Posted by MB on September 6, 2001, at 18:43:49
In reply to Neurotin Withdrawal, posted by Roo on September 4, 2001, at 15:43:48
> Anyone have any experience tapering off neurotin (on
> a fairly high dose 1800 mg's)? I'm tapering off slowly
> but I'm still wondering what to expect in terms of how
> I might feel. I'm going off of it b/c of weight gain, and
> b/c the source of my anxiety has cleared up.Weight gain??!! How much weight did you gain? I always thought that Neurontin was a mood stabalizer often chosen over Depakote because it didn't have weight gain side effects (along with a milder side-effect profile in general). My friend recently diagnosed with bipolar II has been put on Neurontin. She's already gained a lot of weight from Paxil (prescribed for panic attacks...it never really helped, but now she can't get off of it!!!). So, what should she expect weight-wise with Neurontin?? Do you think it is up there with Paxil in terms of making people fat?
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