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Gabapentin

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rita52071
rita52071

Hello everyone....I was down to 100mg every other day and then OMG....felt horrible  headaches and dizziness..... ....finaaly called doctor after 6 days...taking 100 mg everyday........Now I just feel horrible  my head is in spins....feels like 500 pds.......was just laying down but feel horrible...can't drive or do anything.........dr appointment beginning of April..........do I need to give this med time to work again????

 

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  • gillian76726
    gillian76726 rita52071

    Posted

    What med?
    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 rita52071

      Posted

      I wonder why you are on this med.  It is for controlling seizures,,nerve pain associated   with shingles etc. I Would NOT be taking it,,especially if it was just making me feel worse. cAn you not call your gp and tell the. It,is making you ill?
    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 rita52071

      Posted

      Have you researched this drug to see why it was given for MAV?  You're probably exoerincing withdrawal,symptoms 
    • rita52071
      rita52071 gillian76726

      Posted

      Yes I have. I didn't like what I was reading. Dr was tapering me off because we both felt it really wasn't helping even with a combo of other meds. Was on it for 6 months. Tapered off very very slowl. Was on 400 once a day. Was doing great until I got to 100 mg every other day. So now I am back to 100 every day. See dr in a little over a week
    • manda08392
      manda08392 gillian76726

      Posted

      Though I agree with these medications not being perscribed for these systems, they DO seem a really popular perscription for migraines, I haven't the faintest idea why as I was on something similar with terrible side effects. It made me much more dizzy.
    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 manda08392

      Posted

      I know, beats me Manda. ,all i know  is somethng has side effects of dizzinness which [u] i[/u]ve   already got, iMdon't want to take it!   In the old ,days when i had a really bad headache bordering on a. Migraine took amcodeinebased  med..
    • rita52071
      rita52071 gillian76726

      Posted

      I questioned that too.....and I was told that these medicines do have a side effect of something you want to get rid of......sounds crazy to me........tomorrow going back to eye doctor....they are saying I have a slight vertical imbalance that can be causing this dizziness.......I really dont know what to believe........just want this to go away!!!!!!frown
    • gillian76726
      gillian76726 rita52071

      Posted

      I find doctors always have a way of 'qualifying' meds with side effects if,it,suits them. I,learned a long time ago to make my own decisions o whatI put  in my body.
    • rita52071
      rita52071 gillian76726

      Posted

      yeah I know....but when I started going to her in late sept....I had no choice...i literally was not functioning......thought I would be better by this time...but I here it takes time
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