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Neurontin, which is known generically as Gabapentin, may be linked to suicide and suicide attempts. Neurontin is prescribed for epilepsy but has been prescribed for numerous off label uses. Neurontin was approved for sale in the mid-1990s as a treatment for epileptic seizures. However, it is believed that approximately 80 percent of all Neurontin prescriptions were filled for unapproved medical conditions.

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#1 2004-09-02 05:30:07

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Getting my brain back

I have been on only 900 mils of neurontin per day for 20 months, for pain management of bone fractures in both ankles for non-abulatory problems. I can not work or walk anymore and i am in excruciating pain at times. When i was taking neurontin, I would think about death and how better off my spouse would be without me. I was
talking goofy from sub-conscientious thoughts that were twisted from normal thinking, what i thought was being real that would cause me to talk to myself into contemplating suicide, thinking of ways of how my life was ruined and there was no hope. (I was diagnosed with secondary depression.) I would find myself thinking around in circles and could not function from one minute to the next. I was dizzy, then get into states of euporia. It caused more lower back pain, (which is a side effect) in the buldging disk problem i have. I could not bend. This drug is mind bending. I have weaned myself off now and just now getting my brain back or whats left of it.  Salem, Missouri

 

#2 2004-09-11 05:52:55

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Re: Getting my brain back

My son almost committed suicide while on Neurontin.  It was given to him for pain.  I had never seen him so depressed.  It's a very scary drug.

 

 

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