Then restart a taper at a slower rate?
Has anyone had to dose back up from a taper of gabapentin, after horrible withdrawals?
Question posted by lostme on 26 Sep 2022
Last updated on 29 September 2022
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Gereatric70
26 Sep 2022
My wife was on 600 mg every three hours for trigeminal neuraliga , you need to slowly detox from this lower the amount . I would ask doctor for a plan and you can also talk to a pharmacist . My wife slowly reduced the amount every two weeks for 3 months . Taper is the safest way . Do not know the amount you were taking and for how long . Good luck to you . Hope this helps .
Oldtown507
27 Sep 2022
I have trigeminal neuralgia too, was curious what she is taking in place of the gabapentin, which I would love to ditch. Good luck to your wife.
Oldtown507
26 Sep 2022
I had terrible withdrawal after tapering off gradually, nausea, headache, blurred vision, just awful. Lasted 30 days. Then I realized I truly needed the gabapentin to ward off the pain, so I increased to 1200mg daily, which so far I am tolerating & it’s working on the pain. If & when I try to stop again, I think I’ll need to go to rehab.
lostme
29 Sep 2022
Yep.. That's real close to where I'm at now. Had to work my way back up by Dr.'s orders, to 3000mgs. to end the sickness with double vision, and this week my double vision is returning, I'm sure I'll be right back to 3600mgs. a day. Back where I started. My new Dr. said to stay awhile, then try to reduce 100mgs a month. That's a long haul, just hope I can do this. To top it off new Dr. said the Carbamazepine That works on the Trigeminal pain, is helping to make me dehydrated. When I would get really sick I couldn't eat or drink for days on end, got severely dehydrated, was hospitalized for 2 days to get a sodium drip. I am really going to pay the consequences of taking more of this stuff as it stopped working. If anyone is reading this DO NOT take higher amounts of Gabapentin, if it's not working find something else ! I found Carbamazepine too late. I will pay the price for believing I could just take more and more !
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