Neurontin question....
 

I have noticed that everytime I try to increase my Neurontin above 600mg I get the following reactions: my heart rate goes up to 170+ and becomes erratic, enough to make me feel as though i will faint. I was driving one day when this happened, and I thougt I would pass out at the wheel. This reaction is hard to describe, but it feels like having a a really bad throbbing headache throughout my skin. It gets unbearable. When I reduce the dose back to 600mg it gets bearable. But it is still there. I am wondering if anyone has had this reaction. It is my main med for pain, but it seems to be increasing it. I have verified this reaction by going back and forth between the 600mg and upping it to 1200+ then reducing it again. Any help would be appreciated.....:o

did you call the dr..about it...I dont have answers..I am on neurontin but only 300mg three times a day...hugsss,sarah

My hubby took this med and never had that reaction when it was increased. He did start feeling pretty sick after some time (he took it for years) and we weened him off and he's much better. Maybe it's not working for your pain anymore? He took it for neuropathic pain and once that was gone the med seemed to have the opposite effect on him.

I agree that maybe give the doctor a call. It could be you can't take the higher dose and you'll need to find another pain med.

neurontin/ gabapentin
 

I take up to 3200mgs per dayat 800mgs per dose.No side affects at all.

henryb

Neurontin
 

I take 1800 mg. per day. No side effects. The drug is effective for sciatica/spinal stenosis. I feel it is a harmless drug. I dont understand some peoples extreme reactions to it.
I also take Celexa/Wellbutrin combo with no problem.

I think it might be because you are increasing it so quickly. I have to up the neurontin slowly. I cant just up by 600 mgs in a day and be okay. So I would try to up by maybe 100 every 2-3 days and see how you feel from there!

I take 900 mg/day. 300 in late afternoon and 600 at bedtime. It controls my motor neuropathy cramps and fasciculations pretty well. I would love to raise my dose but when I go up even by 300 mg. I get jittery, anxious, and depressed. Strangely, this drug is used by some as an anti-anxiety med. :confused:

My twelve yr. Old daughter takes 1600 mg a day. When she was on 1900mg a day she would get very dizzy and almost pass out, she said everything would turn either black or yellow. We went down to the 1600 mg dose and it is better but it seems to be looking its effect.

hi,
i have been on neurontin for a long tiem with only a recent change.
maybe you upped it too fast? have you tried going to 900 from 600 then 1200?
slowly to let your body get use to the increase?


sue dyas

Hi Mistiis!
 

Welcome with your good question, and I very much agree with the thoughts of you addressing this with your prescribing doctor so they are aware of the side effect. My doc took me from 1800mg Lyrica per day through a titration series weaning me off of Lyrica to a 3000mg per day approach with Neurontin for severe neuropathic pain lower lumbar into legs. The whole process was done carefully and over a period of time so as to minimize side effects. The "dumbing down" effect was my predicament on the nerve meds.... that and the fact of the simultaneous prescription of opiates and sleep meds. Once I had SCS successfully implanted, I weaned off of all pain meds.

Interestingly, Gramma writes about Neurontin use for treatment of anxiety. This catches my attention particularly since I had been at the 3000mg for years and then under doc's care weaned off of the med I dipped into a dramatic and overwhelming depression complicated by anxiety. Once we medicated me through that issue, I have been in very good spirits for almost a year! That, and I have been able to return to work in my profession.

May all be well with you,
Mark56:grouphug: