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Posted by tortoise on March 18, 2002, at 10:56:24
Hello--
I'm taking 900 mg of Neurontin for SP (in addition to 30mg of Prozac for depression and anxiety).
Initially, the Neurontin seemed to work quite well for the SP and I had few noticable side effects. But 2 months later, I frequently find myself very foggy-- sort of drugged feeling with a distinct inability to communitcate well. Additionally, it is not feeling as effective for my SP as before.
Is the drug pooping out? Is the cognitive stuff a latent side effect? I had high hopes for the Neurontin because I'm finding the SP to be very difficult to treat.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. :-)
tortoise
Posted by Ritch on March 18, 2002, at 13:47:37
In reply to Neurontin Fog, posted by tortoise on March 18, 2002, at 10:56:24
> Hello--
>
> I'm taking 900 mg of Neurontin for SP (in addition to 30mg of Prozac for depression and anxiety).
>
> Initially, the Neurontin seemed to work quite well for the SP and I had few noticable side effects. But 2 months later, I frequently find myself very foggy-- sort of drugged feeling with a distinct inability to communitcate well. Additionally, it is not feeling as effective for my SP as before.
>
> Is the drug pooping out? Is the cognitive stuff a latent side effect? I had high hopes for the Neurontin because I'm finding the SP to be very difficult to treat.
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated. :-)
>
> tortoise
Yes, it can cause some fogginess. I was taking it with Topamax one time and almost had a car wreck. I would also nod off in the middle of a TV program and wake up in the middle of the next TV show, etc. You might try reducing the dosage and see if less brain fog *improves* your SP symptoms. Neurontin is also very weird in combination with many meds. It could also be that you are becoming accustomed to taking Prozac and you are starting to get SSRI fatigue.Mitch
Posted by Janelle on March 18, 2002, at 15:43:20
In reply to Re: Neurontin Fog » tortoise, posted by Ritch on March 18, 2002, at 13:47:37
Posted by Hal on March 18, 2002, at 18:51:23
In reply to Neurontin Fog, posted by tortoise on March 18, 2002, at 10:56:24
> Hello--
>
> I'm taking 900 mg of Neurontin for SP (in addition to 30mg of Prozac for depression and anxiety).
>
> Initially, the Neurontin seemed to work quite well for the SP and I had few noticable side effects. But 2 months later, I frequently find myself very foggy-- sort of drugged feeling with a distinct inability to communitcate well. Additionally, it is not feeling as effective for my SP as before.
>
> Is the drug pooping out? Is the cognitive stuff a latent side effect? I had high hopes for the Neurontin because I'm finding the SP to be very difficult to treat.
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated. :-)
>
> tortoiseHey T,
I have had the same experience. I take between 150mg and 300mg of neurontin three times a day. Initially I felt a great burst of energy and relief of anxiety. This feeling is now about 50% of my initial response. Neurontin almost feels like alcohol in a sense. I do feel foggy at 300mg three times a day. I just hope apathy does not set it like with klonopin.
Hal
Posted by crepuscular on March 18, 2002, at 22:28:39
In reply to Neurontin Fog, posted by tortoise on March 18, 2002, at 10:56:24
I had a similar experience using neurontin as a mood stabiliser (p-doc now calls it "the drug formerly known as a mood stabilizer"). After 3 months I actually got lost in my home town driving back from the store. dementia in a pill if you ask me...
> Hello--
>
> I'm taking 900 mg of Neurontin for SP (in addition to 30mg of Prozac for depression and anxiety).
>
> Initially, the Neurontin seemed to work quite well for the SP and I had few noticable side effects. But 2 months later, I frequently find myself very foggy-- sort of drugged feeling with a distinct inability to communitcate well. Additionally, it is not feeling as effective for my SP as before.
>
> Is the drug pooping out? Is the cognitive stuff a latent side effect? I had high hopes for the Neurontin because I'm finding the SP to be very difficult to treat.
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated. :-)
>
> tortoise
Posted by bpbando on March 19, 2002, at 9:07:59
In reply to Re: Neurontin Fog, posted by crepuscular on March 18, 2002, at 22:28:39
As a daily user of 2400mg of neurontin along with 1 mg of klonopin I offer your testimony along with mine as evidence of how vastly different effects meds can have on any individual. I have never felt foggy or even slightly slowed by Neurontin. It has been a wonderfull mood stabilizer ( I beleive bipolars are really many different diseases and that mixed types and bipolar 1s have nothing in common except a name. I think they have different causes and different outlooks and just as you dont put a band aid on a headache neurontin works best for mixed types and virtually has no effect at all on type 1. Some pdocs have trouble with seeing this.)Neurontin works great against mania but less so with depression.
Posted by tortoise on March 19, 2002, at 10:23:48
In reply to Re: Neurontin Fog » tortoise, posted by Hal on March 18, 2002, at 18:51:23
Hal--
Funny you should mention apathy... I've been been feeling a bit of that lately. It may be the fog. I feel so incapable of mentally grappling with anything that I just sort of "give up."
I have a call in to my pdoc.
Tortoise
> Hey T,
>
> I have had the same experience. I take between 150mg and 300mg of neurontin three times a day. Initially I felt a great burst of energy and relief of anxiety. This feeling is now about 50% of my initial response. Neurontin almost feels like alcohol in a sense. I do feel foggy at 300mg three times a day. I just hope apathy does not set it like with klonopin.
>
> Hal
Posted by tortoise on March 19, 2002, at 11:01:05
In reply to What does SP stand for? (nm), posted by Janelle on March 18, 2002, at 15:43:20
Posted by Zo on March 21, 2002, at 15:42:15
In reply to Neurontin Fog, posted by tortoise on March 18, 2002, at 10:56:24
You might try taking all your Neurontin at bed. It does too last throughout the next day for some of us, so it's worth a shot.
Zo
ps--Maybe you need less, I recall that my dose decreased.
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