Gillian~
Oh my gosh, that was the same thing for me, too!! I would forget in mid sentence what I was talking about. And one huge side effect for my marriage was that I had no sex drive! I felt goofy and it was great for 2 days but I, too, wanted control of my life again. Tried it and didn't like. Cross it off the list and go onto the next............
Kath in Chicago
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marieke
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI
no external rotation against gravity, can only go to 90 degree fwd flexion, no hand-to-mouth
1 surgery at age 14 (latissimus dorsi transfer). In 2004, at age 28 I was struck with Transverse Myelitis which paralyzed me from the chest down. I recovered movement to my right leg, but need a KAFO to walk on my left leg. I became an RN in 2008. - Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
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Re: success
I take it for neurologicalpain in another area of my body, and it works for me and have had little or no problems while on it and I take 2400mg a day. Now that being said I would like to decrease that amount in case it does affect my memory/thinking as I am back in school. But really for the most part I have had no issues to date.
Marieke
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michelle h
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Re: success
Karin,
I took it for a while but only at bedtime. It helped me sleep and I did notice a difference the next day if I didn't take it the night before. I would have a lot more nerve pain if I hadn't taken it. I tried taking it during the day, but couldn't function. It knocked me out. Taking it only at night made it easier to stop taking also. I was able to decrease the amount a little every few weeks when I was ready to come off of it and never had any problems when I stopped.
Everyone responds differently to medicine, so you have to do what works for you...
I took it for a while but only at bedtime. It helped me sleep and I did notice a difference the next day if I didn't take it the night before. I would have a lot more nerve pain if I hadn't taken it. I tried taking it during the day, but couldn't function. It knocked me out. Taking it only at night made it easier to stop taking also. I was able to decrease the amount a little every few weeks when I was ready to come off of it and never had any problems when I stopped.
Everyone responds differently to medicine, so you have to do what works for you...