Sudden Withdrawal From Neurontin (Page 2)

I have been taking 600 mg of Neurontin 4x a day for about 2 years and recentlty ran out of this medication due to excrutiating slow service from mandatory mail order RX company.... I was extremely agitated during this time (approx. 5 days), nervous, stressed out, etc. Has anyone else had these symptons as a result of sudden withdrawal from Neurontin? I can't understand why this happened, I felt so scared and lousy for that time. Is this a known reaction for this med? I haven't been able to find an answer. I take it for relief from carpel tunnel syndrom. Thanks

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I weaned myself off of Gabapentin.I was taking 3600 Mgs a day for PHN. I stopped taking it in 3 days and am suffereing such withdrawal! I ended up in the hospital and couldn't make my les work. My brain knew it needed to make my legs move but I could't walk. The Dr. started me on 600 mgs for a week, then 400 mgs for another week then 300mgs and so on. It will take me 5 weeks to finally get off of Gabapentin. It's a bad drug!!!!It's scarry to be on it and absolutely hell to get off of. I sugest NOT taking it!

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Wow, hearing how others wake up edgy and feeling like you're on speed was great. I've been having all these tests thinking it was my heard, carbon monoxide, you name it, I was looking for anything that could be causing these early-heart-racing's. I didnt know at the time that I could be suffering withdrawals, but had started taking a Neuroton so that the heart racing wouldnt set off a seizure. I noticed that within 45 minutes, my heart would calm down. But what's so odd is that I've been on this drug over 10 yrs and could take it whenever I wanted to. Now, if I dont take it within 5 hrs, I'm doomed. The dr suspects I've become tolerant so need more. But what are the rest of you taking to replace the Neurontin?? (I take it as a secondary backup to Dilantin). Also, have you noticed your feet like they're stuck in clay?Thanks for any input....

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I have been taking neurontin for about four years for Restless leg Syndrome. I have one of the worst cases of RLS and actually causes the same symptoms in my legs and abdomen. I tried many different types of medication and nothing worked. I literally spent years of my life with poor sleep and was physicall debilitated from sleep deprivation. Neuront is my miracle drug. It has changed my life as I am now rested and do not fear going to bed but rather enjoy sleeping. It truly changed my life and I cannot say enough good things about what this medication has done for me.

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can neuronin cause heart attacks?

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I, too, wonder if my new symptoms are from neurontin. I was only on 500 mg per day and was falling asleep and could not drive anymore. The doctor has reduced my neurontin to 300 mg per night, but now in the middle of the night I wake up with feeling like I am going to jump out of my skin! My legs thrash, my spine feels jumpy. I have stopped taking Ultram ER due to the same problems with a required mail order pharmacy. I have been off of Ultram for almost 3 weeks, and the doctor reduced my dosage of neurontin 8 days ago. I am not sure which one or both are causing my problems, but I think I will wean myself off of neurontin slowly and try to get free of both of these meds. Good luck to all of you sufferers!

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I take Neurontin 800 mg 4 times a day. I was recently fasting for 2 weeks and had an episode where I didn't even remember things people said I did. I had also taken an Imitrex 100 mg. Is it possible that I would have gotten high from this and not remembered things?

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im so tired of people trying to downplay what is quite obviously true WITHDRAWAL by calling it a discontinuation syndrome. This drug has absolutely ruined my life, I have developed a series of debilitating and painful side effects from taking high doses of Neurontin. I have tried to quit on numerous occasions but the withdrawal is worse than anything you can possibly imagine, its almost like SSRI withdrawal and heroin withdrawal at the same time. I tapered from 2400mg to 100mg and was not able to quit. Clonazepam withdrawal was a breeze compared to this. I wish I had never taken it.

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Ran out after taking 600mg 3 x day mega anxiety/stress no sleep/depression some leg muscle discomfort.not sure if thats why but suspect it.almost like benzo/opiat withdrwl combined not as severe accept for extreme anxiety level

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neurontin is used for many issues. If suddenly stopped convulsions may happen or even worse. A doctor should help you get off this medication. Unless you have only been on it for a extremely short time, this medication is not one to just quit.

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neurontin helped me with from herpes in my nerve system/makes me awful tired tho

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I'm on Nurontin and i ran out a week early and that week was like hell. But when i got my refill instantly almost i felt the same feeling that I get from opiates

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I started taking neurontin about 5/6 months ago due to anxiety and insomnia. Frankly, I was hoping to get something stronger because the sleep/anxiety/depression issues have been ongoing. I had previously been taking celexa and trazodone, but after being forced to detox from the celexa (which was godawful) and stopping the trazodone as it wasn't helping me sleep anymore, the dr prescribed me 800 mg of the neurontin at night. I had read online that most people tend to take much higher doses and I tend to have a high tolerance to most drugs. After feeling no effects from it and my dr telling me if it wasn't helping she'd get me some BENADRYL... riiiight... I took it upon myself to up my dosage. I usually take 4-6 300 mg pills per night. Anyhow, I ran out Friday. Couldn't get my prescription filled till today. Waiting for my husband to get home to do that, but I have been everything from nauseated, to exhausted, to having excruciating headaches. It didn't even occur to me it could be withdrawal. I thought, because I woke up Sunday morning so nauseated I actually threw up. Have woken up completely nauseated both mornings since, spent both Sunday and Monday on the couch ALL day... which is not like me. I also remember there was a gap for a few days between my last refill during which time I just kept sleeping. I was completely exhausted for no apparent reason. I had myself believing I must be pregnant, why else would I be so nauseated and tired? Maybe I'm just hungover? lol When I withdrew from the celexa the symptoms were very obvious, but these symptoms are so vague I didn't even realize it could be the neurontin... or lack there of.

