What problems do you see with Gabapentin?

@@KKing55 I'm only amateur and not a doctor. I took care of my aging mother and for pain they prescribed Gabapentin. She seemed to more than fall asleep a lot, it was almost like she was unconscious. I'd be driving her on short trips and her head would tilt back and her mount wide open and looked like more than sleeping. She was like that so much of the day I felt like I had lost my real mother. I know different people react differently and she was on nine different medications. I got her off it and my mother had her life back again. I mean it was terrible when she was on it. I imagine so many in nursing homes on it and they are like that, kind of a pharmaceutical lobotomy in a way. Now years later my neurologist prescribed Gabapentin and my Rheumatologist did too. I changed my mind and at the pharmacy and in consultation with the pharmacist I said before I accept this and take it home and can't return it I decided not to take it. She really pushed I take the 90 day supply and I tried to tell her no in different ways and she knew once I accepted the pills they couldn't be returned. Now I'm on 8 different medications and I'm 70. Really you're doing the right thing thinking more about Gabapentin and reason to ask a doctor. I still have my 90 day supply now several months later and haven't taken any. I want to list all of my medications here and hope the doctor can answer as with rosuvastatin for cholesterol on Carnivore Diet my cholesterol was almost normal and wanted to try harder to lose weight etc and my doctor would not back down so I quietly did not take it. I had a 75% blockage in my LAD artery in my heart and had a mild heart attack on May 3rd so for now even though I was close to normal I feel for a few months I'll be on it but regret yet another pill pushed... Besides the 8 pills I didn't mention two inhaler meds I take too... They will push pills in a mega way and I don't know why, if maybe they get a kick-back doing so. I hope you work things out well.

Dr Suneel, thank you for your outspokeness. My cholesterol is at 7. (Uk), have very high cortisol, insulin resistant and fat build up around my internal organs. I feel my liver seems to smell a certain way and it seems to get larger. My waist line and belly areas are enlarged too. My doctors have prescribed statins for the cholesterol, but I've declined. What would you advice please?

@@mercyln6646 Low carb diet, mainly meat and meat fats. Time restricted eating. Weight training and some HIIT.

Thank you for saying the things I've been saying for years~~This coming from a 70 year old~~You're awesome~~

I agree with all of your statements.I am so,so sorry that your grandmother went through this pain and suffering.My Prayers for your grandmother and you and your family.

Please don’t judge other people’s choices. My parents were much happier in a retirement home, and I still help them manage all their medications. It’s the doctors I fought with to lessen the amounts of meds Mom received

My friend was very sick and was on 17 medications. I looked them over and researched them, then went to her doctor with her on her next visit. Some of them were for long-ago ailments that were already healed and some were just for the side effects of some others. By the time we left, she was only on her diabetes meds and one heart med.

@@dsa2591 Good for you!! Thanks for advocating for her. You did the job that her primary physician Should be doing once a year. Bless you!!

@user-tb51w9fb7k I agree with your valuable comment & appreciate it.

Oxalates

Almond butter= PUFAS.

No matter what you eat someone will say its poison😂 It's certain though..pufas are worse than sugar.

Swap out that almond butter for grass fed actual butter.👍

Ya baby!! Me too!!

So have I.

Me too. Didn't take a singlebone. Cut out all sugar, lots of exercise, grilled fish, fresh veg & fruit. Within 3 months everything lowered.

Statins are very dangerous!

Statins are for money. There are 700 plys studies showing it does not orwvent heart sttacks. And it rwduces cholester which is NEEDED FOR BRAIN. Maybe she does NOT gave dementia

Guys, try a one month trial of carnivore. Or 80% carnivore. Lots of butter and fats. No seed oils. I lot 6 inches 30 pounds. In 2 months. But all my numbers are normal. Im 70

A good bloke?!!! He is amazing! I am also lucky enough to have found a doctor here in Canada that will treat my health issues with as little medication as possible. Not to say he wont use them but he does check with me and advise me if there might be a holistic way to deal with it. Not many like them, I just turned 60 myself and have seen many doctors in my life.

Keep him or her!

Exactly - they need to be banned

They don’t even tell you what the medicine treats!

That's why I protect myself from commercials by going "no advertising" and using an ad blocker. I don't have a TV. I never see ads.

I have worn out a few remotes from changing all the drug commercials!

I left cable tv behind in 2022 because of drug commercials. I have zero now.

I'm 74 and was never on any drugs, illicit or otherwise = except for pain when I hurt my hip, and antibiotics when I got Lyme. Otherwise, garlic is my medicine. Wonderful! Here's to both our health!

@@Blurb777 yes indeed. 🌸✨🌸

Good for you 🙄

I use to buy organic chicken and wild fish but it is not available any longer. London.

@@Blurb777of you had vax in your childhood then you did get the harmful things into your body, for life

Thank you for being a voice for the elderly! ❤🙏 “Thank you” seems so small though. 🏆

Well done, so happy you're standing for those who have no voice

Thank you for advocating for seniors. Many people don't have anyone who can be their advocate, or who knows how to do it. You are life changing! May God bless you!

You're a rarity

Thank you. ❤

Love the name.❤

😂💀👍

You said that right. Poison.

I love it!!!! Just remove that first letter, and there it is!!! 😆

May I steal that term? Brilliant and accurate.

I've just been prescribed levothyroxine. Not seeing much improvement.

Good for you! I'm leaning more towards carnivore, while doing low carb. No meds.

I've fortunate at 53, no meds, til I was just hit by double GOUT. 3RD X in 7 yrs...handled 2x on my own, nsaids sadly, no steroid prednisone until recently. I beat gout in right foot with Gouch, red onions tons of water, tart cherry and celery seed extract tincture. Injured left good foot toe crushing my bad foot around, caused stress and i.was hit by psuedo gout for first time. Nothing that worked on purine uric acid worked on Oxalates caused gout crystals that stiffened my ankle with tons of pain beyond my threshold as I had no nsaids last week. Didn't want to work my kidneys more. So with that, gout foot healing per natural means no.meds, my pseudo gout had me at urgent care no time to fight it on my own. Prednisone was given 4th day of 16 med hell cycle. 1st x So it worked...and I'm aware of the tons of side effects. My anxiety and reluctance was high but I had no choice. I'm afraid of the road ahead. Joined a prednisone group on fb. I am doing my best to stay very hydrated, eating nutrient foods at only 2 x a day. I want to lose weight not gain it 1 med at 1115am lunch, no breakfast or snacks. Just a good protein calcium potassium magnesium etc foods that pack a punch hopefully replacing what this toxic crap is killing off. I'm in bed with the enemy ...by force is how it feels. I had no choice with my wife discussing a nursing home rehab if I was unable to walk and needed better care. Sucks. Yes, I've battled sugars, cheats, comfort food time and lost, but was doing good. Good til I got dehydrated and gout struck. Curing myself felt good in such a short time until the chain reaction of pains occurred. I'm doing what I can to decrease the side many possible side effects. Blood sugar higher is 1. So no snacking. No breakfast. 1115 am meal dinner by 7 meal 100 plus oz water. No sugar drinks foods etc. Avocado bean green beans veggies eggs varieties for protein fiber potassium etc, some nuts, some cherries fruits, not many, yogurt fage %5, red onion and some cayenne and celtic salt for other minerals. .. dinner only not with med meal. Nit too spicy though. I eat spicy indeed, no tums needed as Avocado or yogurt help with any acid reflux build up. So. I applaud you for getting of those pharma toxic meds and finding better actually safer alternatives that work. After this I hope to be done with pharma. Been told my hypothyroidism could only be solved with pills. I never took them. It is high at times and mod norm ...done by diet not by their bs pills. High now from this gout experience. Was lower b4 it. Pushed pill on me again. Doc could not believe I cured gout 3x without the gout meds and steroid. til This time that is. Newtypr gout I couldn't beat. Gotta watch it going forward. But I will do better after this...lise weight, better shape, eat better with better habits. Best to you.😊

I did the same. Was on Metoprolol, hydrochlorthiazide and Amlodipine and weaned off. I only take levothyroxine, which I discovered I really needed.

