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Apr 05, 2012, 10:10 PM
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Are any of you or have any of you taken Neurontin? I'm not asking for me but due to my MIL, who started it a month ago. She has started acting very out of touch while on it--she gets confused, her memory is terrible, she can't follow a conversation, falls asleep in the middle of conversations. Is this typical for the drug?
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Apr 05, 2012, 10:46 PM
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I just got put on neurontin for nerve pain so far it just makes me sleepy but I'm not up to the full dose yet. But I have heard it can cause the things you mentioned. Maybe she needs to se her doctor.
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Apr 06, 2012, 08:46 AM
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fun times... i wish i had known sooner that what i was experiencing was drug related... i thought i was just confused/that my brain was so full up with everything else i was going through that i wasn't concentrating enough... most of the side effects gradually went away after i stopped taking it... one thing that seems to have been permanent, however, is the damage it did to my memory... short term & long term... abilities to recount things from the past & the abillity to form new memories... i jokingly refer to it as "swiss cheese holes in my brain" when i try to explain to folks just how it is that a 32 year old has memory lapses that are more typical of someone in their 80's... and i've been off it for over 8 years now... pretty sure if my memory was going to recover, it would have by now... my advice: if you notice anything off... i mean ANYTHING... encourage her to run it by the doc... some of the side effects can be temporary, but others not so much... better to be safe than sorry!!!
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Apr 06, 2012, 08:52 AM
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is wonderful for me/been on it for 20 yrs. no more racing mind at night
and it also is a god-send re my fibro too. i take it-900 mgs.-at night so no dozy side effects.
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Apr 06, 2012, 09:18 AM
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best of luck to you guys in finding a regimen that works best for her 
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Apr 06, 2012, 05:50 PM
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The first week or 2 I was on it for my fibro pain I was pretty loopey ... Now it doesnt seem to do anything for me so I rarely bother taking it ..
Your MIL needs to notify her doctor about hows shes feeling and if shes not aware you should call and advise them . Good Luck
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