Posted by allisonm on January 28, 2001, at 20:41:53
In reply to Re: Neurontin » allisonm, posted by Dawn on January 28, 2001, at 19:59:30
< < It does seem to make me a little sleepy. I guess from what I hear thats fairly normal though?? Dawn:) > >
Yes, in fact, that's one reason why my pdoc prescribed it - because I have problems with insomnia. I take 200mg in the morning and 800mg at night to help me sleep. I had been on Remeron, which helped me sleep at night. I find the Neurontin is not as sedating. What dose are you on?
You can find information about Neurontin on the Parke-Davis web site. If you type in www.Neurontin.com, it eventually will take you there. Or you can go to the Rx List site, for example, which has a bunch of info (http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/gabapent.htm). There are other sites as well, but they'll have about the same information. Neither of the sites listed above will address Neurontin's use for bipolar or unipolar depression, but both do get into side effects, indications and dosage, etc.
Also, there is a good Q&A on its use for mood disorders on Dr. Ivan Goldberg's site: http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.gabapentin.html
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