Posted by Nickengland on June 30, 2005, at 13:19:28 [reposted on July 2, 2005, at 0:46:46 | original URL]
In reply to Neurontin Withdrawal Symptons, posted by Flipper on June 30, 2005, at 12:54:59
Hello there Flipper,
I ran out of Neurontin for a total of 1 week and previous to that I was taking 900mg a day - I was forced to stop cold turkey as I was waiting for more of the med to arrive.
Anyway..I had some not so nice withdrawal symtoms myself, albeit nothing "too extream" increased sweating, slight insomnia, increase in anxiety and a genreal feeling of discomfort.
All this was at it worst for the first 3 or 4 days and then slowly started to improve...then at day 7 I was back on Neurontin and withdrawal was no longer.
I would recommed just to slowly decrease the dosage as slowly possbile.
What dosage are/were you taking and how have you stopped..what was the process you decreased? You can even get the capsules in 100mg to make this process as easy possible but i think it can be done quite safely over a peroid of a week - or max 2 to when you can stop completely. also after stopping complately I would imagine any bad withdrawal symtoms should generally disapear after about a week or so.
Hope that made some sense...
Kind regards
Nick
Ps What is the reason your stopping Neurontin?
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