My dr put me on Tegretol and it made me extremely dizzy, incoherent, and tired. I only took 2 pills and had to stop taking it because of the side effects. So she then put me on Neurontin and I’m having the same side effects. Is this normal? Does your body have to get used to the medication and then these side effects will go away??
hi cara. i personally didnt get along with the anti seizure pills. I was on gabapentin,only for a few days,but they made me feel weird.I have had tegretol,neurontin and carbamezine (spelling) and none of them suited me.I am yet to try oxcarbamezine (spelling again),but apparently are well tolerated by many,this remains to be seen.I have also tried cymbalta,1 pill was enough.So i rely on 75mg nortriptyline,and hope and pray everyday that i will be pain free............still waiting,however theres always hope..........I cant answer honestly about the side affects going away,they havent for me on nortriptyline,but the cons can deal with,as they arent as severe as other mad meds.I mainly get dry mouth,terrible dry mouth actually,but sugar free gum is my remedy,and have gained a few pounds,but that could be because i no longer smoke.
I had exactly the same problem with Tegretol and was bouncing off walls. I persevered though because I'd just been diagnosed and was rather desperate. I think the dizziness etc wore off after a couple of weeks but came back in force when it was doubled. Again it lasted a couple of weeks. I tolerate it really well now.
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Lyrica might be one you could try…not in same family
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It’s been almost a year. Started out on right, kept thinking it’ll get better. Tried neurontin, tegretol, trileptal, lamictal, accupuncture, herbal remedies, diet changes, attititude adjustments, funding silver lining…then it went bilateral. I have pain so frequently (I mean the shrieking pain) my life as I knew it has ended. I was extremely social, a food writer, full of humor and life, and that me is dead. If the low dose naltrexone doesn’t work, I cannot continue. There is no joy in my life, a constant barrage of ear stabs. Checked my spinal fluid yesterday. On medrol dose pack today. Used to be magical. Now, no help. Have two daughters in the mid 20s. I feel guilty but I cannot do this anymore. This is not me. I did not think anything could destroy me this way. Sense if hope, gone. Might be MS, there’s a lesion on corpus callosum (twixt the two halves of brain). I don’t want to die but there is no life, no happiness, much pain, I am not the person I was. I cannot be the first person to have come to this point. This is reality, not praying, not miracle-time, not a cure, no reprieve. I’m sorry to put this out to you all. But I am telling you my reality.
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