Posted by utopizen on September 23, 2002, at 14:46:43
In reply to Re: Any Gabitril success stories?, posted by JackD on September 23, 2002, at 13:26:36
> I wonder if Utopizen's Gab medicine would work to the same effect. When I mentioned it a while ago to my shrink she snaps back at me saying "Neurontin doesn't do sh*t for people" and that was kind of the end of the discussion. I'll show her though; I'll toy with her and bring her to her knees...My doctor went to Harvard Medical, he's a psych. He told me "they" tried it for mood stabilizing, but it didn't work. He then said "we're" finding good results with it in anxiety, and asked me if I wanted to try it. I had never heard of it.
If Neurontin isn't working on someone, it's because they're not taking a high enough dose. I know it's easy for me to say this, and perhaps I shouldn't, but it's just that they way I feel, and the way so many others do as well, in high doses is extraordinary. It's like the most soothing touch was applied to each nerve in your body, and each nerve is telling you everything's okay, and then you react to all of this by talking socially.
My doctor told me some people may respond to 100, some may have to resort to 800mg. When I told him I tried 1600mg, he was shocked, and said he thought 800 was a lot, but then held back by saying, "well, you took one for science."
It worked. The feeling you get is like everything's slowed down the first time you take it, almost like virtigo, but more vague-like. That means you took too much. But eventually that dose isn't enough, you just increase it a little, and eventually you stick with the dose that works.
If someone actually took 1600 and it didn't work, I'd like to meet them. I mean, it's at least got to help somewhat, and should be combined so that you can possibly taking a lower dose of Klonopin.
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