Gabapentin (Neurontin) Withdrawl Support Group

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I jumped from 600mg to 400mg and just felt a slight increase in symptoms for like 1 or two 2 weeks. I'm gonna go to 300mg. I'm worried because where i live the lowest dose is 300mg so i don't know if i should jump from there or do something else. Is pill splitting still advised here?

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I jumped from 600mg to 400mg and just felt a slight increase in symptoms for like 1 or two 2 weeks. I'm gonna go to 300mg. I'm worried because where i live the lowest dose is 300mg so i don't know if i should jump from there or do something else. Is pill splitting still advised here?

 

 

If your doctor will prescribe it, liquid gaba is available!

[[lo...]]

following.

I jumped 5 days ago, and feel that gabapentin is helping a bit and helped during taper.

anybody here thinks that it is causing depression?

i am thankful for the sleep it gives. I was on and off it during taper, and never had problems going up and down (range 1800-300mg) and wondering if getting off will be easy.

how long after your jump did you taper gabapentin?

 

[[Ja...]]

Wanted to join in

I am on 200 three times daily to help me get off last 1mg of Valium

Feel down on it

It fdampens the terror

This last one week was ok

Been on it one month or so.

I was in a fetal position in pain and 24 hours on this drug I went on a hike

[[Ja...]]

Hi!

I wanted to jump on this thread!

How is everyone doing?

I am down to my last 1mg of Valium

Also on remeron and now was put on gabapentin 600 total per day bc I went into what felt like acute when I hit 1mg of Valium

My primary issue is Akathesia and severe debilitating pain

I didn't have it until I hit 1mg

But I am kindled. The inner restlessness is what did me in last year and why I reinstated (see sig)

So..

Question

I hear neurontin is a beast to taper

I have held my 1mg for 2 mos now and gearing up to taper starting jan 1.

Should I taper neurontin at the same time? How soon after I get off Valium should I taper it?

I am so confused and scared I just have another horrible taper ahead of me

Yes I am on remeron too but if I were stable I wouldn't touch it for a while

Main sx

Nerve burning severe and debilitating

Severe chest pain shock like feeling

Akathesia by far the worst of all sx

I feel badly badly damaged by these drugs and as u can see didn't initially use much. Something happened I think from Cns damage from cipro 3 years ago and a steroid

Scared.

Any encouragement would help

[[Po...]]

Hi!

I wanted to jump on this thread!

How is everyone doing?

I am down to my last 1mg of Valium

Also on remeron and now was put on gabapentin 600 total per day bc I went into what felt like acute when I hit 1mg of Valium

My primary issue is Akathesia and severe debilitating pain

I didn't have it until I hit 1mg

But I am kindled. The inner restlessness is what did me in last year and why I reinstated (see sig)

So..

Question

I hear neurontin is a beast to taper

I have held my 1mg for 2 mos now and gearing up to taper starting jan 1.

Should I taper neurontin at the same time? How soon after I get off Valium should I taper it?

    The Gabapentin was the last one I tapered.  I think it helped with the w/d from the others.

I am so confused and scared I just have another horrible taper ahead of me

Yes I am on remeron too but if I were stable I wouldn't touch it for a while

Main sx

Nerve burning severe and debilitating

        I am still suffering from severe nerve pain in my feet and legs.  Sometimes in my hands.  I feel that the Gabapentin caused some of my problems.  After stopping the Gabapentin my insomnia came back.  I take 50mg of hydroxyzine at about 9pm.  Then I take 400units of Ibuprofen at 1am.  Then I do get sleep for a good 5 hours.

Severe chest pain shock like feeling

  I have heard this is a side effect of some meds

Akathesia by far the worst of all sx

  This symptom slowly got better for me

I feel badly badly damaged by these drugs and as u can see didn't initially use much. Something happened I think from Cns damage from cipro 3 years ago and a steroid

Scared.

Any encouragement would help

  Each step we take brings us closer to being normal again.  I am debating about the neurological test that my doctor wants.  I found I was low in Vit D3 and B12 and have started supplements.  Have hear this can help.  Good luck and remember you are not alone.

Hugs, Popcornlady

[[Ja...]]

Thanks popcorn

Yes the EEG is harmless but my neurologist also wanted me to do the nerve conduction study

I won't do it in my fragile state

I have done it before and even though it's a bit uncomfortable it's not a big deal

My results weren't normal either a year ago but he wanted to do a nerve biopsy and I said heck no

He said it could be a mild gbs reaction or who the hell knows

I was in w/d last year when I did it. I didn't know what was wrong w me and he didn't either....

