Re: Effectiveness of Gabapentin/Neurontin Over Time
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 4:24 am
Oh, Polar Bear, I hope it all works out for you. I've got my fingers crossed for you.
I was on gabapentin for years and it stopped working. My neuro put me on .5mg clonazepam. Over the years, he increased the dose to 3mg and wouldn't go higher when it stopped working.
Because it wasn't working, I did a slow taper to get off it. It took me months (I didn't follow Ashton - she's a scientologist and BenzoBuddies is a scientology front group and my primary doctor said just reduce it by .5mg each week so I thought the hype was fake.). I just kind of went with how I felt it and went down .25mg every couple (?) of weeks and jumped off at .25mg. I had no withdrawal symptoms.
But, I was only off it for a month. My psychiatrist put me back on it for sleep and his misdiagnosis of anxiety. I take .25-1mg for sleep now (and none during the day), mostly at the lower dosage. Maybe I would have had withdrawal stuff if I'd been off it longer than a month. I know it has a really long half life so...
Ann, thanks for the info about diazepam and temazepam. I'll be seeing my sleep doc in March and will ask her about getting off the clonazepam. It makes me weepy at the higher dose.
Hope everyone has quiet legs tonite.
I was on gabapentin for years and it stopped working. My neuro put me on .5mg clonazepam. Over the years, he increased the dose to 3mg and wouldn't go higher when it stopped working.
Because it wasn't working, I did a slow taper to get off it. It took me months (I didn't follow Ashton - she's a scientologist and BenzoBuddies is a scientology front group and my primary doctor said just reduce it by .5mg each week so I thought the hype was fake.). I just kind of went with how I felt it and went down .25mg every couple (?) of weeks and jumped off at .25mg. I had no withdrawal symptoms.
But, I was only off it for a month. My psychiatrist put me back on it for sleep and his misdiagnosis of anxiety. I take .25-1mg for sleep now (and none during the day), mostly at the lower dosage. Maybe I would have had withdrawal stuff if I'd been off it longer than a month. I know it has a really long half life so...
Ann, thanks for the info about diazepam and temazepam. I'll be seeing my sleep doc in March and will ask her about getting off the clonazepam. It makes me weepy at the higher dose.
Hope everyone has quiet legs tonite.