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01-21-2012, 01:12 PM | #1 | ||
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I really was very impatient not to feel the effects from gabapenten. I didn't give it much chance to work before I called in. I just didn't like it. I may be wrong, but you were started on a higher dose than I was. I sure hope that it does work, and maybe you should give it a bigger try than what I did. At the time my patience was running thin with just about everything. Take care, and I hope your pain goes down to a tolerable level. ginnie
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"Thanks for this!" says: | tamiloo (02-01-2012) |
01-21-2012, 04:07 PM | #2 | ||
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Cath, gabapentin did give me "whirly" feeling for the first few days too - started out on 1 400mg at bedtime for the first three days, then 1 in AM and 1 PM. After a few days of that, "whirlies" went away - none of the other symptoms you list ever figured in. Now taking 1600mg gabapentin daily along with Percocet and am okay with that. Fatigue is constant, but not sure if it's the Percocet, the gabapentin, or the combination. Stress can also factor into that fatigue. I'll take fatigue over debilitating pain any day tho.
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01-22-2012, 11:09 AM | #3 | |||
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Me either. I stuck out the forst month, but I felt like I was walking around in a dream sequence in a "B" movie.... A Roger Corman/William Castle "B" movie! Couldn't get off of it fast enough. Couldn't think clearly/create/use my mind at all. For me, that's intolerable.
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01-23-2012, 05:35 PM | #4 | ||
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Did you stop cold turkey or did you have to wean yourself off the gabapenten? I don't really want to be on this stuff forever, hoping after I have the ulnar nerve transposition surgery I won't need it. (fingers crossed) Cathie |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | tamiloo (02-01-2012) |
01-24-2012, 12:39 AM | #5 | |||
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"Thanks for this!" says: | tamiloo (02-01-2012) |
01-24-2012, 01:20 AM | #6 | ||
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Hey Cath, it is my understanding that Gabapentin must be weaned off. Have you called your pharmacist? I've said that I don't have any side effects from it but in the back of mind, since I began the Percocet and Gabapentin, I've realized I'm having difficulty coming up with the right word sometimes. Normally, I can spell anything....having some difficulty with that too sometimes. Just not able to express myself as well as I'd like. Don't know if it's the Gab, the painkiller, pain, stress or combination, but from what I've read lately, believe it's probably the Gabapentin. Have tried to ignore/deny the slight issue but it is there...
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"Thanks for this!" says: | tamiloo (02-01-2012) |
01-24-2012, 07:35 AM | #7 | ||
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--including Gabapentin/Neurontin, should be tapered off slowly, as the possibility exists for seizure if they are suddenly discontinued.
All these drugs work, at least in part, by suppressing the activity of the central nervous system to spread nerve impulses' they upregulate the inhibitory neural transmitters to ameliorate runaway nerve signals. The body, in response, tends to upregulate its response to this suppression, meaning if the drug is suddenly stopped, there is more chance of runaway signalling occurring. This homeostatic balance in signalling pathways happens with a lot of drugs--part of the reason opiates must be weaned off of slowly is that body similarly upregulates its pain sensitivity in response to the suppressive activity of the opiates, and a sudden removal of them allows this upregulation to respond unchecked, which is experiences as withdrawl symptoms until the body "downregulates" back to a baseline. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | tamiloo (02-01-2012) |
01-24-2012, 10:19 AM | #8 | ||
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Thank you for explaining it so well for me! |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | tamiloo (02-01-2012) |
01-24-2012, 10:17 AM | #9 | ||
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01-24-2012, 12:41 PM | #10 | |||
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IME, 99.44% it's the gabby. Antidepressants affect me the same way. It got so infuriating, it overrode the depression, and that's how I beat/dealt with it - the "alternatives" were worse than the depression, and in some cases, the pain. There's also been a residual effect, which should be clear in my posts here: I have a difficult time choosing words & phrases; that's why my posts are peppered with "/"s between terms, repeat words excessively, etc. I used to write much better than I do now. Doc
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