I didn't know gabapentin could cause nerve damage? It helped my nerve pain in 24 hours. God knows what it is doing to my brain. Have to get off the v first and Go from there

Hugs to you too!

B12 revved me up but others have no problem

I decided I would eat mackerel, sardines and beef liver ugh weekly to see if I could raise my levels

My level was 361 then went up to 417. Still low. But.. Better

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Hi all

 

I'm joining if it's ok.

 

Started gabapentin last year when I went into tolerance wd from klonipin

Was on higher dose until jumping klonipin in February

Weaned off fast and crashed in June. 

Back on in sept at 900 mg a day

Went down to 800 mg a day in oct

Just dropped to 700 mg a day and SO SICK

 

I can't go through the crash again.

Thinking about doing a liquid daily taper of 5 mg a day

 

will this ever end ?

[[lo...]]

gabapentin w/d is very short lived. push through it, it never lasted more then 3 days for me

 

 

Hi all

 

I'm joining if it's ok.

 

Started gabapentin last year when I went into tolerance wd from klonipin

Was on higher dose until jumping klonipin in February

Weaned off fast and crashed in June. 

Back on in sept at 900 mg a day

Went down to 800 mg a day in oct

Just dropped to 700 mg a day and SO SICK

 

I can't go through the crash again.

Thinking about doing a liquid daily taper of 5 mg a day

 

will this ever end ?

[[Po...]]

gabapentin w/d is very short lived. push through it, it never lasted more then 3 days for me

 

 

Hi all

 

I'm joining if it's ok.

 

Started gabapentin last year when I went into tolerance wd from klonipin

Was on higher dose until jumping klonipin in February

Weaned off fast and crashed in June. 

Back on in sept at 900 mg a day

Went down to 800 mg a day in oct

Just dropped to 700 mg a day and SO SICK

 

I can't go through the crash again.

Thinking about doing a liquid daily taper of 5 mg a day

 

will this ever end ?

 

I think it depends on our sensitive we are to drugs.  I needed a slow taper from Gabapentin.  Had symptoms from cutting 100mg at a time, so went to 5mg a day.  Slow but sure.

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Did you have a lot of symptoms with a 5 mg day taper?

[[lo...]]

guys, i think you obsessing about this. you can easily drop 300mg per day, and prob need to slow a bit once you reach 300mg. i dropped 1800 down to 1200 in a day with no symptoms after months use. i previously dropped from 2400 down to 300 in 5 days with very minor symptoms if any. again, i would probably drop in 100mg or 50mg decrements below 300mg before bedtime.

[[Ja...]]

Lucky!!

I think it covers up wothdrawal and many think it's neurontin wothdrawal but it's benzo withdraws

[[Po...]]

guys, i think you obsessing about this. you can easily drop 300mg per day, and prob need to slow a bit once you reach 300mg. i dropped 1800 down to 1200 in a day with no symptoms after months use. i previously dropped from 2400 down to 300 in 5 days with very minor symptoms if any. again, i would probably drop in 100mg or 50mg decrements below 300mg before bedtime.

 

Please do not judge how someone else feels while tapering.  I could only take 300mg a day or it would make me "drugged" to the point I didn't know where I was.  I dropped 200mg with wd symptoms lasting a month for each 100mg.  When I did 5mg a day it was a much smoother taper. 

 

Each person tapering is different and should not be judged if they want to take it slower.  I hope you know you have to taper it or you could have seizures according to the medical profession.

[Guest [Fu...]]

Hi guys, just looking for some advice.

 

I was given Gabapentin about a month ago at the ER by the on site psychiatrist. I didn't want to add any meds but I was desperate during this Hell of a Klonopin taper. So I took 600 mg's for four days until I was able to see my psychiatrist who told me to stop taking it. For those first few days I felt spacey but I was also weirdly calm so I called him and asked if he would call in a prescription for me. So I'm on like two weeks of 300 mg's.

 

However, that feeling of calmness has been gone for a while. It just makes me feel incredibly depersonalized and I want to just get off of it so I'm thinking of just stopping cold turkey. I know 300 isn't a high dosage and 20 days isn't a long period of time but I'm always weary about doing anything C/T so I just wanted to see what you guys thought or if you thought I would experience any rough side effects. Last night was really the breaking point because while I was on the Gabapentin I literally felt like I was losing my mind. It wasn't anxiety of even DP I was just SO disconnected from my own house and myself that I decided I can't do it anymore. My Dr. also said this is drug is totally safe but just a quick Google search show how much of a struggle getting off of it can be. I really hope I don't have to add on ANOTHER microtaper. 

[[lo...]]

