Posted by Mitch on May 11, 2001, at 13:32:19
In reply to Re: Neurosis and psychontin ;), posted by Doo on May 11, 2001, at 11:38:13
Hi, Doo I like the Neurosis/psychontin! There are a lot of reports of people that get a lot of "diminishing returns" with respect to benefit of increasing the dosage of Neurontin above 900-1200mgs/day. It just winds up costing you an arm and a leg and you only feel marginally better. You might see about adding something else on and titrate it up slowly and see if you can reduce the Neurontin down to a more *affordable* dosage (that is if it is doing any good). I have found it works best for depression and ADD symptoms more than anything else.
Good luck, Mitch
> Hi Mitch, thank's for your post. Indeed, 300mg is a very low dose. I'm presently somewhere between 1600 and 2000, but still not so sure it's of any help. Since it seems to be a very safe drug, I continue taking it, but I don't know for how much longer...
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> Take care,
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> Doo.
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> > > Has anyone heard of such a 'revival effect' of psychosis with Neurontin?
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> > I take Neurontin, but only at a very low dose. I am what most docs call "treatment intolerant" and it is tough to find stuff that I can stand to take(I have had bipolarII for 22 years now-chronic maybe euthymic about half that time or less). I had my Neurontin pushed up to 1800mg for a very *short* time, and experienced an intense depersonalization experience (my arms and legs seem detached and/or belonged to someone else), I also became agitated and very nervous. It got lowered down down down and it is still beneficial at the low dose I take (300mg/day), but can't tolerate much more than that. I also got an even worse depersonalization experience with Gabitril, just an FYI. Anti-convulsants seem to be worse for that.
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