neurontin klonopin

t really have a great deal of depression when dealing with the Neurontin. The Neurontin/Klonopin combo can drag me out a bit, but I start tapering off of Klonopin next month. I am a rapid cycle BP2; the Lamictal helps out tremendously in that aspect. However, with the increase in Neurontin, I am generally having fewer mood swings and am a lot less anxious.

Sometimes however it requires an adjunct and Neurontin is often used. Klonopin is an anti-anxiety medication that has mood stabilization properties. Your psychiatrist may be tapering you off this because a person can build up a tolerance to it. Celexa is of course an anti-depressent so it can easily make the manic aspect of bipolar worse.

I was taking 1 mg of xanax 3 times a day now i take 1200mg neurontin, 1mg klonopin, 20mg lexapro in the morning and 600mg neurontin, 1 mg klonopin in the eve... If I was you and you need it I would ask for it twice a day. Because that will wear off by the eve. I have major depression, general anxiety, panic disorder and social anxiety.

Thanks for the reply; I am not to stressed about getting off of it. I increased my dosage of Neurontin this last week; I forgot how well it works for me. We're not going to start tapering off of the Klonopin for another month, mainly because I am in the process of quitting chewing. But, the Neurontin will really help me wean off of the Klonopin; the 400mg increase in dosage (400mgs of Neurontin isn't much) has been working wonders.

My psychiatrist and I have discussed weaning off of the Klonopin, or at least decreasing the dose. I am also on Neurontin, so we would like to know if that medication is enough to control the mania. Again, I take 1.5 mgs, split into .5 mg doses, three times a day. The tapering schedule we have come up with would involve reducing the overall dosage by 1/6th every few weeks; cutting one dose in half, starting with the noon dose. Is this a sound tapering schedule or do we need to go slower?

Sorry to hijack the post, but was wondering about your experience with neurontin. 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.

But if you still have anxiety maybe you should switch to klonopin, that what I did. 1200mg neurontin 1mg klonopin 20 mg lexapro, every morning and 600mg neurontin and 1mg klonopin in the eve. Neurontin has shown to be a mood stabilizer and good for anxiety. It helps...

I am on Lamictal, Neurontin and Klonopin. I have hit a rough patch as of late and have tried numerous BP medications (Depakote, Lithium, Seroquel, Zyprexa, etc, etc) and have had adverse reactions to all of them. And by rough, I mean I have been off of work for three weeks. This is my last resort; my shrink and I are going to have to medicate the h-ll out of me to get back to work.

t working well and I felt like I needed to take more, however the most I would ever take is 0.25mg a day. The Klonopin is temporary until I can get my Neurontin to a level where it's effective. Thanks for all the replies!

I took Klonopin alone for two years after quitting Effexor XR. Originally I was given the Klonopin to help with sleep becuase of the insomnia caused by the SSRI. Alone, the Klonopin worked fine. my old Doc said this was fine and was glad that one med was all I needed. He left town and the new Doc hates benzos so I'm taking Celexa and tapering off Klonopin. I am taking neurontin for sleep. If my panic attacks return, I will get a new Doc. I am now on three med instead of one.

I currently on Lamictal, Neurontin, and Klonopin. However, there has been discussion of weaning off of the latter medications and adding a mood stabilizer to the mix. However, I am very sensitive to medication; Seroquel kicked me into a manic episode. Given this fact, what are some of the effective mood stabilizers for mania? What are some of your experiences with said stabilizers?

I have been dealing with episodes of rapid heart rate (from 150+) that after being tested from cardiologist was diagnosed as panic disorder. My shrink had me on most recently Neurontin and Xanax and Inderal to help slow my heart rate down which makes me panic even more. The Neurontin and Xanax weren't very effective and we just switched over to Klonopin since I need to take this every day and it's safer than xanax daily (supposedly). I also went back to Prozac.

Now on celexa(40mg) Buspar(20mg) and neurontin at night(600mg) I stayed on the klonopin until I was stable. My doctor added these drugs instead of adding the celexa to the klonopin because he hates benzos. I have to begin tapering off the klonopin and cannot use the water or valium transfer. What would be a good tapering schedule? Anyone know? I was going to try to drop an eighth of a mg every four days. Is this reasonable. I have to work so side-effects are not good.

