posted
It should help with the pain, esp nerve pain, but NOT the fatigue! So choose your poison!
I hope you'll be able to move on to an LLMD??? Neuros are so lame.
-------------------- --Lymetutu-- Opinions, not medical advice! Posts: 96239 | From Texas | Registered: Feb 2001
| IP: Logged |
Abxnomore
Frequent Contributor (5K+ posts)
Member # 18936
posted
If you have a positive test from Igenex you need to
see an LLMD URGENTLY. This is not an illness to play around with or waste precious time.
Posts: 5191 | From Lyme Zone | Registered: Jan 2009
| IP: Logged |
posted
I was on this while being treated for lyme due to severe peripheral neuropathy pain. I would have chewed and swallowed bricks to diminish the pain I was in. It was prescribed by the neurologist that dx'd the neuropathy. He knew and was on board with the lyme diagnosis.
It did help the pain. However, it was, in my opinion, a really difficult drug. It made me crazy. I had to take it on schedule or look out.
It took a long time to wean myself off of it, which was 5 years ago. It took almost 6 months.
I may have had an unusual reaction (or dependency) to it, so please do not let this sway you. Just know that there may be an issue with stopping the med.
-------------------- I found my original identity! It has been a bit over 12 years...can't blame me for forgetting my password, right?!!
Member red (Member # 1886) Registered: 26 November, 2001 70 posts Posts: 164 | From NJ | Registered: Jan 2009
| IP: Logged |
posted
I was on gabapentin for neuropathy. Unfortunatly, it made me a little too loopy. I was only taking it at night, but in the morning I was very uncoordinated--kind of felt drunk!
It really did help with the pain, though.
On the other hand, my mother, who is very sensitive to all medication, took gabapentin successfully (no side effects) for neuropathy caused by post-polio syndrome.
And another friend I have found gabapentin incredibly helpful and plans to start taking it again after she's done nursing her baby.
So I'd say try it. See how you do.
Posts: 398 | From By the Salish Sea | Registered: Dec 2008
| IP: Logged |
posted
I never took gabapentin, but my fibromyalgia turned out to be Lyme. So I think you would most benefit from going to an LLMD. When I started on my antibiotic, I started feeling better.
Posts: 13171 | From San Francisco | Registered: May 2006
| IP: Logged |
The Lyme Disease Network is a non-profit organization funded by individual donations. If you would like to support the Network and the LymeNet system of Web services, please send your donations to:
The
Lyme Disease Network of New Jersey 907 Pebble Creek Court,
Pennington,
NJ08534USA http://www.lymenet.org/
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic