I couldn't take neurontin, it made me way too loopy. I had hot flashes for about a year after chemo, they were terrible. I'd wake up at night soaking wet, I'd have them all day...I then had about 6 months of peace where I thought it was done with. Then at about the year and half mark, I had my period again for 3 months..then it stopped and the hot flashes started again. They are not nearly as bad as before, meaning not as frequent, and I haven't been woken up at night. Maybe the neurontin will work for you. I was put on it because I had a severe case of shingles that lasted 8 months. I had to get off it after about a month because i felt totall drugged. I was so disoriented that I was really a danger even driving around..sherryg683
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Sherry
Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44
13+ positive lymph nodes
Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006
4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin
NED since April 2006!!
36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately
8 years NED now
Scans every year
Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!
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