Gabapentin and ativan
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I am currently taking 850 mg of Gabapentin - 700 mg at bedtime and 150 mg at approximately 5:00 AM. I was originally prescribed it to help me with sleep during a taper off of Ativan, but it is causing me more harm than good at this point and I'm interested in at least reducing my amount before resuming an Ativan taper. I am currently taking .8 mg of Ativan, spread out in four doses across the day.
I went to the emergency room during the first episode, and was treated with Ativan. I have a prescription for Ativan that I use at home during these episodes as well. I also take Aleve.
I also become very confused during these episodes. I feel disoriented and out of place, and it takes me a moment to figure out where I'm at. I will also start to repeat my own phrases such as "I don't want any more pills" over and over again.
hi. i believe cymbalta, gabapentin and alprazolam carry an alcohol use warning. i know for a fact that mixing booze with alprazolam is dangerous as they are both sedatig drugs which when combined are very potent. is he having problems as a result of this? usually there are negative consequences that need to be apparent before one will consider trying to quit. has he ever been to treatment or aa?
Hi I understand that muscle relaxants help have you tried any. Some say Zanaflex may help.
A few months back I was having problems walking with tremors etc. the doctors put me on baclofan and ativan. My spasms have almost dimished and I feel so much better. Even a lot the the classic POTS symptoms have been reduced. HR still high but toprol is helping. But why does the baclofe/ativan help so much? Any ideas?
The only problem is that I have gained 10 lbs in 1 month on these new meds. I have weighed the same for 20 years so this is disheartening.
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.
I have taken gabapentin and xanax for 10+ years without problems. Xanax is a shorter acting benzodiazapine then librium. You may find you need less librium with gabapentin.
You also take baclofen, right? Baclofen and gabapentin make a good combo against pain but sometimes you need to use lower doses of each when using them together.
To me, gabapentin dosing is something like judging how much garlic the sauce needs. It depends a lot on what an individual diner likes and will tolerate.
I started taking gabapentin the first week in September (2011). The Rx read to take 400mg at bedtime for a week, then twice a day for a week and three times a day thereafter.
Okay, well how are you directed to take them both? Is one as needed, both as needed, and if so, how do you know when to take which? Do you take one of them regularly? It's pretty uncommon to be prescribed two short-acting benzos concurrently.
The equivalency between the two meds isn't an exact science, but per equivalency charts, approximately 0.5mg of Xanax equals 1mg of Ativan, so the Xanax is roughly twice as potent, mg to mg. Again, not an exact science.
I had a migraine new to me about a month ago went to a neurologist he prescribed meythpredislone 21 pack and after that was completed he prescribed neurotin gabapentin which I am very afraid of taken but I started taken 1 before I go to bed. Why did the neurologist prescribed that if it was just for headaches?
What symptoms of a hangover are you talking about? If you're speaking of anxiety, that's most likely not a hangover, but rather the typical after effects of alcohol consumption.
Taking Ativan for hangover symptoms would technically considered abuse of your prescription, since that isn't what it's prescribed for, and all around a bad idea.
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