gabapentin and magnesium

Once you have begun your taper you can purchase some magnesium oil (magnesium chloride) and spray it on your arms and legs and rub it in the magnesium is infused into your body through your skin directly into the blood stream and this will help lesson or eliminate the withdrawal symptoms. With magnesium oil there is no diarea. I wish you the best in your recovery.

Hello, I am new to this group. I have had more than 85 blood tests since I was diagnosed with Lyme in July of 2014. All have been negative. I have been on may drugs for pain and currently on Gabapentin for vocal cord/coughing issues and leg pain (knee, calf, left side back). I don't think it is helping much. Is anyone else on Gabapentin?

I also suggest gabapentin, Requip, Seroquel low dose, and Soma if you can get it. Varerian and magnesium are useful as well. It is hard to do it by yourself, so if you run into trouble, read my blogs or look on my clinic website for more info. Good luck to you.

Hi, I was a member here years ago when I had a pain pill addiction. Haven't touched one in over 5 years thank God! However, I seem to have unknowingly gotten myself in a different jam so to speak. My husband passed away February 2015. I handled the anxiety for almost 2 years til January 2017 when I finally asked my nurse practitioner for help. I was very adamant on "nothing narcotic or controlled." She understood and we agreed on low dose of gabapentin.

drugs like gabapentin, phenytoin are used for hemifacial spasm. Other options are botulinum injections and microvascular decompression surgery. Hope this helps. Take care.

consult a neurologist immediately, a balanced diet, foods high in potassium, calcium and magnesium, massages to relieve physical stress and fatigue, vitamin B complex rich foods,certain drugs like gabapentin, phenytoin,carbamazepine, botulinum toxin injections. Take care.

Gabapentin is a drug that many finds poops out and needs to be increased on a regular basis until you're too high to do it anymore. There used to be someone on this website who used it for anxiety, and he found it worked when he reached the maximum dose and it pooped out to go down for awhile and back up again. Was a long time ago, so don't know how he did it. Was on the anxiety forum, I think.

Another problem is that most of these brain drugs use the same channel as magnesium to get to the brain, which makes magnesium not be absorbed. Since magnesium is essential to relaxation of the nerves and blood vessels this can be exacerbating your migraines as well. Food for thought.

Today is only day 2 off of 25mcg fent patches. I'm trying to detox before I start on morphine ER on Friday because I know if I just switch then the morphine won't help me. I have DDD, spinal stenosis, a spinal arachnoid cyst, scoliosis, and whatever else. I'm a single mom to an almost 4 yr old and it's just me and him. I'm taking a lot of gabapentin and Imodium.

Hey the Magnesium & Potassium is supposed to help the RLS..They also sell it in the stores called RLS..The Magnesium is the best for detoxing the poisons out and is one that helps balance the brain back!! Keep up the good work..I know you can do it..Stay close to any support you can get!! They also have this powder called "CALM" it helps with it all!!

I take gabapentin as well and am in the same boat as Ess when it comes to lyrica. I look at it and gain weight as well as get stupid. ;) I've had no issues with gabapentin and it works terrifically to turn off the horrible nerve pain in my hands and legs, and feet. I cannot imagine living without this drug! I've been on it now for 4 plus years. There is a sweet spot, the dose at which the drug is totally effective and that dose is totally individual.

I have post herpatic neuropathy. I have taken Tegretol and Gabapentin with good effect, however after a few months I developed terrible migranes. I've also tried Lyrica and Lamotragine with the same side effect. My neurologist has prescribed Topamax with these medications but it doesn't help the headaches. Normally I suffer from the very occasional headache and am a very healthy person. Triptans to do not relieve the migrane caused from the gapapentin.

Wasn't aware of the conflict between gabapentin and naproxen. Good to know; I'll try to read up on that. Tramacet's a new word to me. Tramadol, percocet, darvocet relative?

those that take meds for GERD should be tested on a reg basis as well as these meds deplete magnesium and low magnesium will cause low Vit D too... Thanks for the update and reminder to always get levels checked and to know how the meds we take may affect us.

I am not sure if this is symptoms from the Chronic EBV or if it is something else that maybe causing this. I am taking gabapentin, magnesium oxide, and tramadol but am having no relief from my symptoms at all. Is there any one that has this Chronic EBV that also has these symptoms and is it related to the EBV or is there something else I should be questioning the doctors about?

I will keep taking the gabapentin, and give it time to work... and up it slowly.

DUDE get off the methadone wile you can it is an evil drug with horrible withdrawals ......there are vitamins you can take for RLS magnesium and potassium will help this....go off the methadone slowly and get on the supplements you will be doing yourself a huge favor......

I was told to take Linzess which is very unpredictable and I just feel worse but was still told to keep trying it. Stanfird doctor finally told me to stop it and try taking Magnesium Ixide twice a day fir constipation and decrease if I get diarrhea. I am playing around with that and think it may be upsetting my stomach even though I taje it with food. Told to try Iberogast, order through Anazon. I just tried some today.

There are other sites that describe lyrica or gabapentin withdrawal and the people going through an extremely difficult time. You need magnesium either in vitamin form or through epsom salt baths. Rinsing your mouth with epsom salt works too. You also need B vitamins like B complex, B6, B12, Biotin or even an energy drink. The gabapentin completely depletes your b vitamins and other nutrients. You need to eat even though I know your appetite is completely gone.

I currently take glucosamine, omega 3, D3, calcium, magnesium, kelp, multi vitamin, metabolic booster(herbal with cider vinegar, iodine, and something else), vitamin e, and I also take several medications. Nambutone, Naproxen(as needed usually for sleep pain), gabapentin(300mg night and 100mg day), serequel 200mg for sleep, tecta(with magnesium), and crestor 20mg.

At first I thought maybe my gabapentin was interfering, it does, sort of, work with the gaba system. I am off gabapentin now and have been for over a month and still my diazepam has no effect. I can take 20 mg and be wide awake with a completely clear head (albeit with anxiety raging). The only other med I take that involves the gaba/glutamate system is lamotrigine, could that be the culprit?

I began taking Gabapentin for the electricity and muscle spasms in my legs. My initial dose was 100 mg at bedtime. Now, I am up to 100 mg 3 times daily. It has helped greatly, but recently I have been having some break-through spasms. I do not recall having had any "vibrations" from the medication itself.

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