Hi all, I am switching to amitryteline (sp?) from neurontin. I stopped the neurontin and started all at once (doctor's rec) and went nuts...this is when one can experience suicidal thoughts (really). I decided to wane the dose of neurontin (was on 1800 and now am taking half that for the week) and perhaps even a nother smaller dose next week. Amitryptilene is an older antidepressant that treats pain, especially in the neck I was told. I feel a bit like a yo-yo and sorry for me staff! In any case the foggy feeling is lessening already.
I also hate TM--makes me long for my previous normal physicala and mental state. I wake up every morning and wait for the pain to ensue. But I can function which I am very grateful for. Jill ________________________________ From: Pieter and Heather <[email protected]> To: Todd Tarno <[email protected]>; TMIC <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, April 19, 2010 5:45:04 PM Subject: Re: Re: [TMIC] TMIC Neurontin--does it exhaust you? I too wish I could do Lyrica. Especially if it would leave me in less of a fog all day long. I hate TM. I really really hate this. Heather in Calgary ----- Original Message ----- >From: Todd Tarno >To: TMIC >Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 1:17 PM >Subject: Fw: Re: [TMIC] TMIC Neurontin--does it exhaust you? > > >Hey Jill & everyone, > >My doctor told me to switch neurontin to Lyrica cold-turkey, because they >where in the same family. I had the worst headache for 5 days and then I was >fine. So I don't recommend doing like that, but it's faster. >Why I like Lyrica for me, is that I only need to take it twice a day instead >of 3 times a day. When I was on neurontin in the middle of the day, I would >start to feel pain and then knew I had forgotten my second dose of neurontin. >The neurontin would make me a little foggy and that might have been why I >would forget the second dose. > >I wished we all could do well on Lyrica, >Todd in CC, TX > > >--- On Sat, 4/17/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>From: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: [TMIC] TMIC Neurontin--does it exhaust you? >>To: "Neil McNeil" <[email protected]>, "Janice Nichols" >><[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], "Jill >>Posner" <[email protected]> >>Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8:54 PM >> >> >>Jil, >>That much neurontin also exhausted me, but I took fewer naps as time went >>on.. It never eliminated TM pain, however, it helped some. My biggest >>complaint about Neurontin is the time it took to work and how fast it wore >>off. My Neuro said that was a common complaint and suggested I try >>Lyrica. I researched Lyrica for a year before letting my him write a >>prescription. My biggest fear was his insistence that I could switch from >>neurontin to Lyrica overnight. I finally made the switch exactly that way - >>overnight - with no side effects. I didn't swell up like a toad nor did I >>turn into one. Lyrica works within fifteen minutes of taking the pill and >>lasts much longer. I took 75mg every 12 hours for a year, then upped to 75mg >>every 8 hours for about 9 months. I then asked for an increase to 100mg >>every 8 hours and have been on this dosage for over a year. >>I understand being afraid of Lyrica, because I was petrified of it myself. >>Now I have to share the benefits I received. It works for some, but not for >>others. >> >>Patti - Michigan >>---- Jill Posner <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I am new to it...am on 2400mg a day--600 mg 4 times a day. It leaves me >>> feeling like a zombie and doesn't really eliminate the pain. Lyrica is in >>> the same family so I didn't think it made sense to wind down and up again. >>> And it seems to have more side effects. I don't care to be as bloated as a >>> toad. >> >>Are there other options? >> >>Jill >> >> >> >> >>
