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I suffored a back injury, i had a disc that was pushed into my siatic nerve in my right leg. I had a lamanectamy, (they surgicaly removed the disc off the nerve).
I still had pain in my right leg, so i went to see a "specialist", she prescibed me neuronitin, nortriptlin, and naproxen.
About a month after taking these drugs i sufferd from severe anxiety and had many many suicidal thoughts, for months, along with heart problems, and i was only 25 years old.
While i was taking these drugs, and after i stopped taking these drugs i had many severe, life threatoning effects.
I experienced, heart problems, such as my heart would beat so hard i thought it was going to jump out of my chest, or it would beat so quiet that i thought it wasnt beating, and it would skip beats, or double beat, sounded like a 3 year old on a drum set.
I still cant sleep on my left side, or my heart feels like it will stop.
I had to go to a heart specialist, cause no doctors could tell me what was wrong with me, neither could the specialist, he said "looks like you just got a case of anxiety". No shit, lets see your heart act like mine, and you not get a anxiety from worrying.
I also had suicidal thoughts for about a year, and i had never had them before the use of the drugs.
The suicidal thoughts almost ruined my life, i thought such bad evil things about myself, this made me so mad at myself that i would think these things about myself. 2 years of hell!!!!!
After i stopped using the drugs this ended up leading to a severe case of anxiety.
I was then prescribed paxil for my anxiety.
I had no idea, what had given me the depression, suisideal thoughts, anxiety, heart normalities, untell i read some of the post on this board, from an add on saw on TV, talking about neurontin.
Thank you for letting me know that this wasnt me, that it was the drugs.
i still have depression on and off, heart problems, and other problems i feel are related to the use of these drugs.
Is there anyone out there that would take my case. i would like to be conpensated for the price of the paxil i had to buy in order partialy fix the problems that the other drugs caused, and i would also like to conpensated for the suffering i encoured, and still do.
parker and Walchman, didnt seem to be interested, unless, i had suffored from a heart attack.
Thanks for your time, and if you are on naproxen, neuronitin, or nortriptalin, id advise you to not drink the koolaid. Its one deadly cocktail.
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I was prescribed Neurontin 1200mg per day to try to restore nerves in my left leg damaged in a fall. Over the six months I was on it, I gained 50 lbs, and lost my job as the master picture framer for a company I had been with for over ten years due to incompetence. This drug made my thinking so fuzzy I couldn't function in a professional capacity, and it came on so gradually, I didn't realize what was happening until I lost my job and my reputation.
I realize that the survivors of those unfortunate people who committed suicide are more deserving of being included in the class-action suit than those of us who simply lost careers, but it should be otherwise, and the suit should be expanded to include us!
One thing...I was on Paxil for three years and it did help with my depression, but as with Neurontin, I gained a significant amount of weight. Also, Paxil loses its effectiveness after time and you may have to up your dosage. I was up to 30mg and then decided to wean myself off it. That was three weeks of hell from the withdrawl symptoms, but worth it, and my depression isn't as bad now as when I was started on Paxil.
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God Bless you all. if it wasn't for the praying I would of been dead also. I asked God to help mehelp meself and find out why I wanted to die so bad. I couldn't think of anything but killing myself I hated me and all that came with me. My poor husband hid his guns and took away my medication, my friends kept watching me. I really wanted to die it was scary. I am glad i found this web site and i am Thankful to you and all on here who share there feelings to help others. I am Thankful most of all to God who I believe with all my heart helped me find this web site. I will pray to him as I hope you will to help all who have suffered and to find some help for each person. I am sorry you had to have so much pain in your life. Please belive that you are not alone and others do know and care about you.
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i started taking neurontin in may 2004 when i had a spinal fusion L5/S1. and continued after my 2nd surgery. since then i have been living in a nightmare. i have severe brain fog, severe nerve pain, depression/anxiety/swelling/weight gain/vision loss/insomnia/leg cramps, and extreme exhaustion and dizziness. i thought that i was just loosing it. i have been on naproxin, tylenol 3's, effexor, oxycontin, vicodone, vioxxe, and the list goes on and on.
my children call me a spaced out pillhead. i work part-time at my brother's restaurant. they just think that i am a space and put up with "his crazy sister".
i have been wrestling with so many painfull thoughts and terrible physical pain. i am ashamed to admit that i even have fantasized about jumping out of moving cars, death, etc. it makes me physically ill to think that this, this, could have been avoided.
i am still on the meds at the moment. i don't want to take my next dose since reading the blogs and medical statements i found tonight. i just do not know what to do.
can you believe that i have been driving around sarasota, fl, making deliveries during this season? how scary.
is there someone who can give me some answers and/or help?
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