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Originally Posted by alt1268
Between us I stopped taking my neurontin I'm hopes I would loose weight and I've been doing really well with my foot.
With all this being said, last night I took my 1st dose of bentyl and also took 1200 neurontin, which helped. Haven't took any neurontin today and now pain coming back.
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Stay on the doctor prescribed gabapentin and see how things shake out in the near future.
I'd love to be off gabapentin too but I tried that once under doctor supervision and it wasn't very long until I found out that even though gabapentin has side effects, life is MUCH better on gabapentin than off of it. And it can help prevent spread in my opinion by keeping the nervous system in check.
Are you taking at least 500 mg of vitamin C daily? That has been shown to help prevent spread as well. I personally think everyone with CRPS should be taking vitamin C. 500 mg is far from a dangerous dosage, it's inexpensive and if your body doesn't need it, it is excreted very quickly; it doesn't stay in your body long.
Good luck to you! (and all of us.....)