Posted by MB on January 21, 2002, at 9:57:59
In reply to Anyone with positive neurontin experience?, posted by cara52 on January 20, 2002, at 22:50:51
> Just added this med into a combo of tegretol (1600mg)
> and parnate (fluctuating between 60 to 90 mg seeing
> sometimes I have to back off because it causes mania at
> too high a dose but I get depressed at too low a dose-
> anyway just added neurontin in - I took one 600mg
> tab and i was lying on the couch in a heroin like high
> for 2 days - surprisingly though my speech was
> extremely clear and I was able to shake it off whenever
> I wanted and function well- that effect has gone away
> in that intensity at least and i am taking 3200mg of
> neirontin in a every 3 hour ( this includes at night)
> dosing schedule - what are others experiences with
> neurontin and what has been the most effective dosing
> frequency and amount for you?
> Peace
Jeez, that is a lot more Neurontin than I'm taking. I've never taken more than 400mg at once (took it at night because of sedation) and I've never taken more than 1200mg in a day. I find that it is one of the more gentle psychiatric drugs I've taken. Mellows me out when I'm agitated, but it seems to take a long time to kick in, and when it kicks in it doesn't seem to last very long. Maybe I need to get to a higher dose? Seems like you're doing well on a very high dose. I don't want to be zombified though. I have to be able to function moderately well.MB
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