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What does it mean when Macron calls snap election’s because he’s panicking
Is Biden really going to debate?
The current evil drug of choice that doctors prescribe for every ailment under the sun is GABAPENTIN.
Remember the name and never ever take it!
It is given for all kinds of off label uses, one of which is pain. It has numerous side effects while taking it, including permanent brsin damage if you are in it long enough.
However, the worst part is trying to get off of it, if say, it doesn’t work and you don’t like the side effects. Even following doctors tapering schedule, many people experience severe withdrawal symptoms. Your body becomes highly addictive to it. Many doctors believe it is by far the worse pill to get off of, including opiates and other psyche drugs. I have personal experience with it. And know of others who have same. It can take years to get off it and it can affect you for years later.
What does it tell you when you search on gabapentin withdrawal symptoms and the top search is the su I code hotline?
It was produced as a seizur drug, but didn’t work as well as others already on market. So Pfizer pushed it for off label uses for which it was never tested. They were fined for advertising it for off label uses.
It’s a deadly poisonous pill. Withdrawal from it is pure hell. It takes over your mind and body. You have to get on psyche drugs to deal with agony.
I can’t warn you enough about this drug.
Be very very careful with it and DO NOT STOP TAKING IT ABRUPTLY. You must taper slowly, … very slowly or you will find yourself in a hot mess in medical psyche ward
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There is a gabapentin and lyrica withdrawal FB group that you much want to check out.
I think the WD problems occur mostly after you have been on it for more than a month. In your case. If you only take it occasionally, you may not experience WD. However, gabapentin can produce what is known as a kindling effect. The more you go on and off, if it, it m line starts afire in you that demand more and more.
Anyway, while I was on it. I had a neurologist, an anesthesiologist, and and ER doctor tell me to get off it. My dentist even warned me because he said it made his mom go nuts whenever she stopped taking it.
More on gabapentin WD
This is someone else’s experience, but is similar to mine, except my WD lasted months.
I just can’t warn you enough about this drug
https://www.quora.com/I-ve-heard-gabapentin-withdrawal-is-brutal-why-exactly-is-this-What-does-gabapentin-withdrawal-look-like
Excerpt follows:
I’ve heard gabapentin withdrawal is brutal, why exactly is this? What does gabapentin withdrawal look like?
Why is Gabapentin (and by association, it's much stronger sister drug Lyrica) withdrawal brutal? From my personal experience being on both drugs; withdrawal is particularly brutal because these drugs numb nerve pain & overactive nerves (I'm far from a doctor or a writer so this is the best language I can use). You experience less pain from nerve damage and less anxiety from the overactive firing of neurons in your brain. The doses you need to take to achieve this (or the doses I had to take anyway) were massive : over 2,000 mgs a day. You become used to this nice feeling of numbness; same as you would from taking a drug like Xanax or Valium. When discontinued abruptly your body goes into a state of shock. Hence the brutality… and “brutal" is the perfect word to describe the withdrawal syndrome. It's a horror show.
What does withdrawal look like? About 12 hours after your last dose the unease and the pain in your nerves all over your body returns with a vengeance. Anxiety begins creeping in. Hot and cold flashes begin. Sweating profusely for no reason starts. After 24 hours you begin having the chills and gooseflesh constantly. Your legs ache horribly and are constantly restless. You are a constant state of extreme anxiety, depression, and paranoia. Your pupils dilate and everything looks weird and surreal; you begin having dark, bizarre thoughts. Sleep is impossible. You cannot lay down comfortably, you can't sit down comfortably so you pace around endlessly. Nothing helps. By now you are constantly sweating and feeling like you have a horrible fever and are burning up all over. Your skin literally feels like it's on fire. All of this continues in peak severity for about 3-5 days before it starts to ease up a little. Of course most people experiencing this syndrome won't make it 3 days; they'll likely go to an E.R. or to visit a doctor & get more gabapentin to get rid of this God-awful feeling. I know I did. It's the worst withdrawal I've EVER experienced & I'm a recovering heroin & benzodiazepine (Xanax) addict. I'd rather go thru full blown heroin withdrawal any day! And keep in mind now, Gabapentin is NOT a narcotic. It's not a scheduled or controlled substance. Any doctor will usually be more than willing to prescribe it.
