 [ Symptoms ] hi when i try to remember anythign while studying i start feeling sleepy and also causes pain in the brain  hi when i try to remember anythign while studying i start feeling sleepy and also causes pain in the brain [ Disease ] this medication is not used to relieve a migraine per say it is used to help prevent migraines and make it so that when u do get one its not as severe this medication has to build up in your system people usually start with 25mgs for a week then 50mgs for a week and so on till u usually reach 100mgs or what ever your your dr has perscribed it does work very well but i have to warn you the side effects can be bad for about the 1st month and then they will get better my sister is also on it and she called it dopamax cause of how she felt at first if u have a migraine u need to take some sort of abortive med like excridine migraine or imatrex or whatever your dr has told u to use i hope this helps topamax is a great medicine and should work very well just hang in there