Posted by suzanne jones on March 20, 2001, at 1:51:50
In reply to to Suzanne, posted by Margit on March 19, 2001, at 16:54:56
> Dear Suzanne,
>
> thanks for your reply. I was wondering if this high dose of Neurontin makes you very tired, because I hate to be sedated or being in a zombie-like frame of mind all day. The other thing I am afraid of is that it will make my mouth even dryer. You said you battle with dry mouth. Did the Neurontin contribute a lot to this? Thanks again for your information.
> MargitDear Margit~Personally I feel pretty lucky because I feel only extremely calm without the sedation or 'drugged' feeling I loathe. In fact, feeling that horrid 'zombie' feeling only serves to agitate me more in that I feel mentally crazed but trapped in a doped up brain, if that makes any sense. The part of me that I needed to function would feel lobotomized where the part of the brain that needed to 'downsize' reacted like 42ndSt. in NYC on New Years Eve, lots of drunk people with no where to go. That happened to me on Serzone...like cement in my shoes. Later for that. For me, the Neurontin seems more like a dart going right to the bullseye of the thought disorder. Like water on a fire. And if I keep staying on not pushing the next dose past the 6 hour mark during waking hours, I find I can really go with the day's normal insanity without it triggering a whole unwanted and dreaded chain of mental events. I mean I'm still human, but not at the mercy of a tinder dry forestal brain where any spark could very well end up a 5 alarm fire. I get to feel what the expression,'water off a duck's back'feels like, 80% of the time. The other 20% of the time I'm just quackers. Sorry,sorry, I know that is an awful bad and corny joke. But dear pilgrim, it is a delight today that I can laugh at all, and whatever it takes, corn and all, I will savor it and let it tickle my soul and spirit.
Also I will have to say that my dry mouth started when I began on Paxil 3 years ago. But when I say dry mouth, I mean, not like the antipsychotics. Nothing incredibly obnoxious. I am also a person with a cold drink in my hand since my mother weaned me and I love munchin on ice chips. A good way for me to chomp out anger, anxiety,..sarcasm in a constructive way and get some healthy water in me since I never drink it as a beverage. What dries me in an annoying way is the clonidine but, you know, 6 of these-half a dozen of the other. I deal with it because my nightmares and flashbacks/abreactions were a heck of alot more hostile to life as we know it on this planet. For me personally, and everyone has their pet peeve side effect which pushes them over the top, dealing with mild to moderate dry mouth compared to my symptoms is like the difference between walking through drizzle as opposed to walking in a hurricane. Now for whatever reason, because I rarely hear complaints about trazadone with dry mouth, for me, it vaporizes any spit or saline like fluids within a 10 mile radius of my throat. What can I say? Aren't drugs strange? Shows us how wonderfully,fearfully and uniquely we indeed are crafted. But truly, Margit I do not become sedated, although I do feel fried at the end of the day after getting the !!7th!! child in bed, yes..that's right 7th. The youngest is 4 and the oldest 15. So there is no way I can be sedated from 7AM to7PM. There is hope. Always hope. Always, even with the fear of failure, try for the next chance. I pray this will work for you as well.~~~corny suzanne
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