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Gabapentin withdrawal horrors

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matt65394
matt65394

Short story. 3 years ago i had back surgery for herniated discs. All was well until almost exactly 2 years later when problems compounded and i began my 3000mg per day gabapentin regimen. A few months after that i began 40mg of morphhine on top of the gabapentin under the advice of my doc...even though i had already began to complain of depressive and rage inducing thoughts. Anyway, 4 days ago i seen my doc again, told her i did not think i should continue the gaba anymore, gave her my reasons, and she told me that gaba has no side effects so it made no sense, but if i wanted to stop, then just stop cold turkey. Today is day 4 after stopping gaba and morphine cold turkey, i think i have slept no more than 3 hours in that time, vomiting phase is done after having to go to hospital for iv fluids, but the diarrhea is still persisting. Sooo tired!! Guess i just have to keep telling myself that it is going to go away...right?

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  • gary71792
    gary71792 matt65394

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    From all the things Iv'e read, everyone reacts differently to this stuff. In the end it all eventually gets back to normal, takes more time for some, less for others.. The one thing I did read about gab and am doing it myself is taking 250 mg magnesium and a vitamin B complex daily, seems to help.. Of course I would talk to a doctor first about what would be best for your'e situation.. From what I see your'e doctor said I would get a second opinion!!  Can't hurt!!!

  • kathy87887
    kathy87887 matt65394

    Posted

    Oh my goodness I don't know what your Dr was thinking to stop cold turkey. Im down 1o 300mg from 900 mg. This has been a few months now also taking B12 and Magnesium seems to rotate screen some. Still suffering from insomnia and some depression but yes one day at a time. Good luck to you ,you have gone through a lot. Just have to keep the faith.

  • gary71792
    gary71792 matt65394

    Posted

    I had 2 doctors tell me to just quit taking it.. I was only on it for 10 weeks so I guess they figured if I could handle the withdrawal to go for it.. Of course I wasn't taking it for seizures so I was in no danger there.. My vertigo, which is why it was given to me in the first place and did not help, has increased somewhat today and the ear ringing, I hope it goes away soon, Iv'e been off it now about a month..

  • beth47873
    beth47873 matt65394

    Posted

    Were you started at 3000 mg of Gabapentin per day, or did you mean 300 mg?  
    • matt65394
      matt65394 beth47873

      Posted

      Started at 300mg and quickly rose to 3000mg within 2 months.

  • matt65394
    matt65394

    Posted

    97 hours with extremely little to no sleep now. Tried a natural sleep aid called super sleep (magnesium and a combo of other things) to no avail. Actually seemed like it had the opposite effect.
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