Migraine

before taking topamax, bottled fizzy mineral water tasted "hard" and slightly bitter to me, which I didn't mind.

I hadn't drank any in ages, though today I had a glass, and actually had to do a double take at the bottle to make sure it wan't lemonade, I couldn't believe that what I was drinking was fizzy mineral water, the same brand I used to drink, it actually tasted sweet.

Topamax certainly throws one's taste buds out of kilter thats for sure.

Topamax has had an odd effect on my taste buds as well. I've noticed that sweets in general taste much sweeter to me - doesn't matter what they are. It's not a bad side effect though, just odd.

Good Morning,
I think the first side effect the doctor told me about Topamax was the fizzy drinks would probably taste flat and they do, all of them. That is the only change in my taste I've noticed, but it is a big one!
Cindy

The first time I opened a soda, I thought I just got a "bad" one. So I dumped it and grabbed another one out. When that one had no fizz, I dumped that one too figuring the 12 pack of diet coke was bad. I was so mad because I LOVED my diet coke! So I tried a sprite. When THAT tasted flat as well, I looked up more of the side effects. I didn't realize that it took the carbonation away! lol. My Dr. didn't warn me of that. Imagine the disgust on my face when I tried a sip of my husband's beer a few months later - just to see! lol.

Ya know what is really strange though...I am not really a fan of soda or anything like that to begin with so the whole topamax affecting my taste for it really didn't matter all that much.

Ok, so I noticed it a bit, but I don't drink it that often, or should I say I hadn't until.....enter amitriptyline - oh yes!

I was never a fan of diet coke or anything diet - but since I don't want to chug coke classic for the sugar and calories - I will drink DH's diet stuff. I LOVE IT! It tastes super sweet to me which it never did before - even with just the topamax it never tasted like this, but then with the added amitriptyline - it's like super sweet and I can't get enough.

Thank god I don't have cake in the house - god help me I just bought a zillion girl scout cookies!!! Yep - they won't make it through the weekend. Usually I can buy 4 boxes of Somoa's or whatever they are now "carmel delights" and I have them for like 5 months - now, I'm already on box 2 and I just got them Tuesday.

Yep, thanks Amitriptyline!

I take Topamax and don't like most diet drinks either. But I am absolutely crazy about Cherry Coke Zero. Am threatening the Coke guy at work (we don't have it) that I'll chase him with my BIG machete if there's not some next week.

Tracie

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Originally posted by tracieB:
I take Topamax and don't like most diet drinks either. But I am absolutely crazy about Cherry Coke Zero. Am threatening the Coke guy at work (we don't have it) that I'll chase him with my BIG machete if there's not some next week.

Tracie

I don't really ever drink soda, and I *hate* diet sodas, but I love Cherry Coke Zero. I don't take topamax, but I did notice that when I went up to 1200 mg neurontin (which is in the same class as topamax), things started to taste kind of funny.

Do you think we should tell Coca Cola that they should market Cherry Coke Zero as being really tasty to migraineurs?

Tracie

I never get hit up for Scout cookies anymore. Probably this really isn't a bad thing, since I don't need to nosh a whole box or two by myself. But I do miss those Thin Mints. I know they sell them here and there around town in groups, but I never seem to be in the right place at the right time, either.

I have a box in my freezer I can send you - fresh off the girl scout truck!!!! They are selling them out in front of all the stores in my area right now too!

Samoa's are my biggest weakness!! I love them so much!!! Oh, sorry, correct that, now they are Carmel Delights. I still love them so!

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Originally posted by dragondroolHOST:
I never get hit up for Scout cookies anymore. Probably this really isn't a bad thing, since I don't need to nosh a whole box or two by myself. But I do miss those Thin Mints. I know they sell them here and there around town in groups, but I never seem to be in the right place at the right time, either.

Awww, that's sweet, Eileen! Really, I suppose if the calling were to get great enough, I could always go to the Girl Scouts of America office in town. I know they sell them there in the spring.

I do like the Caramel Delites, too. But they got really skimpy with those. You'd open the box and it was mostly that slide-out plastic holder, with what seemed like three cookies. Definitely the mints, with six cookies, are the better bargain. LOL!

I do know that the last time I ordered them, they had a new lemon cookie. I think it was a lightly iced cookie or something. Those were pretty tasty, too.

But...enuff waxing nostalgically off-topic (bad drooliehost!)...back to the original, on-topic Topamax Mineral Water Extravaganza...

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Originally posted by dragondroolHOST:
I never get hit up for Scout cookies anymore. Probably this really isn't a bad thing, since I don't need to nosh a whole box or two by myself. But I do miss those Thin Mints. I know they sell them here and there around town in groups, but I never seem to be in the right place at the right time, either.

Girscouts got a new baker this year...and all the cookies taste strange! So don't feel too bad!

Good to know!