neurontin and stroke

it had been confined to the exterior side and I barely noticed it. And my right foot is almost completely numb although it comes and goes. Ambulation is challenging, to say the least. I had acupuncture today and got a little relief but not much yet. I'm just overwhelmed by the physical challenges at this point. I recently started taking neurontin and had high hopes for its stopping my numbness. I can't offer any solutions as such. I resume PT week after next.

Has any one heard of or experienced being on Cymbalta and/or Neurontin and where the side effects suddenly became MS like symptoms after being on them for a year?

s agreed to start me on a taper for Neurontin and Trazodone. Finally. I see her again next Tuesday. One question is, am I ready to stop those meds without any help to replace them? I'm still taking Nortriptyline and I wonder if it's causing my malaise. It does cause dry mouth. I don't want to take it anymore either. Am I being to difficult? Lately, worse in the morning, my arms and legs feel real heavy and I can't muster any energy to speak of. My body feels constricted.

I had a stroke in January of '09 and have chronic neuropathy in my left arm. I have tried ammitryptilene, neurontin, lyrica and cymbalta but none of them has really helped. Does anyone have a suggestion about other treatments that have worked for them?

I had a thalamic stroke December 7 and am now having pain and numbness and hypersensitivity on the affected side. This seems to shift and change day to day. What is the treatment, if any, and what is the chance this will go away over time?

m also 49,no high blood pressure,I quit smoking about20 years ago. And I took a stroke 3 1/2 years ago. It's absolutely the worst. Please go see a neurologist, do whatever you need to do to prevent this from happening to you! I had a tingleing sensation in my upper back, near my neck. I went to a regular doctor, who told me I was in good health,she gave me some samples of Plavix,which I disn't take. All I should have done was gone to a neurologist.

A month later, the right side of my face went numb and I could not talk--I felt like I had mush mouth and thought maybe I was having a stroke. I talked to the pharmacist and he said 15 % of patients on Lyrica get ataxia, so he was not surprised. I went off of it and went back on the Neurontin. My doc told me some of her patients became incontinent on Lyrica so be careful. Another point, I noticed that once I was off the Lyrica, I began having dreams again.

I had stroke Nov.2007 and nerve pain and spasms are about to drive my crazy. Neurontin,Baclophen nor lyrica really seem to reducing the pain. I am waiting for my change.

Is this type pain nornal after a stroke? What can I do about the pain and swelling. My leg feels cold and I can't stand for even my cat to rub on my leg. I also have RA is this making the stroke pain? I am so tired of this pain, I am losing it.

I have taken the Neurontin before. I look forward to being on another planet for 6 weeks as my body and mind get used to it again.

Without medication id rate it 10/10. I take neurontin, paracetamol and verapamil. The verapamil is a drug my neurologist has put me as the neurontin+paracetamol is not enough. Verapamil is used to hold off the onset of migraines and it has helped slightly. Had a medical breakthrough in the past couple of days.. Ive seen a million different Drs as im sure most of you have but one has finally found, what i hope to be, the cause of my severe facial pain.

My psychiatrist is thinking about it for my anxiety, since nothing is working since a terrible and weird and untreated Paxil withdrawal four years ago. And to the poster, she says it's okay to take with klonopin, if that's any help, since I'm on klonopin and asked her about that.

thats th e trick But For certain Dilantin and Neurontin together You get permission to adjust the dose of Neurontin as required to a MAX of 4000 mg/day its a harmless drug and clinically no known serious side effects are known . your Doctor may have blood tests to determine the increase in Dilantin If at all . I started on 300 MG and still there But I am topping off On Neurontin at 3200 and 240 Mg a day codiene using T 3.

I'm alive and doing ok. Feel pretty lousy I've been away. It's just been so hard to post when I don't have anything to give or say. I don't know if it's guilt or if it's frustration. I came to a point where I didn't think I was doing any good for anyone or myself. I felt like I couldn't get away from myself as if I was constantly drowning. I think Bonnie's death shook me to the breaking point.

Hey everyone. Been on the board but hesitating to talk about myself. Truth is I'm not doing to well at all. I'm really down with zero energy. A little about myself to remind the posters that have been around for the little time I've been recovering. Sept 3 is my new birthday. Life long drinker with 14 years of taking Xanax while gabbing all the pain pills I could with all my aches and pains. The last year I really tried to kill myself.

I was back at work (desk job in FedGov) two weeks later, but the 24/7 pins/needles/weakness remained and I developed severe thalamic pain syndrome affecting my right fingers/hand/arm, right side of my face is VERY sensitive to even slight breeze, the right side of my scalp hurts when I take a shower under a very night water spray, and my right knee and foot cause pain, esp. the bottom of my foot feels like the skin/muscles are bowing out/away from my body.

Hi, I am on prozac and neurtontin but my depression and anxiety and they are working great for me. Check with your doctor to see if they can made a med change for you.

I have a friend that has very bad headaches after a stroke. She takes that ongoing and it works really well. Its not a heavy pain med. It works well for nerve pain.

I was prescribed 2400 mgs of Neurontin a day, 200mgs+ of Trazodone and then 25mgs of Nortripyline after my small stroke in late November. I was taking 22 pills a day when I came home in early September. When I went in it was only a few for my BP. Well after months and months of over the top anxiety with blurred vision and balance issues with confusion, concentration, and reasoning problems I threw up my hands and said enough. I have now begun to realize what they were doing to me.

m vary leary i woke up really sick this morning my arms and mouth went totally numb and tingly, I almost felt like i had a minni stroke but my brathing has been real bad latley and my side has been hurting for months. please help, i would love to talk on the phone id you would like..

I am taking a strong dosage of neurontin and I have the same effects as described. I can sit for up to 5-7 minutes before a flow begins. Not sure if it is the neurontin or a pain medication. I have nerve damage and need both medications.

Yes I became parinoid and and anxious I got off it immediatley and switched to kolonipin which works well for me

That is what I call Tweeks, you get tweeked and more pain for about three days to a week. I was on Neurontin and actually have myofascial pain but they thought it may have been a nerve at first. The neurontin didn't do a thing for me. I was on 1200mg/day and it took me two months to get off of it because I got insomnia and had to take benedryl to get off of it and be able to sleep. It is low on side effects except feeling tired and dumb.

I'm taking the generic form, just recently resumed but have used it in the past. Neurontin is Rx-ed for nerve pain as an "off label" use, that it, treating nerve pain is not the function for which it was designed so it's not listed as a use on the manufacturer's label. It is actually an anti-seizure med, but it was found to also reduce neuropathy in patients. It is my understanding that Lyrica works much in the same way, and is a newer medication by the same company.

The problem many people have with Neurontin and meds like it is they start at two high a dose and increase too fast. That maximizes the sides effects and they stop it, when it might have worked wonders. Then it goes on their *bleep* list. Neurontin is not used for sleep unless the problem with sleep is with neuroapthic pain or paresthesias. We had a pain management doc visit us a while back and he wrote a couple Health Pages for us. You might be interested in both.

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