Hope this helped.
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Another’s experience nor similar to mine.
SORRY FIR SLL THESE PISTS, But I can not warn you enough about this drug
I am one of the unlucky people who experienced severe, prolonged withdrawal symptoms from Gabapentin.
I reluctantly agreed to take Gabapentin when my new doctor refused to continue my PRN opioid prescription for chronic pain.
The Gabapentin was never very effective, yet I stayed on it for two years, hoping it would get better. I was on a relatively low dose - 300mg/day for 1/3 of the 2 years, then 600mg/day for another 1/3, and 900mg/day for the final 1/3.
I was having gaps in my memory, feeling very sleepy, and could no longer write like I used, with severe aphasia (difficulty remembering words). So I decided to stop taking the Gabapentin.
My doctor gave me the typical 2 week taper plan. I cut my dose down for the first phase by 300mg. The second day of that, I felt very dizzy, disorientated, like having the worst panic attack of my life or a very bad acid trip. I remember crying and shaking, begging my mom to take me to a hospital or something, unsure what was wrong with me, thinking I was certainly dying.
At some point it occurred to me that it could be Gabapentin withdrawal. I did some searches on Reddit and asked around in some Facebook chronic pain and addiction groups. I was recommended a group on Facebook for Gabapentin withdrawal support, and thank goodness I found it.
The group was full of people with similar stories and symptoms to mine. These unlucky people who had the severe withdrawal symptoms had a guide for slow tapering by cutting down 10% of your dose every month.
I made an appointment with an addiction specialist psychiatrist I’d seen in the past. He validated everything I’d experienced and read in that group. Some people cannot quickly taper from Gabapentin, and have severe withdrawals similar to benzodiazepine withdrawals.
Some have seizures, though I never experienced that thankfully.
Here are the main symptoms I experienced:
Excessive sweating
Fatigue
Tachycardia (rapid heartbeat above 100bpm)
Palpitations (awareness of heart beating in chest)
Nausea
Dizziness
Blurred vision
Exhaustion
Hypersomnia (excessive sleeping upwards of 12 hours a day)
Increased anxiety and panic attacks
Depression
Neuropathy
It was extremely difficult to get off this drug. It took me a full year to taper off completely. I’ve experienced Xanax and heroin withdrawal as a teenager and neither were as bad as Gabapentin withdrawal. The Gabapentin withdrawal is just so unpredictable and not many doctors or pharmacists believe you when you tell them what you’re experiencing.
If anyone is going through difficult Gabapentin withdrawal, I strongly recommend seeing an addiction specialist physician. They are generally the best people to help you with this.
Same link
https://www.quora.com/I-ve-heard-gabapentin-withdrawal-is-brutal-why-exactly-is-this-What-does-gabapentin-withdrawal-look-like
My entire body hurts most all the time. I am still tapering off gabapentin. If I don”t want to experience severe WD, I
can only taper down by 5% per month. I have it in solution form .
Me too
I why do they bother teaching biology in school anymore.
Or, how do they teach it when terms have no meaning anymore
My dad had a saying like ‘ cops are overpaid for what the do and underpaid for what they should be doing’
In essence, cops running radar traps to catch people speeding or traffic violations is nonsense and they are overplayed for that work,. What they should be doing is confronting gangs and drug dealers, but that’s dangerous work and they may be underpaid for that.
Bit, of course, cops give tickets mostly because they have quotas to meet to make money’
To each his own
But it’s not Google who is saying not to take it, it’s me an entire Facebook group of 10s of thousands saying not to take it.
Google and the AMA , CDC days it’s perfectly safe with no harmful side effects
To each his own.
Isn’t it amazing how doctors hand out gabapentin like candy, but couldn’t give you ivermectin during COVID?