Posted by MB on July 16, 2003, at 13:29:24
In reply to NEURONTIN RUINED MY LIFE, posted by AlannaBrook on July 15, 2003, at 8:55:39
I've been an on and off opiate addict (hopefully I stay off) for years. My experience with comming off of high doses of Neurontin was that the withdrawal was *extremely* similar to opiate withdrawal: goosflesh, cold sweats, restlessness, anxiety, etc. The only difference was that I get insomnia when I withdraw from opiates, but I couldn't stay awake when I came off of Neurontin.
One interesting note: once when I was detoxing from morphine (very bad withdrawal), I had some Neurontin, which I took to see if it would help the detox. Amazingly, it helped quite a bit. I wonder if Neurontin works on the opiate system in some way.
MB
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