Posted by platinumbride on November 19, 2003, at 23:02:57
In reply to Re: neurontin withdrawal » wallofchaos, posted by Holly747 on November 13, 2003, at 23:21:45
Hi,
I just wanted to say some things about neurontin. I know that every body is different, but it was really helpful to me in using less and less klonopin.
I got myself up to a crazy dose and I knew I needed to go down. I was luckily (from what I have read here) to be able to taper down to 1200 mgs/day. And there are often days in which I dont need the med.
IMO neurontin is a useful drug for some and should be available for those of us for whom it is so. Everyone has their nightmare drug. Mine was topamax, but I recognize that it is helpful to so many people...same is true with seroquel for me. It was a true nightmare. Come to think of it, so was remeron!As I consider all of this, it occurs to me that the real culprit here is the chronic anxiety and not the neurontin.
I do not want to appear insensitive, I just want to add another opinion in this conversation. I never would have gotten a break from suicide attempts without neurontin.
Why do we all feel the need to break from meds that help us anyway? We accept long-term use of ssris and such, why not other meds?
In closing, I just want to reiterate that neurontin has been a great help to me and to many others. The nightmare is chronic anxiety for me.Diane
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