NEURONTIN Reviews (GABAPENTIN)Average Rating: 2.9 (919 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare NEURONTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Post Concussion Syndrome | Hyper sexuality and related risk taking. Balance issues. Manic energy, loss of inhibitions. | Helped me sleep, reduced anxiety, reduced migraines but side effects were crazy. Older males seem to have this issue the most. | M | 55 | 4 years 300 4X day | 9/15/2020 | 3 | mood stabilizer | hypomania at first, but better mood, serious weight gain 15 lbs in the last year, never could gain weight before, now my clothes don't fit, severe edema | F | 55 | 1.5 years | 6/30/2007 | 3 | S/P laminectomy,severe sciatic pain | Sleepiness, dizziness, very vivid dreams, dry mouth, and cry at the drop of a hat. | Dizziness not as bad after 2 weeks at this dose, vivid dreams continue as does the sleepiness, vivid dreams, dry mouth and crying jags. The medication helps somewhat but I continue to need to take Percocet with it, and at this time, I can still only stand for 20-30 minutes, and sit for 5-10 minutes, without the pain becoming very severe again. I am concerned about some of the other side effects that I have read about, particularly the memory loss. | F | 55 | 4 weeks 300 mg 3X day | 11/7/2011 | 3 | for restless leg syndrome | I very easily fall asleep, sometimes at the most embarrassing times (like in Church). Or I will be talking with someone face to face, and just 'zone-out'; I'm sound asleep and they very kindly just wake me up or throw a blanket over me. I take a large amount of medication which all has this effect so, by having the Neurontin (which has drowsiness as it's #1 side-effect) I really get a lot of unplanned but very restful naps - I need to be TREMENDOUSLY CAREFUL when I take it. | It does do the job of controlling the involuntary leg movements; especially if I'm riding for a long time in a car. But, with it's antispasmotic characteristics working well, it also seems to like to have the patient sleep as much as possible. A WORD TO THE WISE, LET SOMEONE ELSE DRIVE IF YOU'RE ON THIS MEDICATION, YOU CAN FALL ASLEEP IN A HEARTBEAT & SAVE THE WORK WITH THE POWER TOOLS FOR A TIME WHEN YOU CAN BE WITHOUT IT IN YOUR SYSTEM, IT'S STRONG STUFF, BUT IT WORKS !!! | F | 55 | 3 years | 2/26/2007 | 2 | fibromyalgia | weight gain over 40 pounds. memory loss and inablity to concentrate. huge fatigue to point that it is ruining my life worse than pain. cannot function at work. sleep for 15 hours with no energy. ringing in ears. will wean off it. i cannot continue with these symptoms. | I would not recommend this for fibromyalgia. there are too many side effects and it does not reduce the pain significantly. | F | 55 | 2 years 600 mg 3X day | 11/7/2010 | 2 | Bipolar I Disorder | Severe reflux w/food backing up into esophagus; bloating and gray bowel movements; kidney pain and infection; coughing up phlegm; worsening of asthma - highest dose 900 mg./day | Was mildly effective at best. Side effects grew more severe with use. I've been off it for over 1 month and side effects are just now subsiding. | F | 55 | 2 months | 4/7/2009 | 1 | Neuropathic pain | my legs ached and burned, my feet ached and burned, could hardly walk on them.....my arms and hands the same way. Saw three neurologists, have had three MRI's.....all started when I had an epidural steroid injection near my thoracic spine for post-surgical cardiac pain. Have been SICK with neuropathic pain every since.....my MD's were worried I may have ARACHNOIDITIS...but MRI's have ruled it out. The Neurontin made me feel GREAT...took away all the nerve pain and burning pain.....helped me to sleep....have been on it for three months, 900 mgs a day in three doses. BUT THEN.....I started breaking out in HIVES, ears itched, throat itched, scalp ITCHED SO HARD thought I had LICE......all started a few days ago. I called my neurologist, she said STOP TAKING IT NOW !! YOU ARE HAVING AN ALLERGIC REACTION THAT COULD RESULT IN STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME !!! | I will NEVER take this JUNK again. And now that I am off it, my nerve pain is WORSE than ever....I THINK IT MADE MY PAIN WORSE NOT BETTER, just DISGUISED IT !!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS Rx !!!! | M | 55 | 3 months | 6/8/2008 | 1 | seizures | Getting off dilantin, dr. recommended. Felt I was going crazy, out of control emotionally, all this quit when I was tapered off. | A extremely poor drug for me w/ complex partial seizures. | M | 55 | 30 days | 8/5/2009 | 1 | peripheral neuropathy (Feet) | Tired, very drowsy, back and legs ached, very clumsy, unable to walk straight, blurred vision, slurred speech, trouble concentrating, irritable and easily angered, increased BP (116/60 ->163/82). One 300 Mg dose. