Change of meds

mellman01
mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
edited 23. Mar 2011, 08:53 in Living with Arthritis archive
Well last Friday I went back to my GP and got the Prebagalin changed it was turning me into a zombi he also gave me a weeks sick as my knees are atempting to flare and I also just so worn down by the Prebagalin, there were also so many side effects I lost count some not nice at all, thing is as I have saidmy knees are active right now and the Gabapentin isn't working that well, I guess these epilepsy drugs don't gell with me as I am still getting some of the side effects I had with the first one not so bad but still not good either, I find it makes me so so tired I just want to sleep all the time plus I can't handle looking at PC screens for to long as I start to feel sick and I still get bouts of dizziness, well on the up side I'm off the Nortriptyline!, I just seem to be going round in circles right now

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  • tillytop
    tillytop Member Posts: 3,460
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Mel

    So sorry things are so rough for you at the moment.

    I have no experience of these meds so can't offer any advice but just wanted to say I am thinking of you.

    Tillyxxx
  • jayneys
    jayneys Member Posts: 122
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Mel, sorry you are feeling so bad,can not tell you anything about meds ,but iknow a bit about how you feel ,my Dr has been changing my meds over the last four weeks and its been hell,started anew cocktail yestterday ,so far so good only abit diszey.Hope you feel better very soon. ALL THE BEST Jayne x
  • jilly
    jilly Member Posts: 503
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Mel ,
    I take pregabalin , do you have any trouble with nightmares since i started them , i can fall a sleep on the computer and have horrible dreams at night and wake you every hour or two . I do go back to sleep but the dreams are on my head .......Hope you feel better now you have come off it and the flare in your knees is'nt to bad , I have the knee pain it is horrible ...........jilly x
  • julie47
    julie47 Member Posts: 6,041
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi mel

    I know nothing about the meds you are on....Just wanted to say I hope things improve for you soon.

    Take care
    Juliepf x
  • traluvie
    traluvie Member Posts: 2,579
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Mel..

    Just wanted to say that i hope you feel bit better soon..
    Vicious circle these meds can be..
    Hopefully things will settle down for you soon..
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    It can take a while, finding out what suits and what doesn't, I hope you can find the best-working combination sooner rather than later and that things improve. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • barbara12
    barbara12 Member Posts: 21,281
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi Mell
    I still feel tired off the gabapentin, this is great at night , mine have just been increased, so feeling a bit strange again, but hopefully it will wear off it did when I was on a lower does.
    Good luck with them, hope you have a good rest (bet you dont)
    Barbara x
    Love
    Barbara
  • mellman01
    mellman01 Member Posts: 5,306
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Hi all thanks for all the posts I o you lot so I do!,well it's not just me then I can sleep for England and me concentration is pants, they seem to work better for me neck than me knees!, as for nightmares well I have had some really bizare dreams and can sort of control them really strange!, I did find Nortryptaline gave me really horrible nightmares so vivid I woke up thinking it was real, the worst was when I was having a heart attack I really thought it was the real deal, totally terifying!.
    I am off tom at the mo but will go back either tomorrow or Friday, thing is I don't want to as HR are after my ****

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