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Hi Chris, yes I used it for 2 or 3 years. As the SFN symptoms became...
I have also been able to taper off some ... of the gabapentin and replace it with
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jul 26, 2021
@frankie7 Your post stopped me in my tracks. I am not a fan of Gabapentin and...
I am not a fan of Gabapentin and yet ... So we (neurologist and I) moved Gabapentin ... to bedtime only and I have tapered ... off it with my clinician's approval
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jun 29, 2021
I have been on 600 mg of gabapentin 3x a day for peripheral neuropathy. My pain...
I have been on 600 mg of gabapentin ... The gabapentin is fairly effective on ... I am afraid to go off the meds cold ... Has anyone tried tapering off gabapentin ... Has anyone switched from gabapentin
Support Group: Chronic Pain
Posted: Sep 25, 2020
@trip17 I know how you feel about gabapentin. I have also gone through the weight gain....
@trip17 I know how you feel about gabapentin ... When you went off it did they have you ... taper or just quit?
@hypotemusea Welcome to Mayo Connect. I am so sorry to hear that you are experiencing such...
you through a course of neurontin (gabapentin ... Gabapentin, Lyrica, Cymbalta, then duloxetine ... with them one minute longer (i.e. taper ... back off under doctor supervision).
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 9, 2020
@bobbi112 I have tried a ton of medications, including Gabapentin. None of them helped much, for...
tried a ton of medications, including Gabapentin ... them helped much, for very long, but Gabapentin ... It can take up to a year to taper off
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Jun 28, 2020
Thank you for your opinion. I have had the same experience. I had an EMG that...
The Gabapentin really made the pins ... I am now tapering off it. ... it does not know how to get someone off
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Apr 23, 2020
I agree with @pfbacon that "different things work for different people." All the posts in the...
neuropathy, but I personally took gabapentin ... don't recall any problems at all tapering ... off of it 7 or so weeks later.
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Mar 27, 2020
For me my doctor reduced 225mg to 150mgs for 2 weeks, then to 75mg for 2...
knew with all of me I was ready to go off ... After 3 weeks I was off them and could ... I will keep on with Gabapentin. ... Before I began this tapering off my ... Anyway this is my take on my tapering
Hi there sorry if I have misled you but I am tapering off venlafaxine, not gabapentin....
sorry if I have misled you but I am tapering ... off venlafaxine, not gabapentin. ... Im choosing to keep gabapentin as it
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Nov 22, 2018
Most people do best by cutting their taper schedules by 10% or the nearest 1/4 tablet...
Most people do best by cutting their taper ... followed this schedule to get myself off ... I've been completely off since mid-June ... My doctor also wanted me off Benzos. ... I'm taking gabapentin 2 x 200mg
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Sep 11, 2019
@jamesinsonoma @dorisena I didn't mention what medications I take, some for arthritis and some for neuropathy....
In addition to Gabapentin, I tried meds ... was trying Cymbalta, and decided to taper ... off the morphine, to see if my pain
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: May 15, 2020
are you currently taking gabapentin? I developed hives on different parts of my body initially which...
are you currently taking gabapentin? ... initially which took a few months to taper ... off and eventually go away.
Discussion: Skin rash and pain
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Oct 16, 2019
Hi Lori Renee, sit down. I too am Jewish! I am a "completed" or "fulfilled" Jew...
It was even made into toilet paper in ... The ink wouldn't come off so the ... words were visible on the toilet paper ... I think it's the Gabapentin plus
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 2, 2020
Re Veterinary prescribing: over the years, our cat became a ‘difficult’ patient; growling, scratching, biting, out...
Our Veterinarian prescribed Gabapentin ... Re tapering for humans: I never had ... any bad effects from tapering off gabapentin ... , but I tapered anyway after reading
Support Group: Depression & Anxiety
Posted: Mar 10 5:55pm
The April 10 edition of National Geographic has an article out on “prescribing“ i.e. tapering off...
article out on “prescribing“ i.e. tapering ... off of both antidepressants and the ... drug similar to pregabalin and gabapentin
Discussion: My lyrica journey
Support Group: Addiction & Recovery
Posted: Apr 10 7:39pm
I had very little trouble getting off of Gabapentin, with a daily dosage of 1200 mg....
I had very little trouble getting off ... of Gabapentin, with a daily dosage ... I tapered off over a period of about ... Yes I felt a bit off, but it was tolerable ... Now, I'm back on Gabapentin with
Support Group: Neuropathy
Posted: Sep 16, 2023
Good morning. I am 67. I have Morphea and Rhuematoid arthritis. Symptoms started in 2022. At...
Am currently tapering off prednisone ... Gabapentin made me very dizzy and vision ... Hoping the prednisone taper down doesn
I have a friend who took Clonazepam for 20 years and was able to get off...
Probably why she could get off it easily ... #39;s way too hard for you to do the taper ... meds to help the process of getting off ... Propranolol or Pregabalin, Gabapentin ... your doctor offered was to do the taper
Support Group: Sleep Health
Posted: Jun 10 9:08pm