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- Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:53 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Started gabapenten - no relief
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2879
Re: Started gabapenten - no relief
I can't remember, does gabapentin cause any hyper alertness? Gabapentin **withdrawal** causes hyper-alertness for me. Actually it comes in the form of exaggerated startle response. I will startle at anything, even receiving a txt on my phone. Not good. I started tapering it in Feb 2019 and I am sti...
- Sun Aug 11, 2019 5:33 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Costco refusing to fill rx
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1512
Costco refusing to fill rx
Costco is refusing to fill my controlled rx at the next refill unless the MD changes the diagnostic code from RLS to...something else. I've been filling same rx at costco for almost 2 years I think. The pharmacist really bit my head off and said, "This is being used for RLS, which is UNHEARD OF!!! H...
- Sat May 04, 2019 6:04 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: New here, just diagnosed but not sure it really is RLS...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3905
Re: New here, just diagnosed but not sure it really is RLS...
The reason why gabapentin withdrawal causes twitching and spasms is because the neurotransmitter gaba is a nervous system calming agent. Our brains don't make as much gaba when we're on gabapentin, so this interferes with the delicate gaba/glutamate balance. Glutamate is an excitatory neurotransmitt...
- Sat May 04, 2019 5:53 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: New here, just diagnosed but not sure it really is RLS...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3905
Re: New here, just diagnosed but not sure it really is RLS...
Hi, welcome! Gabapentin can cause muscle tightness, twitching, and soreness. I have tightness and twitching from gabapentin. Tightness is a side effect of gabapentin. I feel it mostly in my hamstrings. It's pretty severe, to the point where if I try to stretch them, they either don't stretch, or sna...
- Sat May 04, 2019 3:55 am
- Forum: Everything Else...just no RLS!
- Topic: Weight Loss
- Replies: 41
- Views: 33662
Re: Weight Loss
Amazing the way sugar creeps its way back into people's lives. I go a day or 2 or 3, and the same thing happens to me.
- Wed May 01, 2019 4:44 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3775
Re: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
Re brain being done with transitions...that came from my neuro whp basically said every time you stop or start a med that crosses the blood brain barrier, it "shocks" the brain because it has to rewire itself. It was helpful to me to conceptualize it in this way. That explained a lot of my mental fo...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 3:04 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3775
Re: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
Good. I suspect that some of whether or not you may have difficulty depends on how many medications you were exposed to and taken off quickly before. Sometimes the brain just gets to the point of being done with transitions. I think that's part of why this happened to me.
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:16 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Hydrocodone vs. oxycodone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 901
Re: Hydrocodone vs. oxycodone
I'm on oxycodone. Working very well. I take 5-10 mg.
- Wed Apr 24, 2019 8:11 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3775
Re: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
OK, hope you find something that helps! Gabapentin withdrawal, if one is unlucky enough like me to have an issue with it, is one of the worst. If one falls into that category, you have to go incredibly slow to get off and it takes months. MDs don't know how to advise; mine put me on a fast taper tha...
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:45 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3775
Re: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
True.Brynmr wrote:Apparently all or most of these drugs used to treat RLS have bad withdraw symptoms. We are not swimming in friendly waters.
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:44 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3775
Re: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
If gabapentin stops working for you, I'd consider switching to another class of drug.
- Tue Apr 23, 2019 5:41 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Gabapenten used thru the night
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1465
Re: Gabapenten used thru the night
I woke at 5 am with symptoms this morning so I'm thinking my second dose of Gabapentin at 10 pm rather than 9. I'm finding my RLS is expanding to a 12 hour cycle up from an initial 6-8 hour cycle 6 months ago and the mg has increased to 1200-1500 mg. Yeah, timing is pretty important. It's possible ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2019 5:22 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3775
Re: Gabapentin withdraw symptoms
Yes there can be withdrawal symptoms. Gabapentin has a half life of 5-7 hours from what I understand. I don't understand why any MD would think it's a good idea to hit your brain with 1800 mg of gabapentin in one dose. Even if it's not being used for seizures, it is an anti-seizure med and as such s...
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:03 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Gabapentin Stop and Start up again later effective?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 852
Re: Gabapentin Stop and Start up again later effective?
Gabapentin is not safe to just stop no matter why one was taking it. This is an anti-convulsant med that changes brain structure. It can be dangerous to stop it cold turkey or even with a quick taper. Some people need a very slow taper, depending on the person. I was put on a quick taper and it prac...
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 2:57 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Paradoxical reaction on gabapentin?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1567
Re: Paradoxical reaction on gabapentin?
It was the gabapentin. I don't recommend that drug or any of it's cousins. Be very careful. It caused all kinds of side effects while I was on it, and coming off it was even worse. MD put me on the standard "fast taper" of a few weeks. I had to stop and stabilize and now I'm microtapering. The withd...