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I was on neurontin for about 2 years for atypical facial pain caused, probably, by nerve damage during endoscopic sinus surgery (necessitated by a root canal gone bad!). I titrated VERY gradually off, it has been 4 months, and I am having neuropathic pain in my fingers and hands. Anyone know anything about this?

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my husband has been going thru withdrawals from neurontin for just over a month!! so far no end in sight! thank you to drs for getting people hooked and let them go.i ordered his meds and the doc did NOT order them, my husband had no choice. after reading these things we fear the serious side effects. his withdrawal symptoms include inability to function, can not stay focused, stomach pain, sweating profusely,inability to sit still, extreme sense of any kind of feelng, cold weather now hurts,pain is now unreal. all we have learned is what awild ride and we were much better before neurontin. if you havent taken it, DO NOT!!!!!!

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I am a breast cancer patient who has been on neurontin for 6 years, I had to have back surgery and I use it for nerve pain, 400 mg, three times a day, I am trying to discontinue the medication because I havae gained so much weight and also because I have been on it for such a long time, has anyone else gained weight on this medication?

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I have been taking Neurontin for several years and whe I don't take it, I feel as if I am having a panic attack. The fear response is almost unbearable. I wish I knew how to get off it with out feeling panicky!

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I've been on 200mg of Neurotin twice a day for about 4 years now d/t RSD of the left foot. I was pretty indifferent to the med,G and it seemed to control the pain. I never was concerned about side effects and certainly not with drawl potential, thinking that since it was a non-narcotic, it was safe. Wrong thinking! I didn't pick-up my refill yesterday, and discovered after words what happens when you suddenly stop the med.. I had insomnia, restlessness and felt extremely irritated for no reason at all. I also felt "down" and "blue" (I hesitate to call it depression, but maybe that's what it was). I just felt out of it, and suspected that it was the Neurontin or there lack of that was causing it, as I am on no other meds, and am usually pretty cheerful in personality. So I go to the pharmacy this morning, and as I walked to the building, my legs felt funny like I didn't know which leg was suppose to go first. I felt kind of off balanced in my gait, and then I started to feel kind of panicky that I was going to fall down. I picked up the refill and never thought to ask the pharmacist on duty if I was experiencing with drawl because I just wanted to get the heck out of there and get back home. Now it's three hours later and one 200mg pill after, and I feel fine. And I also know that I will be calling my doctor and discussing this whole incident, along with all the postings I have seen on this site regarding Neurontin and what happens when you suddenly stop taking it. My doctor is not the one who originally ordered it, and no doubt she will lecture me on the evils of suddenly with drawing from any long term meds, but she needs to know that for this nervous nelly, I want off of it! I don't need a med that makes my body dependent on it. I also researched the makers of the med and besides the pages upon pages of side effects, I did not see any thing about with drawl effects. Hum.... How interesting.

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Yes! After abruptly stopping only 200-300mg of gabapentin a day (for the last several months for bedtime sciatica pain), I have experienced that "like jumping out of my skin." Despite my tiredness at night, I cannot sleep. The sleeplessness is bad enough, but that feeling "like I'm going to jump out of my skin," that extreme nervousness is much worse. After three such tortures, I called my doctor, and he thought that stopping the gaba so suddenly, together with stopping my oxycodone for post-surgery pain, and stopping my Ambien (all within several days of each other) may very well have caused this withdrawal symptom. For me he recommended resuming the gaba at 100mg and the Ambien, all at bedtime. I am hoping that this will restore some stillness, calmness in me at night. I really appreciate this community of experience and knowledge, and at the touch of a few buttons!

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This is for Marc who posted on 5/28/2011: I am interested to see how you are doing. I am shocked reading other peoples posting on Gabapentin withdrawal. I am taking 1200 mg (1 1/2 tabs) three to four times a day, Oxycodone 7 mg (1 1/2 tabs) three to four times a day, and Ambien for sleep. I have been on this cocktail now for three years (along with various injections). I now realize after reading all of these posts that I must start a withdrawal program. How are you doing on yours?

Back surgery 2008 - laminectomy, cyst removal, nerve damage
2011 two neurosurgeons opinion - need back fusion

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Been on gabapentin for peripheral neuropathy pain for over a year trying to increase dose for maximum pain relief but unable to do so. I'm on 300mg two times/per day and 600mg at night. I can't get over the drugged feeling it gives me. I tried to lower dose to 200mg two times a day and then the 600mg at night, but I started to get not only my foot burning back but my face, arms fingers were burning. I thought that my neuropathy was just getting worse, but maybe the increased areas of pain is just from withdrawal. Did anyone else get burning pain upon withdrawals?

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