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Originally Posted by 0357
I was prescribed Neurontin/Gabapentin and twice I had a build-up in my body and overdosed. Landed in the hospital for 3 days each time this happened.
The first time, my dosage of Neurontin/Gabapentin was cut in half to 900 mg daily. I wasn't in touch with reality for 2 days. The second time I overdosed I was taken off Neurontin/Gabapentin, Klonopin (addicting like Valium, etc.) and Tramadol.
I went through withdrawal and the overdose for 3 days. I couldn't tell my hallucinations from reality. I was told by my doctors Neurontin travels by your nerves and MS affects your nerves thus the build-up then overdose. I was told it was most likely the Neurontin/Gabapentin causing the problem over and over again by different doctors.
I do not agree with giving Neurontin/Gabapentin to MS patients. It's a new drug and too has side effects of different types of cancer I recently found out. In my experience, it also caused bowel incontinence.
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MS has its ups and downs and it is hard for symptoms to show up on these tests. Have patience and hang in there...come here for information and support.
MS affects everyone differently. I've had MS since '92; it was very active my first 4 years. Since, I haven't had an attack since '96 and have slowly gained back lost ground. I must pace myself but am still walking. My 3rd and 4th year of MS I used a w/c.
Take care.
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I had my own personal horror story with Neurontin. I never expected the withdrawal from that medication to be so severe, but it most certainly was. Worse than anything else I've tried and tapered off. Scary stuff, and it didn't help me or my symptoms (pain notably).
Clonazepam (for burning mouth) and Cesamet for neuralgia (pain and burning in my head). Seems to be my winning cocktail.
I seem too to have notably fewer Trigeminal Neuralgia attacks on these medications, and if I do have cranial nerve pain/attacks, they're lessened in severity from what I endured previously, and shorter lived.
I didn't even know you could OD on Gapapentin.
That's scary stuff.. but it might explain why Carbamazepine is on the routine blood work 'sheet' from the city hospital here - another anti-convulsant like Gapapentin (Neurontin). I had actually asked doc about that and she said, "Yes, it's blood screening for the drug". I thought that was weird until I read your account about Neurontin and overdoses.
(PS: Carbamazepine was by far the scariest medication I ever ingested. I don't want to ever go back to that, it didn't do a thing either).