Re: Neurontin for absence seizures? Anyone know about this medicine?

[Guest guest]

We were prescribed the same thing for the same reason. We haven't started

it yet. Maybe we have the same doc?

Pamela

From: [mailto: ]

On Behalf Of dana pope

Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 12:47 PM

Subject: [ ] Neurontin for absence seizures? Anyone know about

this medicine?

My boys have been prescribed Neurontin for absence seizures to see if it

will help with speech. They are completely non verbal and the doctor feels

they are having seizures in the parietal lobe where speech is produced.

Does anyone know about this medicine and good effects or side effects?

Should we intro it now or after the holiday?

Thanks.

[Guest guest]

My niece has Lymes. She was taking Neurotin to help with her " brain

fog " . She said that it helped her to be able to think clearly and be

more aware of what was going on around her. We could tell when she

had forgotten it because she would drift off and sometimes not seem

to be paying attention to what we were saying. She is not on the

spectrum, and thankfully her Lymes has improved so much she no longer

needs the Neurotin, but she says it was one of the things that helped

her the most. Good luck with your children!

Mona

>

> We were prescribed the same thing for the same reason. We haven't

started

> it yet. Maybe we have the same doc?

>

>

>

> Pamela

>

>

>

> From: [mailto:Autism-

Mercury ]

> On Behalf Of dana pope

> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 12:47 PM

>

> Subject: [ ] Neurontin for absence seizures? Anyone

know about

> this medicine?

>

>

>

> My boys have been prescribed Neurontin for absence seizures to see

if it

> will help with speech. They are completely non verbal and the

doctor feels

> they are having seizures in the parietal lobe where speech is

produced.

>

> Does anyone know about this medicine and good effects or side

effects?

> Should we intro it now or after the holiday?

>

> Thanks.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I personally took Neurontin for many years after a head injury in

1995, it has been replaced with a much more effective non narcotic -

Lyrica. I had absolutely no side effects and it did the exact same

thing.. it cleared that 'fog' that would occur when a peti mal seizure

occurs.. it's more of a 'drifting off' kind of thing. I had to take

much stronger narcotic meds for gran mals at first and that was very

addictive and also hindered my ability to function as I wanted to -

Thankfully those went away long ago and now I just take the Lyrica.

It's better then Neurontin as you only have to take it twice a day and

just one 300 mg. doseage handles a 12 hour period with literally no

side effects after the initial first week when it made me tired. I

hope for the best for your child.

E. , Sr. The Office of Advocacy for Autistic Children

> >

> > We were prescribed the same thing for the same reason. We haven't

> started

> > it yet. Maybe we have the same doc?

> >

> >

> >

> > Pamela

> >

> >

> >

> > From: [mailto:Autism-

> Mercury ]

> > On Behalf Of dana pope

> > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 12:47 PM

> >

> > Subject: [ ] Neurontin for absence seizures? Anyone

> know about

> > this medicine?

> >

> >

> >

> > My boys have been prescribed Neurontin for absence seizures to see

> if it

> > will help with speech. They are completely non verbal and the

> doctor feels

> > they are having seizures in the parietal lobe where speech is

> produced.

> >

> > Does anyone know about this medicine and good effects or side

> effects?

> > Should we intro it now or after the holiday?

> >

> > Thanks.

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Meminitos,

I failed to let you know that the Lyrica Is also used heavily for

'Nueropathy' which is associated with Lymes. I haven't had a titer

done in awhile - I contracted Lymes in N. Calif. and it wasn't

detected until almost a decade later. Lymes is is known to mimick

just about anything - at first they thought it was Lupes to all kinds

of different things. After they started the Neurontin they gran mals

subsided and the 'drifting off' did as well. I still take the Lyrica

as it is replacing the Neurontin and doing an excellent job. I knew

there was something missing from my response to your post !

E. , Sr.

> > >

> > > We were prescribed the same thing for the same reason. We haven't

> > started

> > > it yet. Maybe we have the same doc?

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Pamela

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > From: [mailto:Autism-

> > Mercury ]

> > > On Behalf Of dana pope

> > > Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 12:47 PM

> > >

> > > Subject: [ ] Neurontin for absence seizures? Anyone

> > know about

> > > this medicine?

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > My boys have been prescribed Neurontin for absence seizures to see

> > if it

> > > will help with speech. They are completely non verbal and the

> > doctor feels

> > > they are having seizures in the parietal lobe where speech is

> > produced.

> > >

> > > Does anyone know about this medicine and good effects or side

> > effects?

> > > Should we intro it now or after the holiday?

> > >

> > > Thanks.

> > >

> > >