klonopin withdrawal or neurontin withdrawal

let me first assure you your Dr is clueless as to mentioning Neurontin and it not causing withdrawal syndrome after cessation..I can tell you this is incorrect as you can experience opiate like withdrawal symptoms when you stop using it. Withdrawals on Klonopin can take u into 3 to 4 months depending upon the dosage and time you were on them..hang in there you have went this far so you should be feeling some relief soon if it is in fact from klonopin..good luck

So CAN YOU PLEASE ADVICE IF THERE IS WAY TO GET OUT OF THIS . I have a neice going through terible time after taking and stopping Gbapentin . She is still in agony after four years

Bologna. Look up gabapentin withdrawals. My dr says the small amount I'm on should not be bothering me but why are all my nerves attacking my body?

I have had withdrawal symptoms when reducing my dose of neurontin even though that's not supposed to happen. Although I had also been taking klonopin when I tried to reduce the neurontin I had not made any change to the klonopin dose for many months (possibly as long as a year) before I tried to reduce the dose of the neurontin. Note: Neurontin has not proved to be useful for the treatment of anxiety however my doc and I agree that it can be useful in the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. One of the symptoms of GAD can be the inability to stay asleep. That was the original reason for prescribing neurontin for me. Another of the symptoms of GAD can be excessive worry. I've found that sometimes worrying can become obsessive and that the neurontin helps with that. In my case it also helps with the the hair-trigger explosive anger that started to happen when I came down with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Since I don't seem to need to take increasing doses of neruontin to achieve the same benefit I've decided to keep taking it. I have successfully reduced my dose of klonipin from .5mg to between .25 mg most days. It has taken me about 6 months. I've done it by taking a reduced dose (.375 mg.) once every 3 or 4 days, then once every 2 or three days and so on. I have had not noticeable withdrawal symptoms doing it that way. Hope this info has been useful.

the doctor says if you take 3 pills a day of klonopin you should have no problem but....... nurottion I understand is worse coming off of them than heroin

I was only on 400 mg daily. The first taper was bad and I waited one month for the second taper(been 7 days now) and I can't tell you how bad I feel. All the withdrawal side effects. My dr. told me to just stop it over a couple days like it was nothing. Can't function, nausea, anxiety, headaches, dizzy, light headed.
Dr. made it sound like no big deal. I can't believe there isn't SOMETHING to help us get through this. Feeling like this for months/years......how do you get through it.?

Hello there, I'm having trouble with this drug (gabapentin) and am wondering how you made out after a year?? I'm struggling with just 100mg a day, and have withdrawals eveny if I try to go with out. Wanted to know if you are ok?? And if so, can you guide a lost soul through this process of yours.

I too am trying to come off the Gabapentin and experiencing the same issues with hot flashes which are longer and continuous when I wake up in the morning. I am on Estrogel and even doubled up on it but that didn't work. As I continue to try and decrease, It only gets worse. As well my skin on my arms and face feels like it is itchy and prickly, like my skin is crawling? Did it get better over time with you? I am at a loss of what to do.

I am struggling too, and have been trying to come off this drug for 5 months now. I was at 900 for a couple of months but it did nothing for me. I was cut back to 300 And immediately I started to have withdrawals. I wake up every morning with waves and waves of heat and tingling arm and face. Prior to this I had suffered from hot flashes so I was put on Estrogel and after a month, they disappeared. What I am experiencing is not hot flashes and started immediately after I was cut back. I even tried doubling the Estrogel but all it did was make my breasts swell and sore. It was too much estrogen. i went back up to 400 and tried to go down 100 each week. I still had the issues of waves and waves of heat and with that nausea to. As well, when I got down to 200 my skin on my arms and face felt like it was crawling, itchy and prickly. It was unbearable. I decided to increase the Gabapentin and see if the symptoms went away. I continued to increase it back up to 600 and then thought I would decrease much more slowly. The skin crawling eventually got better at that amount but not the waves of continuous heat in the morning. At least I wasn't nauseated with the heat. I started to decrease again 100 per week and at 400 the skin crawling came back. I continued to 300 and stayed there for 4 weeks and decreased to 300. I did 200 for 2 weeks but felt horrible, heat waves were worse and so was the skin crawling. Back to 300 and no change. Even feel lightheaded as well. Just want to put my head on a pillow. If I didn't feel so bad waking up in the morning, I would just stay in bed. Not sure what to do at this point. How are you fairing at this point?

