Posted by BorgMan on October 19, 2004, at 13:50:29
In reply to Re: Neurontin - a bitter sweet med, posted by utopizen on September 27, 2004, at 21:56:34
How's it going?
I'm down to 600mgs daily and it feels good to get off of it. It's like a brain dampner for me so I wind up getting even more depressed.
BorgMan
> > I take 1200Mgs of Neurontin per day. I have for over a year. For me, the drug amplifies my other meds and then it neutralizes those same meds! So I have to adjust the Neurontin every week to open up its filter to allow the other meds to come through! It drives me nuts! Has `anybody else experienced this? Thus my relationship with Neurontin is bitter sweet. I tried to go off of it recently and freaked out after a couple of days.
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> I take 1600mg at once for a class that meets twice a week. I've got some extensive experience with neurontin dosing from having been on it two years ago in my benzophobic doctor's attempt to avoid klonopin.
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> Now I see a doc who's about to put me back on klonopin, but wants me to wait it out for another couple of weeks to prove lexapro won't fix my social anxiety+depression.
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> So in the meantime I am using leftover Neurontin from one of my old pdocs from a year ago and I'm not telling him (all he'd say is "no, wait, we need to see how lexapro is doing" or think I'm a druggie anyhow, which would mean no klonopin in the future).
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> If I don't use it, here's what happens:
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> 1. In a seminar class where participation means I pass the class, I can't talk
> 2. If I try talking, my voice is so stressed it's painful
> 3. I talk as though I'm literally about to cry of the anxiety, and people notice this.
> 4. I sweat profusely on my face and blush
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> this all goes away with a simple dose of klonopin, but I had to switch docs and you know how it goes, one med at a time, wait, wait, wait.
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