specialist, so I have a little bit of experience.

Good to note, I'll keep that in mind.

 

[artrius]

a friend of mine at work has been on topamax for her migraines and she lost quite a bit of weight. It's not so much that it burns fat, but it suppresses your appetite. screw topamax, just buy phentermine and take it for 3 months at 30-37.5 mgs a day...you'll lose weight.

The thing is that I can't screw around with things that could cause me to possibly pop on drug tests, and if my doc perscribes me something like this, its all good for me. I could be wrong, but won't phentermine cause me to pop? (I'm in the military, btw, that's why I'm concerned). Also, this is FREEEEEEEEEEE.

Although, any other upsides to phentermine?

 

[a creed]

Before this thread goes ANY further, I strongly recommend you NOT use Topamax as anything except what it's made for; which is an ANTI-SEIZURE medication; It's also used at times to diminish possible psychosis and as a mood stabilizer. Unless a trained psychiatrist thinks you really needs this type of med, you're really gambling with your neurotransmitters. IMHO.

P.S. I'm licensed in two states and nationally certified as a mental health specialist, so I have a little bit of experience.

My doctor asked me a while ago, if I wanted to try a fat loss med - I said, what the hell, and he prescribed me topamax.

I thought the sides SUCKED, and I'm still surprised how quick he was to script it.