Posted by Quintal on March 18, 2007, at 13:16:44 [reposted on March 25, 2007, at 3:56:20 | original URL]
In reply to Withdrawls need help fast!!!!!!!!!!, posted by sstamp on March 18, 2007, at 11:29:54
Hi sstamp, welcome to Babble!
Well to answer your questions; it seems 'Neu' was working afterall, so how about asking your pdoc to let you go back on it? Another option might be Lyrica, Neurontin's new sibling, given that most people seem to find it even more effective for anxiety and depression than Neurontin. If you have some 'Neu' left over it sounds like a good idea to take a little for now to stop the withdrawal symptoms you're having and allow yourself to recover. It sounds to me as though the withdrawal is not only worsening your mental state, it's also seriously damaging your general health? There is no way this suffering can be justified if you were doing reasonably well on the meds you were taking before. The symptoms you're having sound similar to the withdrawals I suffered when quitting benzos (both Neurontin and benzos act on GABA so I'm guessing there could be some similarity in the withdrawal syndrome).
The withdrawal seems very abrupt given the high dose and the length of time you were taking it, though I'm not familiar with the normal procedures for Neurontin withdrawal. This doesn't sound like typical side effects from the Lamictal to me, it's very much like symptoms you'd get from abrupt Neurontin withdrawal.
I suggest you try taking enough Neurontin to halt the withdrawal until your pdoc gets back (assuming you still have enough), or make a calm, balanced request to the call doctor for a small supply of Neurontin for the reasons above. I don't think they'd want to lock you up if you were to explain things clearly, giving good reasons for your request.
Good luck in any case, hope you're feeling better soon.
Q
poster:Quintal
thread:744018
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