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Does Trokendi XR Cause Confusion Spells As Topiramate?

My previous neurologist prescribed Topiramate, but it was giving me confusion spells. I have since changed neurologists and my new neurologist s PA prescribed Trokendi XR. I have always been leery of XL, XR, etc. type medications. Do you know if it has as much of a track record of confusion spells as Topiramate? While I was on Topiramata I had a couple of trips to the emergency room. On another occasion, I had two confusion spells within a 30 day stretch. The first one on December 16, 2017, and the second one on January 4, 2018. Any thoughts?
Fri, 29 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

As you are using Topiramate it various doses you have responsibility to know about the side effects of tablet topiramate. Topiramate can attimes cause dizziness and subsequent episodes of dizziness causes episodes of confusion this is the underlying reason for the confusion which you are facing at times.

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Does Trokendi XR Cause Confusion Spells As Topiramate?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. As you are using Topiramate it various doses you have responsibility to know about the side effects of tablet topiramate. Topiramate can attimes cause dizziness and subsequent episodes of dizziness causes episodes of confusion this is the underlying reason for the confusion which you are facing at times. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.