​@@src5769I've been carnivore for over a year and it's the best thing I ever did!

your biggest fear is the pharmacy's greatest hope.

On 0 daily pilllz. They're my last resort. Cleaning up diet, vitamins, more sun, exercise, hot shower, and fasting have worked everytime.

Big Pharma wants us all on the subscription health plan: daily pills for life to reduce symptoms; no pills for cures though.

My reply that "Big Pharma wants us all on the subscription health plan -- pills to treat symptoms but no pills to cure what's wrong with you," was censored. That somehow violated those bogus "terms of service."

@@jackoverton8343 -hot- cold shower

Check that B6. Make sure its: Pyridoxal 5 Phosphate (P-5-P) Not: Pyridoxine HCL (hydrochloride). Google the two types to check what I say is correct. Also make sure the B12 is not Cyanocobalamin. Methylcobalamine is the recommended version.

so true!!!!!!!

Me also.

Tried many different anti-depressants quit taking them. I started taking fish oil along with some of the supplements you mentioned. I feel better.

​@@karenp144I too have been on a few different antidepressants, but kicked them all to the curb, and stayed super active, limited exposure of dysfunctional and toxic people, and focused on some hobbies. Antidepressants only mask what's underneath, like putting a bandaid on a gaping wound, one that should instead be nurtured with a healthy lifestyle. If I would have known back then what I've learned in the past few years, I would have NEVER taken those medications.

Me too! I’ve always had low blood pressure but last year it spiked for no reason and I passed out. GP gave me a packet of 100 tablets - but I did my research and took Potassium every day instead. Within two weeks my BP was back to its usual reading. And my GP nearly passed out when I told him how I’d done it!

@@EdelweisSusie I’m on bp meds as well. It says don’t take potassium with it so I understand what you’ve done. With me I thought the potassium was messing with my electrolytes when my bp went sky high. So I took magnesium with it. Same result. Bp back to totally manageable.

Same! I’m 74 and am free of all medications.

Same, I am 72 and alHamdulillaah, never been on medecin, any issue I'll solve it with ajusting my diet, reading alQuran, zikir and taking vit, alternative med and gardening.. Syukur lillaah.

Same here!

How many alcoholic drinks per week would you say you consume?

​@@rinohunter6190😂

I'm in my late 30's. Went to a dermatologist earlier this year for the removal of a couple unsightly, but harmless, cysts on my scalp. When the nurse asked me the usual medical history questions, she was very surprised I wasn't on any prescription medications. In fact, she asked me a second time, to make sure she heard me correctly. Apparently, no matter your age, nearly everyone is on prescription medications.🤷

I'm the same at 66.

@@a_h_cchannel6035 Yay! We're members of the no med club!

May God keep you away from pharmaceuticals .

Cardiac RN here…I not only will never take a statin, I won’t allow my cholesterol to be tested. Too long to go into here but suffice it to say anyone who hears my spiel tosses their statins.

Good on you! Live your best life!!! Doctors have repeatedly tried to put me on blood pressure meds and I refuse. I say, look, I'll exercise more, keep watching my diet, etc... but we're not doing this blood pressure "thing."

Good for you! Statins can cause dementia, my hubby was prescribed them- after 6 months he realized the damage that was occurring, and quit them, and his memory started coming back. He is 82. No more.

@sun6143. Probably because you’re an active granny helps 👍🙂 Many grannies l know in this age group become couch potatoes and therefore the rot sets in! My grannies 72 and has just run a 10k marathon, swims and exercises twice a week, eats a proper diet with allllll the greens and is as fit as a fiddle 🙂

I compliment you 🇮🇹🙌 We are Italian but we live in America for 50 years. We are 80 years old a d the doctor keeping prescribe lots of medications. That doesn't keeping us no feel any better. 😭😡

@@graziellapalagi7577 💖💖

Make sure you drink enough water every day, walk as much as you’re able (every step counts). Do some mild exercise for your muscles, eat some meat or fish and salads daily. Count your blessings .! 🙏🏽

@@ukestudio3002 💖💖

@@graziellapalagi7577 💖💖

Only great if people understand that some medications are necessary eg thyroxine replacement, epilepsy meds, meds for copd, blood thinners to prevent stroke etc etc. if you’re a pharmacist you know which ones. There are people on here who will no doubt try to stop very necessary meds. How about saying - go and get your meds reviewed?

​@@eileenmcchrystal8471I successfully dropped thyroid hormone replacement medication. I now take iodine, selenium and zinc. This is even after RAI ablation of the thyroid twenty years ago. Giving your body what it needs makes all the difference.

YES the NSAID created an issue for my CKD S2-3

Dr Barbara O'Neill has a few short videos floating around in the internet that I used to get my mum and grandpas attention on this subject, she has a lovely delivery style so starting at a minute short to grab their attention I had them willing to watch the 12mins video which covers the whole subject from the wrong standards, unspoken adverse reactions to the industry frauds&how it's well proven but better hidden harms, they both titrated down over 12weeks but had to have me attend with them after their solo requests both got told "no, you could die" 😂

Cholesterol medication is a scam. We have to have cholesterol to live. And our bodies make it if we have a healthy liver. Our brains are primarily made up of cholesterol. They lowered the “healthy cholesterol“ level to sell more statins, imo. And there is no BAD cholesterol. Each “type” has its own unique function and all of them are vital. I wonder how many Alzheimer’s patients are/ have been on statins? My mom was on them until I put my foot down. The clinical trials (also a crock) didn’t even include women.

The thing is the fear instilled by the doctors. You yeah feel thst if you skip or leave the meds you might die.

Can the doctor advise what we must take for cholesterol then?. Not just advise against Statin.

@@lylm4147 Many of the studies on cholesterol go back to the 1960s (I think) The natural health experts are now saying the studies were wrong and flawed. Cholesterol can actually be controlled through a healthy diet. I am not an expert on this topic, but I would research it. The cholesterol drugs are dangerous. Dr. Josh Axe on KZfaq would be a good place to start your research. But there are many natural health Doctors that can help you with this topic on KZfaq.

No TV? No Radio? But you must have a phone? Computer? Tablet or Laptop to be commenting 😂

The doctors LOVE to pour on the medications, they relish all the side effects that they can also medicate for. Dizziness and subsequent falls make them positively salivate in true Pavlovian anticipation. Chronic patients for life. What a windfall. Dont the elderly have anything better to do than to take medications and to anticipate their next 15 minute visit to the shrine of their revered doctor?

​@@rogueskiss3794 Obviously, self censoring exposure to random blah blah. Internet allows for more custom feed. What is wrong with that? Who said all or nothing? (I am mostly the same. Radio is rare, I usually turn off the recycled news. Lol.).

I gave up on TV 20 years ago, too many commercials, wayyyyy toooo many of them. Had an experience myself, saw we are all one life living as individuals in the past, present and future to come. Separate bodies with separate minds, memory and will causes the illusion of being individuals to our core, we aren't, we are part of a huge fractal of life, it's one thing.

Ditto, with the exception of once a year for checkup and full blood work. Doctor says my BP is like a teenager's and praises my HDL/LDL despite being high protein/keto diet. Do obviously go online.

Excellent to hear. Keep going!

I'm 68 no meds, cycling miles every day

@@drsuneeldhand I had to start gabapentin for a "Trigeminal neuralgia" diagnosis years ago, and want to get off of it but the Dr refused...said I would get the "episodes" again and I don't want that so I guess I am stuck, I hate taking it, makes me tired and listless and sleepy, I am 70yr old female

Yeah, I as well ....

@@chrisfry436 Get a new doctor, one that will work with you.

There also on a universal plan in Canada

Thanks for saying this about the statins. I went back on bp meds after 12 years off them as my bp was way too high / dizzy spells. Dr also put me on statins despite my protests and then a week later another bp med. Another week later my bp was way too low (fainting spells) and I had constant pain in my back and arms. Took myself off the extra drugs and things are good. I'll be going back to my original doc at the practice when I'm ready.

They're catching up. It's up to us to be educated and stubborn when we don't need meds to keep going

In the UK, GPs were paid a bonus for giving everyone the jabberooney from 2020 onwards. Also the flu v@.x. I refused it. My GP is still writing out to all patients, offering these. I’m still refusing both.

We are responsible for ourselves. Solely.

Doctors should be educating us but know nothing about foods that help or anything outside of pharma. No money in it.

Bigger issue is lack of Dr education. They are trained to throw drugs at a problem vs a holistic approach

Our education system is so bad we have no idea how our bodies work and no idea how money works either. The two things that are crucial to our lives we're ignorant of.

Fantastic work!

My wife decided a few months ago to test her blood for diabetes. Her A1C was quite high -- 14 but it spiked once to 25. Her doctor put her on Metformin. Over the next two months, she started an intense exercise program, and she lost 3-4 kg (6-8 pounds). My wife only weighs about 42 kg and now is getting more issues with tingling/pains in her feet and now her hands. I am very concerned that the Metformin (currently 1000 mg but her doctor wants to increase) is burning up her fat (she now has wrinkled skin in several areas, because of her weight loss) and pushing her towards Ketosis. She doesn't know what to do and aggressively focuses on carbs, cutting most carbs out altogether. I have tried to persuade her to eat more carbs, as I want her to regain her healthy weight. But she has taken the fear mongering dished out by the medical fraternity very seriously. How do I help her gain weight? She believes the Metformin "could be" helping her pancreas to process glucose; but I worry that this drug is actually preventing her body from storing fats in the normal manner, because it forces the liver to produce less glucose. How do I help her? She refuses to try and stop the Metformin temporarily, to see if it is causing, or worsening, her bad tingling/pain/numbness in her feet, which she did NOT have, prior to taking Metformin.

I'm 72 and I'm not on meds. I was prescribed statins 20+ years ago but stopped it a month later. I don't think doctors are not honest, it's just that they were trained that way in their med school. Some better ones do their research and prescribe only if really necessary.

@@barrysheridan9186 it’s not pill popping that’s at issue here. It’s pill pushing. My uncle was a drug detailer. He gave use free samples all the time. The samples of course were for doctors to give them to patients - for free of course. Doc says try it…then writes Rx.

Amen!

Beautiful and completely true.

Statins are NEVER preventative. If there's nothing wrong with you they'll just make you sick. Your doctor is a murderer if he just wants to medicate a healthy person

The universe has a creator. Give Him honour and glory. Honour the One who brought creation into being. Don't honour that which is created Jesus is Lord

Have you tried carnivore or at least no sugar/low carb diets? I have read they can greatly reduce parkinson’s symptoms. I know it’s helped me at least to almost completely take away my arthritis pain, so I can attest that that type of diet is helpful at least in my case. I cant say for sure it would help you, but i definitely would say to give it a shot.

There are also natural antibiotics.

Where can I trustfully research that please?

​@@src5769oil of oregano is amazing!

Cloves, half juice of a lemon tumeric and ginger and a dash of black pepper, I was on antibiotics so much , and I would still have pluerasy, I also have COPD and emphysema, the amount of antibiotics was unbelievable so I researched and every morning and night I will make this up with hit water to soften the 2 cloves and drink like a cuppa t or coffee, then I found out about Cayane pepper and wow pain and not needing antibiotics, made my dr that angry , he threw me with an antidepressant because of anxiety yes I get anxious especially due to the pain but I'm not depressed, I have taken back tablets ect due to I did not need them and the side effects was just to much I was also a heavy drug abuser for 3 decades , now 17 years clean this October and my oldest is having a baby and my oldest granddaughter will be 17 this October and my new grandson is due on the same day as I got of drugs and the same day my oldest granddaughter was born , #Happydays Keep Lifted

The whole idea of "treating someone is telling anyhow.Its never cure,only treat. These drugs "treat" the symptoms while the disease or problem persists The answer lies in functional medicine if you can afford it or a personal lifestyle change starting with removal of ultraprocessed junk and improving metabolic health Look on you tube for help in this area.Dr Ben Bikman is my favourite .People need to take back their power before they end up in a nursing home and you lose it forever

Thank you. I wish there were more doctors thinking like you.

