ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY - GABAPENTIN NEURONTIN

That's way worse than my body jolting. Usually a limb. One time my whole body jolted. It was a doosey. Scared the bleep out of me. Did your doctor prescribe the opposite version therapy? I tried my best to understand Gabapentin and alternatives. In my layman terms, Gabapentin is a catchers mitt for brain signals. The result is diminished or free of mylopathy pain. Alternatives reduce chemicals wherein the brain can't release the signals.

I've used alpha lipoic acid for over fifteen years, but I used it to chelate heavy metals from my body. Of course, that was before my SCI. So I'm delighted to hear that it will also help my nerve pain. Thanks, ladylimpsalot.

"n addition, thioctic acid promotes growth of liver cells, safeguards the kidneys and liver from damage caused by some chemicals found in medications, and helps to expel heavy metals from the body.*
www.drclarkstore.com/thioctic-acid-alpha-lipoic-acid-360-mg-90-capsules/

P.S. Thioctic acid is just another name for alpha lipoic acid.

I'm currently out of alpha lipoic acid, but after reading this research abstract I'll definitely be ordering some more.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8958163

"Free Radic Biol Med. 1997;22(1-2):359-78.
Neuroprotection by the metabolic antioxidant alpha-lipoic acid.

Packer L1, Tritschler HJ, Wessel K.
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Abstract
Reactive oxygen species are thought to be involved in a number of types of acute and chronic pathologic conditions in the brain and neural tissue. The metabolic antioxidant alpha-lipoate (thioctic acid, 1, 2-dithiolane-3-pentanoic acid; 1, 2-dithiolane-3 valeric acid; and 6, 8-dithiooctanoic acid) is a low molecular weight substance that is absorbed from the diet and crosses the blood-brain barrier. alpha-Lipoate is taken up and reduced in cells and tissues to dihydrolipoate, which is also exported to the extracellular medium; hence, protection is afforded to both intracellular and extracellular environments. Both alpha-lipoate and especially dihydrolipoate have been shown to be potent antioxidants, to regenerate through redox cycling other antioxidants like vitamin C and vitamin E, and to raise intracellular glutathione levels. Thus, it would seem an ideal substance in the treatment of oxidative brain and neural disorders involving free radical processes. Examination of current research reveals protective effects of these compounds in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion, excitotoxic amino acid brain injury, mitochondrial dysfunction, diabetes and diabetic neuropathy, inborn errors of metabolism, and other causes of acute or chronic damage to brain or neural tissue. Very few neuropharmacological intervention strategies are currently available for the treatment of stroke and numerous other brain disorders involving free radical injury. We propose that the various metabolic antioxidant properties of alpha-lipoate relate to its possible therapeutic roles in a variety of brain and neuronal tissue pathologies: thiols are central to antioxidant defense in brain and other tissues. The most important thiol antioxidant, glutathione, cannot be directly administered, whereas alpha-lipoic acid can. In vitro, animal, and preliminary human studies indicate that alpha-lipoate may be effective in numerous neurodegenerative disorders."

Thanks for the post. I'm going to study up. Geeps, we're self made scientists!