Neurontin Dosage: Too Much?

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I know some of you take Neurontin as do I . Can you tell me what dosage you are at, because my doctor keeps wanting to up the dosages everytime I go back. Says that he wants me on 800mg 3 times daily. I think that sounds like alot.
 
A dosage of 2400mg to 3200mg is a relatively high dosage but it the dose that is generally used for resistant neuropathy and things like fibromyalgia. I have seen it hit or miss at these doses. You can certainly try it to see if it helps. It is almost completely metabolized by the kidney so no liver issues and it is almost 99% recovered from urine so no lingering in the body. It is a relatively good drug. I like it honestly for conditions OTHER than this and/0r fibromyalgia but if it works for you then that is great. Just understand you can not go off this cold turkey either. You need to ramp up to loading dose and you have to ramp down to nothing as well.Smooches,Kit
 
PrayMantus,What benefits have you experienced from Neurontin? I currently take Klonopin (which works for me) but I'm wondering if something else would work better or just as well with fewer side effects. Actually, I have no side effects from Klonopin but it has such a bad reputation.Krackersones
 
it seems to have reduced my twitching, but it also works on anxiety beleive it or not. so im not sure if it is a reduction in anxiety or the twitching or both. i take klonopin to sleep too. i am almost more comfortable with the klonopin because i know the drug, but from what i hear the neurontin does similiar stuff without the withdrawl and dependence factor. i would say its worth a try. give it a month or so and if it works great, if not come off. I have to take something i have major anxiety and the drs think the ssri's caused my twitching so they wont put me back on those. Neurontin does work for people with just anxiety as well. I think anything is worth a try. unless of course it's a drug with possible horrible side effects. but i dont think gastro problems, sleepiness etc. are horrible. now if it said hallucinations or something that would be different, but it doesn't. :)
 
I took gabapentin (generic neurontin) for a while to help with sleeping but my dose was uncharacteristically low, 200mg. Even then it whacked me out for the first week until we played with timing and my system adjusted a bit (I started much higher, went to 300mg/day then to 200 just at night). My neuro laughed as he just Rx'd to another patient 2400mg and had to double it so maybe this is the track your doc is on? We all metabolize this crap differently; it seems that my system is very sensitive to it. I stopped after a few months, when I could sleep through the night and not wake up my hubby by spasming in my sleep and such. It was also time to up the dose since my body was getting used to it. The neuro's didn't want me to stop it, since it was 'working', but it was making me forgetful and it also slows other contractions (colonic) and over time that can cause problems. I didn't suffer from going off it but felt better - it was nice to be able to retrieve info again and not feel like a ditz. The main point is that it allowed me to sleep and that added immeasurably to my general well-being; sort of got me over a bad spot so I could start healing. So even though I'm not at all into pharmaceuticals, in this case it was the right move for a short time frame. Knowing some people who have had to take these types of drugs for many years (i.e. epilepsy, etc), they say that they have to occasionally be switched out and one must be very careful of over-drugging as more is not always better especially when you are mixing them. It takes a lot of fine-tuning due to the highly individualistic response.
 
PrayMantuslI am taking Neurontin ( Gabapentin) 1200 mg three times a day = ( 3600 mg) maximum dosage I have been taking this since last February. The only side effect I can notice is some strange mixed up dreams and some memory loss - not enough to effect my life and functions. I also take 400mg of slow release Tegretol twice a day.Sleeping - my head hits the pillow and I'm in dreamland until about 4am - toilet break and then back to sleep till about 7.30am.I have Isaacs / Neuromytonia - when I look back 12 months ago there has been a big improvement in my symptoms.So its a tossup which has done the job stopping or controlling the Fasciculations.RicktSydney Australia
 
I took Neurontrin and it didn't do anything for me.But sometimes I wonder if I took it long enough. My opinion is you need to take a med for 30 days to give it a shot.I take tegretol and it seems to help. I have decreased the dosage with no negative side effect so far. So:* Never needed it, I just needed time* The effect of the higher dosage worked to decrease the dosage* Never needed the higher dosage.I take 200 mgs a day at dinner time. Tegretol is very cheap. I think I pay $6 for a 30 day supply at Target ( the generic version ).Does have some possible nasty side effects. So if you consider this do under doctor's care.-43RichyThe43rd
 

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