Posted by SandyWeb on October 29, 2005, at 17:33:12
In reply to Re: Gabapentin/Neurontin - depression and anxiety » lunesta, posted by SLS on October 29, 2005, at 1:43:50
Ummm....not to budd in here....but I've been on Neurontin 3200 mg daily for probably close 2 years now. (Wow! I didn't realize that until I just typed it out. And about one and a half years since I attempted. Sorry. I just blew my own mind right now! Lol!!)
Anyways...back to Neurontin. I've actually gone off it cold-turkey twice. Once when I went into the hospital (I was off it for maybe 2-3 months, until I figured out what meds had actually been beneficial for me), and once when I was SICK SICK SICK (I was off for almost 2 weeks with the flu). I didn't have any withdrawal either time....although I wouldn't have been able to tell the time I cold-turkeyed when I was SICK! Lol!
Because of this, I have always thought of Neurontin as a pretty benign med. It seems you can go up and down in dose...and even quit it...without any type of difficulties.
But I guess that is just my experience.
I'm sorry you had such a nasty time with it. I think we all have that one special drug that we think came straight from Satan! Lol. I would have to say that my worst one was Paxil!!!
Take care.
Sandy
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