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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 96244" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>This is the problem with discontinuing (or adding) more than one drug at a time. It's virtually impossible to determine if the problems are being caused by withdrawing the Neurontin or the Geodon if, indeed, it's being caused by withdrawal of either. Then again, it could be caused by the combination of the withdrawal of two medications. </p><p></p><p>That said, halfing the dose of Geodon isn't exactly gradual weaning. Eliminating 100 mg of Neurontin, a drug which the manufacture was trying to sell in daily doses as high as 4800 mg/day for everything and anything, isn't so drastic. </p><p></p><p>I have noticed parents reporting that many kids do have a very difficult time getting off antipsychotics. The behaviors displayed during and after the withdrawal period are worse than the behaviors for which the drugs were prescribed. Further, I have noticed that often extreme actions taken by people diagnosed with schizophrenia are often committed when the person "stopped taking his medication" as the newspapers report. Because these people often had no history of such extreme behavior prior to the incident which landed them in the news, I can't help wondering if, for some people, antidepressant withdrawal is a very real problem. </p><p></p><p>If it were my child, I would increase the Geodon dose to 60 mg or some easy to administer dose (I don't know the size of the pills) between the 80 and 40 for at least two weeks before attempting a decrease again. And I wouldn't start removing it until he was off the Neurontin for at least two weeks. </p><p></p><p>ETA: Hallucinations as part of withdrawal syndrome are common knowledge for alcoholism and drug abuse but not so commonly known for prescription medications. Hallucinations <em>are</em> a symptom of withdrawal syndrome regardless of what drugs is being removed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 96244, member: 1498"] This is the problem with discontinuing (or adding) more than one drug at a time. It's virtually impossible to determine if the problems are being caused by withdrawing the Neurontin or the Geodon if, indeed, it's being caused by withdrawal of either. Then again, it could be caused by the combination of the withdrawal of two medications. That said, halfing the dose of Geodon isn't exactly gradual weaning. Eliminating 100 mg of Neurontin, a drug which the manufacture was trying to sell in daily doses as high as 4800 mg/day for everything and anything, isn't so drastic. I have noticed parents reporting that many kids do have a very difficult time getting off antipsychotics. The behaviors displayed during and after the withdrawal period are worse than the behaviors for which the drugs were prescribed. Further, I have noticed that often extreme actions taken by people diagnosed with schizophrenia are often committed when the person "stopped taking his medication" as the newspapers report. Because these people often had no history of such extreme behavior prior to the incident which landed them in the news, I can't help wondering if, for some people, antidepressant withdrawal is a very real problem. If it were my child, I would increase the Geodon dose to 60 mg or some easy to administer dose (I don't know the size of the pills) between the 80 and 40 for at least two weeks before attempting a decrease again. And I wouldn't start removing it until he was off the Neurontin for at least two weeks. ETA: Hallucinations as part of withdrawal syndrome are common knowledge for alcoholism and drug abuse but not so commonly known for prescription medications. Hallucinations [i]are[/i] a symptom of withdrawal syndrome regardless of what drugs is being removed. [/QUOTE]
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