If you have, then you may want to discuss with your doctor a switch to something else since not every medication works well for every person. As far as the klonopin, how much and how often were you taking it? I assume you have tapered off of it?

I mentioned neurontin awhile back. There was a news episode where a clinic was using it as part of a detox plan. I went from taking around 200 mg of hydro to cold turkey. I've been through withdrawals without it so I know exactly how much the suck! I used neurontin and was able to go on with life. I still had the chills and some anxiety, but you was bearable. It really helped me the most with sleep. The only side effect I had from it was a tinge of a headache and a little fuzzy headed.

Hi. I am bipolar and currently taking Lithium, Neurontin, Seroquel & Lamictal. I have only been on the Lamictal for about 7 weeks, starting @ 25mg & every 2 weeks adding another 25mg; thus I am currently @ 100mg per day.

He put me on Buspar ...no help and neurontin at night. I think just the Celexa and Klonopin will do less damage to my liver than all these other things. My old Doc used to say "if it ain't broke don't fix it. The Klonopin makes me feel normal.

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.

Read all the threads here re) these 2 particular meds. Have my own experience...my husband had a severe head injury & became Epileptic w/severe panic attacks every day...he's also on oxycodone which he takes 5x daily AS PRESCRIBED... He has many issues which cause him pain & the test results to back it all up...full body MRIs..CTs..ultrasounds, you name it...constant migraines (constantly seizing/hitting his head), left knee & ankle pain (from falling)..

Trileptal, Norco, Klonopin .... I just have the Neurontin because she gave it to me to see how I did with it but I was to scared to take another pill so I just left it alone but someone said it would work for WD..

Oh my gosh, you are so right! i am now addicted to taking my blood pressure and checking my pulse!!! It's actually become a joke at work where they keep asking me if I'm going to bring in my BP monitor to check during the day cause i'm always feeling for my pulse. (luckily i work in creative field where everyone else is a loon too ;-) This obsession with health and dying and anxiety and panic is ruining my life. Hoping that the Klonopin and Prozac help out again...

I suffer from constant pain - pain specialists here have tried injections - burning the nerve, botox and every possible drug - Lyrica, indomethacin, neurontin, dilantin, elavil - opiates make it worse (trileptal was the only one that helped but lowered my sodium to 118 within 48 hours at just 300 mgs a day) 3 neurologists have suggested just living life out on klonopin but i refuse (high gaba covers the pain - ironic - depakote and tomomax make it worse.

Does anyone have a problem with temper when taking Klonopin or Lamictal, or either of these drugs helping with a temper. I've been on Klonopin for several years so doubt that's the problem. I've only been on Lamictal two weeks and on lithium for a few months. I've had a problem with my temper for about a month.

Hi there, I have posted in the past, but lately just lurking and reading all the great support here. I have had issues with alcohol for 20 years and am an alcoholic. Well, back in Dec I was trying to substitute pain pills, vikes and percs, for when I'd be abstaining. You can imagine what that led to. I got pretty addicted even though my scripts would run out. Went thru major WD a couple months ago but relapsed several times since. Luckily not enough for the big WD to set in.

1 of 3 posts to this question for the experts: I've been taking about 6 Percocet 7.5's &/or Hydrocodone 7.5-10mg 5x's a day for 4 months now for chronic pain. I'm all out & can't get any filled till 3-3 & would like to try my Neurontin 600mg tid to help with the opiate w/d symptoms. I can go get my Rx for Neurontin this am & only have one 7.5 Percocet left. Planning to take 1/2 now & 1/2 at 10am.

Somehow I still had some residual anxiety that left my mind in overdrive. Neurontin can help with sleep also. Klonopin would be a last resort if your doctor still thought your anxiety wasn't being controlled.

Neurontin, Topomax, Keppra, Trileptal, Lovaza (anti-cholesterol medication used experimentally for bipolar it works like fish oil but is an FDA approved medication) and Clonidine (which I take having exhausted all other options). Those are only the ones I've tried and am familiar with. I wouldn't reccomend one over the other but speak to your psychiatrist about any of these options (or others listed on that site which is clinically accurate).

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