Yes! Exactly! "Nerves attacking my body." That's EXACTLY how I felt. I was on what is considered a "low dose" as well. And it was so hard to figure out, because the reason I was prescribed the gabapentin in the first place was to treat nerve pain (following an accident which required multiple surgeries). So I was being treated for nerve pain, but the medicine seemed to actually be CAUSING nerve pain (or at least an increased sensitivity to it)!!! What!? It was not an easy thing to sort out, either. It was only after the pain clinic increased my gabapentin dosage that I realized it made the "nerve pain" WORSE. And it was only when I began slowing reducing that I noticed the nerve sensitivity resolving. I still DO have actual nerve pain now, but it is much improved from how I was feeling WITH the gabapentin and it is more localized now, rather than being all over the place. I also really hated how tired and sluggish and "heavy" I felt when I was on it, but I stayed on it because at that point I still believed it was HELPING. Because of this accident, I am no stranger to having to be on various medications and having to wean off of them. But I had heard that gabapentin "wasn't addictive," so it took me a while to realize that I was actually feeling withdrawal symptoms. I went online and read about other people's experiences and understood that it was NOT just in my head. The withdrawals are not fun, but worth it. I was taking 600 mg/3 x day and worked down gradually to 300 mg/ 1 x day and then I stopped entirely (8 days ago).

My withdrawal symptoms:

Acute nerve sensitivity (all over my body, but especially at the injury sites) - I would actually classify this as more of a side-effect of the medicine itself, since it got worse when the dosage was increased and improved as it was decreased.

Agitation (emotional, mental and physical)
Cold prickly sweats
Crying easily
Extreme, crashing waves of anxiety and existential dread
Feelings of hopelessness, uselessness, pointlessness, futility
Irritability
Losing trains of thought, not able to find the right words, mind going blank in the middle of a sentence
Malaise/depression/inability to do anything but zone out in front of my computer
Racing heart and palpitations
Tenderness of flesh (all over, but felt worst near injury sites)
Trouble sleeping
Weird, cold, trickling feelings just under my skin
Zero appetite


All of the above are slowly resolving.

Just know that what you are feeling IS real, and the medical community seems largely unaware. I'm interested to discuss this with the pain clinic staff when I go back next month. Everything is anecdotal, of course, but I'm curious to hear if they've seen this "nerve attack/confusion" before. It was scary because before I figured out the connection, there was a point when I thought my nerves might just be damaged beyond repair and I might never feel better. That was especially scary because this was nerve pain ALL over my body, not just where I had surgery.

I know you posted a while ago, but I'm writing this in case others are having similar issues. I'm not saying this is necessarily a bad drug - I think it has its appropriate applications, especially short-term. I'm just saying that more awareness is needed.

I forgot to say that Gabapentin is the same as Neurontin, just another brand name.

Also nausea. Forgot to mention that, too. No vomiting, but waves of nausea that seemed unrelated to food or lack of food.

Update: Pain clinic staff refused to acknowledge ANY connection whatsoever. I was very diplomatic - not blaming them at all, but they got super defensive. This doesn't seem to be anything anyone wants to admit is happening to patients. Guess it cuts into profits. Well, I'm off Gabapentin now, and I hope I'll never have to be on it again.

I'm having a horrible time getting off the gaba. I'm wondering how you are doing now? I'm so glad I found your post. I'm going to go pick up some mannesium supplements, and some Epsom salts. I'm down to 600mg from 1200 and it's been rough. Thanks for posting your story. I'm very interested in how you are doing now. I hope you are great!