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Old 08-29-2013, 06:07 AM #4
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Default Not everybody--

--seems to have that degree of difficulty coming off Gabapentin; you seem to be especially sensitive.

As with all anti-seizure drugs, one must come off Gabapentin very, very slowly, as the central nervous system upregulation that occurs while taking the drug will no longer be masked if the drug is titrated down too quickly, and then unsuppressed upregulation can certainly produce symptoms of agitation and possible susceptibility to seizures.

I was on 2700mg of Gabapentin at my highest dose; when I began to taper I went down 100mg every WEEK. There were some some effects each time I did this; when the effects were bad I sometimes went a few weeks before going down again, to give my body time to adjust. It took me more than 8 months to completely come off the drug, though in my case I was trying to avoid bounceback neuropathic pain more than the effects you are describing.
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