Posted by JohnX on October 9, 2001, at 20:38:52
In reply to Neurontin and odd dreams, posted by Dinah on October 9, 2001, at 17:19:46
> I tried Neurontin 100 mg twice a day for about a week. The nights did me in. I often have trouble sleeping in the early morning, but with Neurontin I had the most vivid dreams. The dreams led to crazy but compelling ideas that I knew at the time made no real sense, but seemed to be of monumental importance. I wasn't awake but I wasn't asleep either. I couldn't seem to move to wake up completely and shake off the ideas. I was aware while I was partly awake and partly asleep that my back was tightening up to the point of pain. I woke up each morning with a terrible muscle backache.
> During the day, the only problem I noticed was that my head felt kind of thick and heavy, and my thoughts seemed slower. This could have just been the result of the disturbed sleep.
> Has anyone else had these side effects on Neurontin? If so, did they go away and how long did it take? Would it help not to take any at night?
> Most importantly, what was the medication doing to my brain to cause such an odd experience?I got weird dreams on Neurontin, but it didn't
make me too cloudy during the day. Any cloudiness
subsided after a few days of sticking it through.
I did have one note, Neurontin exits the body
really fast, I found that I had to take it exactly
8 hrs apart (3x a day) to keep it from having
start-up and stop side effects. When i fixed the
dose timing, the side effects stayed away.The dream thing is strange. I have had experiences
on meds like neurontin where it seems like i am
dreaming soo intensley yet I feel like I am awake,
or I want to wake up but I am trapped in this
dream. Its really spooky. I'm with you on that
one.PS. what is the neurontin for? maybe we can find
a different solution.-john
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