Posted by Simcha on November 17, 2002, at 22:58:39
In reply to Re: Neurontin -- titrate to 400mg down to .25mg Kl » Simcha, posted by Ritch on November 16, 2002, at 17:10:46
Mitch
Now I'm on 500mg for the second night in a row. So far so good. I'm still on .25mg Klonopin so I'm not sure if the Neurontin will be good for the Bruxism by itself yet.
Neurontin has added some brightness to my mood though. I like my experience on it so far. I'm titrating very slowly here.
I'm calling the pdoc tomorrow morning to report in.
Take Care,
Simcha
> No, it seems fairly consistent with my experience with Neurontin. It does seem to make my throat kind of parched and dry as well from what I remember, especially in the winter. I had a good synergy between Neurontin and Celexa, also Neurontin and Adderall worked fairly well during one depressive episode. I just get this weirdo side effect from taking Neurontin (thumping in my ears-eustachian tube, and a spasm in my chest wall, kind of like costochondritis). It really pisses me off because I really *liked* the stuff (and I didn't have to take much either 300mg 2x daily was PLENTY). The best I have ever felt was when I was taking a combo of Depakote+Neurontin+Celexa+Klonopin. I'm hoping that if and when Pregabalin comes out (a refined version of Neurontin), maybe I won't get those sfx from it. Neurontin works good for sleep, social anxiety/panic, it quieted my head out quite well. It seems to be a decent "augmentor" for a variety of anxiety/sleep/depression issues. There is one thing I found with it though, it seems that the benefits were dose-limited and increasing the dose past a certain point didn't seem to bring any further benefits. For me 900-1200mg/day was that threshold. I am med-sensitive so that might explain it.---Mitch
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