Posted by Jadzia on November 20, 2003, at 8:49:54
In reply to Re: neurontin withdrawal » jtevers, posted by ramsea on November 20, 2003, at 4:39:19
Hi Everyone..........sorry about the MY A**S. I din't mean to offend anyone.
With regards to Neurontin. I CANNOT and WILL NOT Retract my Opinion on this Drug.
Say what you want.........I GUARANTEE that a few years down the road, hopefully sooner, Pfizer, a.k.a. Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis, will pay DEARLY for the OUT AND OUT LIES THEY TOLD TO THE ENTIRE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. Their "actions" are nothing short of CRIMINAL and ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Doctors have been handing it out like candy BECAUSE THEY WERE LIED TO BY THIS DRUG GIANT.
My Psychiatrist (I saw her yesterday), is NOW IN AGREEMENT WITH ME............Neurontin is NOT THE SAFE DRUG SHE WAS "EDUCATED TO BELIEVE".
What you have to understand is that I am in full agreement that different people can react differently to the same medication.
That is NOT MY POINT. My "Point" is that I DID NOT INTEND TO BE AN "ADDICT"..........nor was it the "intention" of my Doctor to MAKE ME AN ADDICT. I have NEVER BEEN "PHYSICALLY ADDICTED" TO ANY MEDICATION..........and BELIEVE ME......they have put me on all sorts of drugs, and NEVER, NOT ONCE did I become Physically Addicted to ANY OF THEM.
And by the way, NONE OF THOSE MEDICATIONS "HELPED" ME............they made me physically ill.
I am not "Diagnosed" as ANYTHING, except having "Overwhelming Problems In Everyday Living".........I am NOT "Mentally Ill", as so many Doctors love to "Classify" US AS.
I am NOT ALONE on this one. I have HUNDREDS of emails from others who are PHYSICALLY ADDICTED to Neurontin.
Even a Junkie can withdraw from Herion in 28 days ..........I started my Neurontin "withdrawal" plan in July 2003.....I'm now four and a half MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD.....and I STILL have to take Neurontin, albiet a lower dose, week by week.
I have "weened" myself down from 3,600mg per day to 1,200mg per day..............I STILL FIND IT ODD THAT I CAN'T SHAKE THIS ADDICTION.
AND NO.........IT IS NOT A PSYCOLOGICAL ADDICTION. It is DEFINATELY A PHYSICAL ADDICTION.
I suffer from Chronic Pain........I'm no Spring Chicken.........I also have trouble sleeping, I wake up 5 to 10 times a night.
When I was on a High Dose of Neurontin those "symptoms" were better, but at what cost?
I'll tell you "What Cost"..........I became UNCONTROLLABLE..........I was filled with Anger, Rage & Hostility..........with NO REMORSE, and I became PHYSICALLY ADDICTED.
And you want to know why I was prescribed Neurontin? A Psychiatrist prescribed it to me, specifically for "ANGER CONTROL"........isn't that ironic!!!!!!
I would wake up planning who's day I could ruin. I became a Prisoner in my own home. I was TRULY AFRAID that I might harm another human being.
Anyone who entered my three feet of personal space, or talked to me for no reason at all, became a TARGET for my PhD in Verbal Abuse.....and on two Occasions, Physical Abuse.
I am not the type of person that goes "looking for a fight"............but while on a High dose of Neurontin, that was ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT.
With that being said, ALL I am "asking" for, is for Pfizer to TELL THE TRUTH so that Patients and their Doctors can make an EDUCATED DECISION, whether or not the "benifets" out weigh the "risks".
poster:Jadzia
thread:49557
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031116/msgs/281598.html