Posted by jtevers on January 23, 2004, at 17:43:33
In reply to Re: neurontin weight » ramsea, posted by ramsea on January 22, 2004, at 18:13:52
ramsea,
thanx for the insight.
i myself had outgrown my babyfat in the 80s and developed over the following decade into a marathoner and gym-rat...you see why this, the weight issue, is overwhelming to me.
getting my life back in order means my physical health as well as emotional and psychological.
i refuse to resign myself over to obesity, and too have investigated for some time the root cause of and possible remedies to the weight gain.
while many doctors insist that it is the seroquel (an antipsychotic) causing my weight to increase, there remain both doctors and experienced patients who exclaim they have gained weight like mine simply from neurontin / gabapentin.
i am currently following the advice of one such docor, prominent in the field of bipolar research and treatment, and will try to exchange neurontin for tiagabine / gabatril which has a decreased propensity to add fat...she insists though that i must add lamictal additionally, since tiagabine doesn't have the mood stabilizing effect of neurontin.
i have heard that many side effects of neurontin, including the weight gain, are dose-dependant and i'm hoping to see my weight respond before i've weaned completely off of it.
i have been following the Atkins Diet and begun exercising to no avail.
i pray this switch, either tiagabine for neurontin or abilify for seroquel, will show some results.
thanx again.
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