Hi Robert,
Glad to hear the neurontin is helping you. I still don't know why my
diagnosing doctor
wouldn't put me on neurontin when I asked him about it.
You mention that TM may be starting in your neck area. Where was the
initial lesion?
I thought that if new lesions form, the diagnosis changes. Anyone?
Kevin
robert diehl wrote:
i was put on lycaria by my pcp but my neurolgist took me off of it
becuse he said it not right for me. he put me on neurontin..
take 300mg..one in the morning and one at bed time...had not had any
side effects frm it at all ...for me now i feel pain free....just was
in the hospital for five days then taken to a rehab hosp..was therefor
almost trhee weeks til they got me walking again...in the hosp they
did a MRI from the top of my head to my butt..showed sigs of TM
starting in my neck area..put me on steroids for four days...will have
anther MRI done shortly
BOB FROM PA....NOW LIVING IN LAS VEGAS WITH MY DAUGHTER
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*Sent:* Monday, August 20, 2007 8:52 PM
*Subject:* [TMIC] Lyrica/Neurontin
Hello Gang,
After more than a year suffering through too much pain than my
5200mg/day Neurontin could handle, I have seen a new neurologist
who has started me on Lyrica as a chance of getting my pain under
control. She didn't want to increase my Neurontin, and I wasn't
really interested in that either. She also helped me with better
information about my Baclofen dosing and spasms, so that's working
out much better. I've actually been getting a bit more sleep at
night.
I didn't really want to change anything around, as I was doing
well on the Neurontin for 8 yrs. Well, that is until it just
wasn't handling the pain. I was doing well without any bad side
effects. I had some speech problems where I couldn't grasp my
words for the entire time really, some weight gain, but not really
anything else that was noticable or that I remember at the moment,
lol. Heck, I've taken it for so long that I'm used to whatever
state that I'm in. It takes someone on the outside to notice that
I'm a bit odd or off.
Can anyone out there tell me how long it took them to get over the
really bad fatigue factor? So far I'm not noticing any other
symptoms. I've taken for 4 days now, and am still on the same
dosage of Neurontin. The doc gave me 50mg caps, and told me to
take for a week before changing my regime with Neurontin. I am
then to raise it and lower my Neurontin based on her instructions.
Hugs to all, Barbara A
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