OnlyChild4
I was put on Topamax by a pain management clinic. I was also told there were no side effects except the medication seemed to be good at making people lose weight. When I got up to four pills a day (the ultimate goal was 8 a day), I had an incident where I felt dizzy, felt my body was growing taller and generally thought I was going to die. It was very scary. Another doctor said he'd heard of a person who starting urinating blood after taking topamax (you start with one a day and then increase). I would call the pharmacist and ask for a printout of the medication and its possible side effects. The pain management clinic was not happy with me because I immediately stopped the medication instead of slowly going back down to a number of pills per day before I experienced the feeling I did. I didn't feel comfortable doing that because of the reaction I'd gotten. I hope the eye doctor is right but I'd check with the pharmacist for side effects.