Fuzzy: couple weeks on 300mg. you can pretty much CT this stuff. 

i think gabapentin can cause some w/d, but it is usually short lived.

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I'm losing weight again and can't eat do to going down by 100 mg a week

 

I'm going to change to the liquid taper. 

 

I can't lose anymore weight

[Guest [Fu...]]

Thanks, Locusts.

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Hey there FuzzyD...

As i think u know, i have been trying gabapentin of late.. 300 mg made me feel slightly better for a few hours,  but the day or two after could b described as u put it... for me, total whole body and mind fatigue, just yuck...

Hang in there, hope u get some stability soon!!!

 

Hi All,

I tried 300, left for 3 days to recover... same again... then 300 morning and 300 that night... then gave up...

not only are we all so different in how everything affects us...  but i feel that we change or react differently within ourselves at different points in our life or even through a taper or the like...

Pre benzo, post accident, i took gabapentin in high doses, low doses, and insane one off high doses, -any way one could imagine, and it never bothered me at all...

Yet now, 300mg can all but destroy me, atm... -yet lyrica, which never worked for the past nerve pain, is looking promising, for me, so far...

I am trying to find a safe (as possible) one off type energy boost, that wont set me back too much, and will allow my body to keep healing as best it can... One of the issues is that im starting to miss Drs appointments, and putting off making my city specialist ones...

Am so up and down, good n bad days. -holding at 2.5V...

Any thoughts?

And merry xmas to all...

[[Te...]]

I am down to the last 100 mg of gabapentin used to wean me off klonopin. If my doctor had her way I'd be on The gabapentin longer, but what I read here scared me and I asked her to taper me. The withdrawal from gabapentin has been just as hellish as the klonopin withdrawal. With each cut in dosage, any symptoms that had been diminished came roaring  back, crippling me fir 5-7 days.

More poison.

[[lo...]]

so after taking 1800mg for quiet a while especially since jump, I decided to get off gabapentin, or at least come down to 300mg at night, which helps a bit with sleep. I dropped from 1800 to 1200 in 1 day, and now further dropped to 900mg. I have no symptoms whatsoever. it has been a week. I don't know if it gets hard below 300, but I feel like going down from 900 to 300 won't be a problem either. I will update this thread once I'm steady at 300.

this is the 3rd time I do a rapid reduction with barely any symptoms. I do take large doses of magnesium however, which might help with w/d.

 

[[Te...]]

I was taking gabaoentin to ease my rapid withdrawal from Klonopin. After reading various posts, I decided I wanted off this stuff too. With each cut I felt like I was withdrawing again. I'm down to 100 mg now, with the option of stopping on Jan 5 (a 2 week hold at 100 mg) or going to 100 every other day for a week on Jan 5. I think I may do the latter, It's been hell. I hope your experience is better.

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TeeCee: since you jumped K not long ago, I would think that your w/d might be K related.

Here is what I learned about gabapentin: when you reduce (and for me this means reducing from 1800 down to 900) your w/d symptoms ramp up a bit, and being sensitive due to benzo you're like 'oh shit hell again', thats how I initially felt. but then it never gets really bad, and leaves after 2-3 days or so. so I think the gabapentin w/d comes quick and leaves quick as well. magnesium helps a lot, it took most of it for me away. epson salt baths are great, magnesium spray, and any supplement forms.

now I think I might stay on 300 at bedtime, since it really helps with sleep, which I feel is more important now.

But again, every time I reduced it, or went off it - w/d wasn't too bad. you just have to tell yourself that this is gabapentin w/d not benzo w/d.

[[Ja...]]

Locotus:

Did u wait way past your benzo w/d to start cutting the gabapentin?

How much magnesium do you take?

I read somewhere too it helps w gabapentin wothdrawal

Does anyone think it affects the GABA receptors in terms of healing,

So is it smart to wait like 6-9 mos or longer then start GABA taper once benzo w/d has cooled down?

I am also on remeron

F I felt normal I would be happy staying on an antidepressant

I just feel anything but normal.

Anyone have restlessness w gabapentin wothdrawal?

That is my main main issue. And chest pain

And so many other things lol

[[Ca...]]

I have yet to notice a gabapentin withdrawal, pre benzo...

So i suspect it is in a way, benzo related or enhanced...

Max daily intake for magnesium is 400mg/d -but u can push this for a few days, -if u allow time to cleanse after... trust me, u dont want to reach toxicity levels... -but thats more a thing from taking epsom salts oraly for a while (as a laxative)-damn specialists...

Sorry, cant really help with post detox, but would guess to slowly reduce as per how u feel after the benzo has gone...

All the best...