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Gabapentin and effexor withdrawal
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Mar 4 2:16am | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
It is horrific even slow tapering.
Took me a month to get off of it. I went with my pharmacist slower suggestions vs my dr much faster. And still made it slower than my pharmacist suggested and still horrible!!
Rx are needed by many you just wish mediation, therapy and exercise would work instead of the need for these rx.
I have had horrific stomach pains since getting off these 4 years ago.
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I’m sorry that happened to you, but I appreciate you sharing. I know there are people who have positive experiences too. It just feels such a risk so I never went through with trying a medication like this. I’m so sensitive to medication that it seemed likely I might have a similar experience.
I’m glad you were able to listen to your body and slow the taper further than what your care team originally proposed.
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I’d been on Gabapentinfor several yrs.
Last dose was 300 mg 4x per day
I had to have emergency abdominal surgery Nov 2022 and was pretty sick.
The hospital never gave me my Gabapentin for the 3 weeks I was a patient there.
Since I had no withdrawal symptoms I decided to not continue it, and it really wasn’t helping my CIDP.
I know you’re suppose to slowly get weaned off, but it wasn’t done like that, was definitely cold turkey!