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Neurontin--the wrong way
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:51 am
by carolynm
I was so desperate to get my pain under control last week that I went from 900 mg to 2000 mg in 1 week.
Now I have an intractable headache and flu=like symptoms.
Has anyone else made this stupid mistake?
Ugh. I traded one thing for another.
cari
Re: Neurontin--the wrong way
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:33 am
by Lernica
Cari,
That increase sounds too fast to me. Did your doctor recommend this? Too much gabapentin too quickly can certainly cause headache and flu-like symptoms. Can you bring it back down a bit?
Re: Neurontin--the wrong way
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:49 am
by donstore
Cari,
Maybe methadone would be a more effective opiate for you if you haven't tried it yet. People have posted that it was the most effective for neuropathic pain with less drowsiness. Anything's worth a shot at this point. Wishing you all the best.
Don
Re: Neurontin--the wrong way
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:44 pm
by carolynm
Lernica & Don,
Always good to hear from you both.
No, I was doing it "my own way" (typical me). Trying to get some pain relief because the opiates weren't touching it. That's why I haven't even considered methadone.
have a great day friends,
cari
Re: Neurontin--the wrong way
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:38 pm
by HerMajesty
I wonder if you might actually have a flu type illness. When I went downhill to my most disabled summer of 2009, it was due to taking a 3600 road trip (brilliant!
), and during that trip I started popping neurontin like it was candy. I got spacey and high, but that was it. Of course everyone reacts to meds differently but having done a sudden neurontin binge myself, I am thinking headache maybe, flu like symptoms not so sure.