Posted by madge on October 4, 2003, at 16:04:55
In reply to Neurontin and Triple-Substance...Is this for real?, posted by Chris M on October 3, 2003, at 17:11:42
Good luck on the Neurontin. I was on Klonopin 1-1.5mg a day for 8months. I wanted to go off the Klonopin, not because it wasn't effective for my anxiety, but it was dehydrating me and I was continuously getting UTI's. My Pdoc suggested Neurontin as a way of tapering off the Klonopin and going onto something else that wouldn't be anticholinergic. He said that most people tolerate the Neurontin with very few side effects. It too is an anti siezure med. Initially, he started me on 100mg 1x-2x daily. It did help me sleep, however, I experienced horrible side effects including nausea, slurred speach, dizzyness. I went off it and tried again a week later with Ambien. We tried it at 50 mg 2x day. I still had the same side effects, only milder, during the day and so I went off it again after two days. I became a total insomniac from the withdrawl of the Klonopin. The Ambien didn't work anymore, and was only contributing to drying out my entire body. We decided I should try the Neurontin only at night to see if I could tolerate it. I did for two days, and then I didn't sleep and felt worse than I had ever felt in my life. I just can't tolerate the Neurontin. I am now off the Klonopin, but am still experiencing withdrawl symptoms. If you can tolerate the Neurontin, it seems like it would be a good alternative and will help you go through discontinuing the use of Klonopin. It just didn't work for me at all. withdrawing from Klonopin has been the worst nightmare of my life. I have never felt side effects like this before. I have basically been a disabled person for a month because I can't sleep, and have been on drugs that have only made things worse. I wish you the very best. Let me know how it goes. Meanwhile, I would really like to hear from those who have gone off Klonopin and how they are doing.
Madge
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