Neurontin

[Fragile]

Please forgive me, I'm sure this has been asked before, but I'm too exhausted to search. I just started taking Neurontin at 300mg per day, will eventually build up to 1800mg per day. 300mg is making me extremely sleepy and fatigued. Wondering if the symptoms will eventually go away?

[McDuff]

Yes they will diminish. I am at 1800/day, tried to go higher back awhile, couldn't do it, it just wasted me out. So you will build up tolerance, but the "working" level will vary by individual.

[SoFla]

Yes, fatigue will subside. Try to time your pills so that you can nap afterward. I assume you are taking 100mg 3 times a day. After the evening pill, it is time for bed. The early morning pill, go back to sleep for an hour or two. The afternoon pill equals nap time or dopey time. It will take a while, but you will get used to it, and no longer need to sleep.

[Mona~on~wheels]

I never got use to it.
I was on a small dosage for years.
I would nod off constantly.
Now I only take them between 6 pm - 6 am.

[papito1]

Please forgive me, I'm sure this has been asked before, but I'm too exhausted to search. I just started taking Neurontin at 300mg per day, will eventually build up to 1800mg per day. 300mg is making me extremely sleepy and fatigued. Wondering if the symptoms will eventually go away? try lyrica it helps me, better then "neu" but dont go up on it stay with 25mg 3 times a day, makes a difference....

[metronycguy]

i never lost the fatigue with neurontin, with lyrica i am not sure if it is as pronounced, i am also not sure if lyrica works on my pain, but every time i try and stop taking the lyrica i get a pain flare up and continue with it.
with neurontin i never had a problem sleeping at night, i never needed a sleeping aid, with lyrica i need a lot to go t o sleep, i am sleepy during the day with lyrica , but i am not sure it is the lyrica, i try and holds off on my midday dose and i still fall asleep

[2jazzyjeff]

Bunch of rookies. :p I've been taking 3200 mg/daily for years.. I do not nap and only average 5 hrs sleep/night. I would give anything to sleep 8 hrs just 1 night.

[BigBearJoe]

When I first started taking Neurontin, even a single 200 mg tablet would make me dopey. But I was able to develop a tolerance to the sleepiness and now I'm taking 300 mg, four times per day. But it's possible that everyone is different. I don't anymore, but at one time I was taking 5 mg of Valium four times a day, for spasticity, without even a hint of grogginess. I think that would put most people out for the day.

[metronycguy]

one thing i have to say about neurontin , i think it worked.
if my pain was high or really ramping out of control, i would take an extra dose, and within 1 hour i was much better, every 5 hours and 30 minutes my pain would increased right around the half life of neurontin.
i cant say the same for lyrica. i have taken a extra dose when pain was high, and it did nothing, i was up at 300 mgs a day and dropped to 150 of lyrica.
with neurontin i noticed a calming effect, i didn't worry about a lot of things that were going on, which at the time was a real blessing. kind of like an anti anxiety too.
i was up to 3200 a day too, but i did put on weight, and the biggest thing was that i was able to stop cathing after i stopped the neurontin. my bladder return had remained stuck at around 300ml , withing 2 weeks of stopping neurotin, i was under 100ml, and didn't have to cath anymore.

[McDuff]

Bunch of rookies. :p I've been taking 3200 mg/daily for years.. I do not nap and only average 5 hrs sleep/night. I would give anything to sleep 8 hrs just 1 night.

For night time help of neuro pain, my Doc added nortriptyline. An added benny was it seems to help me sleep, I usually get 7+hrs these days.

[Fragile]

try lyrica it helps me, better then "neu" but dont go up on it stay with 25mg 3 times a day, makes a difference....

Tried lyrica, 75mg 3x per day, no relief. Got samples from Dr. Medicaid won't cover it.

[SCI-Nurse]

HI,

This is a common side effect when starting neurotin, which usually improves over time. I imagine your doctor will titrate up very slowly. if needed.

You may not need to be up to 1800mg- take the smallest dose that relieves your neuropathic symptoms. Dveryone is different in their response.

AAD

[papito1]

Tried lyrica, 75mg 3x per day, no relief. Got samples from Dr. Medicaid won't cover it. WELL WITH THIS INJURY IS UNPREDICTABLE, YOUR INJURY WAS ON MY B DAY, SORRY FOR THE MATTER BUT ITS HARD TO MANAGE WHAT WE GO TROUGH, THE CHANGES ARE CRAZY

[tasty]

You need to give your body a chance to get accustomed to it, but not everyone can tolerate it. After several years of using 600mg per day I found that Neurontin caused tremors and hot flashes. (I'm a male.) I gradually discontinued use of it and the side effects disappeared. Since Neurontin works on the central nervous system, it can impact your body in many ways, or not.

[marielea]

For night time help of neuro pain, my Doc added nortriptyline. An added benny was it seems to help me sleep, I usually get 7+hrs these days.

i'm taking nortryptline at night. plus i take 3000mg of neurontin a day as prescribed. i also pop an additional 3-5 600mg pills a day. worst part is, my legs still have shooting pain and cramping. it also does not make me drowsy at all. wish i could sleep, and i'd give anything for the pain to end.

[terrylifts]

Neurontin will not help to cure the pain of the patients. I can be taken 2 or 3 times in a day. It also bring side effects. While intaking the drug,it will remain in your body for 2 days.

[SCI-Nurse]

No medication cures pain- but they do help to decrease it. Pain is a response to a stimulus- so until you can take away the stimulus, it will be there.
Some of the medications do help the transmission at the neurochemical junctions of the nerves. These do make a difference in your perception of pain.
Some of the antidepressants help by 1. effecting that neurochemical change and 2. by helping you to sleep at night.
CKF