Neurontin insomnia
Common Questions and Answers about Neurontin insomnia
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s an addictive drug and interferes with REM sleep and over the long term will leave you with a benzo problem and rebound insomnia. And Neurontin is very sedating. Clonazepam targets GABA receptors; neurontin is GABA. It should be better for sleep than clonazepam, but people do react differently. Anything bugging you? Ever seen a therapist to see if your sleep problem can be fixed rather than medicated?
I went through a bout of insomnia last spring, before I was diagnosed. Well, I'm not really sure it was insomnia, but I couldn't sleep for more than 2-3 hours at a time, because my symptoms would intensify the longer I was lying down or even just reclining. (My symptoms have always shown an odd dependence on my posture.)
I'd wake up in unpleasant states, with a lot of sensory symptoms and other discomforts, and then wouldn't be able to get back to sleep for hours more.
I was prescribed Neurontin for what they are thinking are overactive nerves. I had an injury 2 years ago and am still in pain and they think it's from the nerves not having settled or still being irritated.
The doc said this was the safest med he prescribes. I don't like medicine.
Hello....O.K. my question is i have MS and have now been out of work since december because of my disease. Now after sitting home allday for 6 months by myself with no family/friends or employment i'm now suffering from Anxiety and Insomnia. I will change my diet as too much junk food and sugar to see if that heps but are there any meds that can help me cope with this.
Thankyou very much !!
harry....
I'm no expert but I think it must be mental. I don't think Neurontin is addictive. Maybe I'm wrong. I would think the insomnia is related to something else and the Neurontin has nothing to do with it. I took Seroquel for a short period of time for insomnia and it worked great and was easy to stop taking when I was done. Hope this helps.
I was diagnosed with "noodle leg" today. Have had MS since 2006 on Neurontin & Mobic not really working, by my PCP, any suggestions please. I'm dragging my left leg now, its turning inward, pain, numbness & tingling, weakness. I'm falling more as well. Pain in shoulders, arms & hands as well. Terrible insomnia.
It is sedating and thus frequently prescribed for sleep for those who have insomnia with anxiety/depression. You can take during the day but it is sedating and you should use with care until you know it's daytime effects. Let me know how you make out if you decide to use it.
Has your neurologist ever recommended neurontin or lyrica?
received massive blow to head 18 months ago have been on several meds to enable to sleep and for chronic migraines am currently taking neurontin memory has improved some since accident however now i can be driving to work or elsewhere and will forget where i am going for 15 or 20 miles at a time does anyone have any experience with this medicine im not sure if its helping or making things worse,
My doctor is having me go off it and take neurontin instead. I have fibermygalia neuropathy 2 fractures in back. He wants me to take 100 mg neurontin and 100 mg trazadone for three nights. I am doing it slower. Is it normal to feel funny sweaty and shaky during the day? I am having a hard time functioning.
Hello,
Both Prozac and Neurontin cause insomnia rather than increased sleepiness. It can be due to not getting enough sleep, drug, alcohol, or cigarette use, lack of physical activity, obesity, the use of certain medication, depression, restless legs syndrome, sleep apnea, or narcolepsy.
You need to get it evaluated from a sleep specialist.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided.
I have had some breakthrough panic attacks recently, but I am still pretty much under control with Celexa. (and Neurontin at night.) Klonopin helped with everything including the chronic insomnia. I still have sleep issues, but not too bad. I took the Klonopin with Effexor originally. Had to get off Effexor because of the insomnia. Celexa seems better for me. I have a couple days a month when I have General anxiety usually leading to a panic attack.
As you already know, it usually takes several weeks of the really nasty symptoms of acute withdrawal, followed by several months of just insomnia and general weakness and depression. A physician may be able to prescribe you some Neurontin (gabapentin) for general malaise, anxiety and muscle cramps, Requip for the restless leg syndrome and possibly something like Seroquel low dose for the insomnia.
See if your doctor can write you a prescription for some Requip for restlessness (it is the very best treatment for RLS or RAS), Neurontin for anxiety and malaise, some Flexeril or Soma for a few weeks for muscle spasms and maybe some Seroquel low dose, for sleep. It will make your withdrawals easier. Valerian and Magnesium is sometimes helpful remedies over the counter.
The residual symptoms of insomnia and depression can last another few months.
His dr has put him on a high dosage of fentanyl, as well as dilaudid for breakthrough pain. He takes 2 two mg. xanax for insomnia. He is prescribed 2 four mg. dilaudid daily. I recently learned he was injecting the dilaudid. I am extremely concerned and feel helpless. He was a drug addict for many years, but was clean 15 years prior to transplant. I want to know what this drug use now is doing to his liver, even though the liver function test are O.K.
There are a few other meds that could possibly help...one of them being Neurontin. Talk to your doc about it....Other than that, I used a heating pad that wrapped around my legs for that wanting to move constantly feeling...it helped some...not alot, but some. Valium will not help for this.
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