Posted by bruin on February 27, 2005, at 15:18:36
In reply to Re: Neurontin Tapering anyone?, posted by SLS on February 27, 2005, at 13:24:02
"The last thing that one would want is for the first sign of withdrawal to be a seizure."
There is no way of knowing how someone will react. Everyone's biochemistry is different. Odds are better that there won't be the same kind of withdrawal from a anti-convulsant. Nonetheless, a fixed schedule, in my opinion, runs contrary to proper healing regardless of what psychotropic medication you are coming off of. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by the statement above. Take care
> > You need to get out of your head the notion of one week intervals. Your body will let you know how to proceed. Cut and wait to stabilize. If that is a couple of days, a week, or a month then don't quibble and just proceed that way. That is the best and only way instead of adhering to a timetable.
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> I think establishing a schedule for tapering an anticovulsant makes sense. The last thing that one would want is for the first sign of withdrawal to be a seizure.
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> A flexible dosing schedule might make more sense for the SRI antidepressants and possibly the benzodiazepines. However, the early phases of tapering might be better implemented as a fixed schedule. That's my thinking at the moment, anyway.
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> - Scott
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