Posted by Simcha on November 9, 2002, at 18:20:50
In reply to Re: Starting Neurontin -- Update Please Advise! » Simcha, posted by Ritch on November 9, 2002, at 17:42:14
Mitch,
Yeah, well, after 200mg last night I'm definitely still feeling the effects today at 4:15pm.
I'm going to try the 300mg tonight with the .5mg of Klonopin (I don't have to work tomorrow or Monday). On Monday I will call my pdoc and suggest that we keep the levels here for a couple of weeks if all goes well. If not I will suggest that we keep the levels at 200mg for the next few weeks so that I might see how it plays out. Then we can work on cutting the Klonopin on a nightly basis and have it just on an "as needed" basis to see what effect that has and work from there.
I'm finding that Neurontin is a powerful drug that almost makes me feel drunk on my current mix as I type this. I'm amazed that there are people who take 1gram+ tid! I'd be a zombie I think! lol
I think that my mix will be:
40mg Celexa
200mg WellbutrinSR
300mg Neurontin at night
.5mg of Klonopin at nightI'll keep all of you informed as to what happens.
Take Care,
SimchaMed changes just suck....
> I would just trust your own feelings. If you are resting OK and the Neurontin isn't making you feel too zoned out in the mornings at work you could try 300mg at bedtime. Just a suggestion, but if you have cut the Klonopin in half to .5mg, it may take a couple of weeks before the level of Klonopin reaches a steady state. Perhaps target 300mg of Neurontin + .5mg of Klonopin at bedtime for a couple of weeks and see how the bruxism goes?? You won't know if Neurontin will 'replace' Klonopin for your bruxism until you aren't taking Klonopin any longer and you aren't in a *withdrawal symdrome* from the Klonopin. When I was taking higher doses of Neurontin, 400mg+ for a single dose was just too much of a whallop for me.
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> good luck,
> Mitch
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