... Does anyone in here take NEUROTIN for Bipolar or any chronic pain conditions? ... (10 replies)
... My husband takes Neurotin for his Gastroaresis. He has nerve damage in his stomach due to his diabetes. The mediations is working but not sure about the sleep issue. Hope this help. ... (10 replies)
... Does anyone in here take NEUROTIN for Bipolar or any chronic pain conditions? ... (10 replies)
... Hi, Wow sounds like what I just finished going through, with meds anyway.
I was on Lithium and Prozac for a long time. The Prozac worked when I was depressed, but when the depression went away it sent me into terrible rapid cycles. We stopped the prozac and started the depakote. Eventually we found the Lithium was no longer working either. So now I am on Depakote and... (6 replies)
... Welcome to the boards. You'll find a warm bunch of peeps here who have a wide diverse experience with Bipolar in its many faces urrr fazes (sp). I had a relative who was diagnoses Bipolar as well and they were prescribed Neurotin. I don't understand much about a lot of the meds but Nami is a good site that does list a bunch of stuff about meds. I use to enjoy the hypomania... (6 replies)
... t it like. Can anyone tell me anything or experiences with depokote. i did some reading about but i would like to here some personal experiences. I'm also taking neurotin and vicodin for pain mgmt. ... (5 replies)
... Thx for the info, curious you said it did help you sleep, thats what I need. Did you mostly take it at bed timr. You said it did'nt help with mood swings, but you won't angry. I am a bipolar who gets angrily easily, not violent but easily pizzed off. (2 replies)
... Hello ricrokrol,
I am currently on 1200mg of Neurontin a day. I was at 1800mg but that just wiped me out completely. And yes it does help you sleep. Chemically, what it does is slow down the brain. So sometimes you feel dizzy or just zone out, sometime it has a sedating effect depending on how much you take. I had to go down to a lower dosage because I have to drive alot... (2 replies)
... I was wondering if anyone on here takes Nurotin for a mood stabilzer and if so does it work good for you. I lso am wondering if it helps you sleep(I need that s a side effect) (2 replies)
... I take 1800mg of Neurontin daily for mood swings and yes it has helped with my disturbed sleep cycles. I've been on it for almost a month now. I stay asleep now when before I would wake up every two hours. (10 replies)
... Yes, I take it for restless leg syndrome from Seroquel! and..., it works very well so far for this and problems sleeping. I take daily: 2400 mg Trilepta, 200 mg neurtonin, 600 mg seroquel...I do have concerns about longterm effects of neurontin but was kind of desparate because I need to seroquel and neurontin relieves all the side effects! (10 replies)
... I'm on Neurontin and it DOES help me sleep. I hadn't slept more than an hour or two per night for at least six months before I started with Neurontin. It helped my mind stop reeling so that I could actually GO to sleep.
Now that I've been on it for a year, it takes a lot longer to go to sleep than it did when I first started but it still works pretty well. Don't know what I... (10 replies)
... Gee GEE, if you dont mind me asking , what other meds do you take for sleep. (10 replies)
... Thank you for you responses (10 replies)
... i used to take neurontin,until i read the following artical. PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT AGREES TO HISTORIC SETTLEMENT
Global Settlement Reached Related to Illegal Off-Label Marketing Tactics
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced a series of agreements with a leading pharmaceutical company to resolve allegations of illegal and deceptive promotions of one of its... (10 replies)
... I do recall the wife taking this. Her pain during her normal female cycle was much less. However, the sleep issue i can not recall. (10 replies)
... Hey everyone, I am almost 21 april 24th. had a very bad childhood with no mother and an abusive/controlling father/that i still currently live with!! at age 10 i lost my grandma and i was the first one to see her lying dead on the floor. she had bipolar too, she used to take lithium, but always refused to take it. i always wathched her go manic and scream, hit people, climb... (4 replies)
... Hello Everyone! T H A N K Y O U so much for all your help, encouragement, reassurance, gratitude & care- I really appreciate it. I did tell my doctor pretty much everything- and he said he could keep in confidential- and wiggle around telling my mom the truth. And since I've been clean for 2 weeks he doesn't feel I need to go through rehab. He was super understanding...... (10 replies)
... Hey Lonelyprincess,
Thanks for your kind comments. Your right, I thought once the depression was gone I could quit the meds. It does not work that way. Funny thing, the stuff that worked for you did nothing for me. Spents monthes and monthes with Depakote,
Zoloft, and Neurotin, no luck.
Wishing you continued happiness, (20 replies)
... I Suffer From Bi-Polar 2. I am on 150 mgs of Effexor, 600 Of Neurotin, and 100 of Trazadone. I have also been suffering from Bulimia since I was 13 years old. I was only recently diagnosed with Bi Polar but have had symptoms all of my life, most recently when a doctor put me on anti depressants only in a high dose and I went manic. I was wondering if anyone else here suffers... (1 replies)