Yes and meds for acid reflux give you B12 deficiency! All meds have a knock on effect.

You and your dad are both so fortunate to have each other.

Exactly

Carnivore and paleo have also helped me to almost eliminate my arthritis pain too! I started on carnivore for awhile and now I maintain with paleo. My pain only comes back when i eat sugar and carbs again. Then it goes away when I take out those things from my diet. ❤

@@jessicaaguilera4526 Yes I noticed that too! After eating the carbs, my next day is painful! 💪🏻👍🏻

It's called lobby...

The commercials tell you to ask your doctor if so and so medication is right for you.

Not my Doctor , I don’t have one, would only need a dr if I brake a bone . Unfortunately my husband still believes in doctors, he’s jabbed I’m not 😮

Doctors get a commission for a lot of the scripts they write. They have a financial interest in selling as many drugs as they can.

Beware of shingles v@xx. I got it shortly after my 60th birthday. I have since regretted it. My doctor (at the time) urged me to get the new one that came out 6 months later. I said, no thanks. IMO, that prick caused my nervous system to be messed up. We can't trust *any* injections at all anymore!! 😮

Agreed. Just lots of tea which is a diuretic

After 60 doctors swich you to tylenol I think because of risk of GI bleed.

You look much younger. Well done keep up the good work

Sorry, Gabapentin weaning from a very bad bout of insomnia.

It's frightening how even animals can't escape the pharma clutches now.

I graduated high school with a D. I have been a housewife for 15 years. How is it I know and they don't?🤔

@@RunninUpThatHillh there is big money in treating disease, no money in curing it.

Yes and things to drink or eat to help with things. My one doctor said she had no clue about other things for high blood pressure but I now have hibiscus tea. Pomegranate juice. There are other things!

!!!!

Or anything really. I know more about nutrition and iron deficiency than most of my doctors did.

That stuff had me hearing voices. Reported and stop taking.

Amen. And who in their proper mind would ever want to as well?

Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable source here in Australia. Really need!

Yes, dr.porassss. I have the same experience with anxiety, depression, PTSD and addiction and Mushrooms definitely made a huge huge difference to why am clean today.

I wish they were readily available in my place. Microdosing was my next plan of care for my husband. He is 59 & has so many mental health issues plus probable CTE & a TBI that left him in a coma 8 days. It's too late now I had to get a TPO as he's 6'6 300+ pound homicidal maniac. He's constantly talking about killing someone. He's violent. Anyone reading this Familiar w/ BPD know if it is common for an obsession with violence.

Is he on instagram?

Yes he is dr.porassss.

Keep searching for a good dr

me too ,well done.

Medals of survival. Yeeeesh! Our pharmacist calls vitamins and holistic herbals voodoo. I told him I'm a firm believer in sticking pins in things. (I'm a seamstress) And he'd better watch out. 😂

i know someone who takes 26 pills a day

How did you wean off the sleeping pills? Congrats on your success! 😊

@@lorismith5369 I cut out coffee, then started breaking the pills in half, then into fourths, then 1/4 every other day, then done. Took 3 weeks.

How do you get off statins? What is the best way to proceed? I would like to convince my mom to stop taking them...

Two people I know who started and stayed on Omeprazole ended up building a tolerance to it and had to take stronger versions. They can never get off that medication ever. One of them can barely eat anything because her stomach cannot digest it. I took it briefly a few times but stopped as it made my bloating worse.