Today I was thinking that my recent issues with depressive symptoms may be related to my large decrease in daily Neurontin dose. I went from 5400 to 1800 mg daily over the last month or so. In addition to treating neuropathic pain and parasthesia (which is why I take it), it is used frequently as a mood stabilizer, and as a treatment for some anxiety disorders, depression, and also insomnia. It would make sense to me that these symptoms would increasingly present since my dosage has been decreased, especially so drastically.
Under Dr. Shakel's advice, I will start to increase my Neurontin dosage again. The main reason for decreasing my daily dose was to decrease the sexual dysfunction I have been experiencing, which has been only mildly effective. And my pain level and experience of parasthesia has increased as well so increasing my doses to reduce those would make sense also. This reduced dose trial did not produce its targeted goal.
I have been taking 1800 mg daily. I will increase 300 mg every 2 days until I reach 2700 mg and see whether it has an impact on the depressive symptoms.
I am glad that the increase in these symptoms has only minimally affected my abilities to perform my duties at work and home.
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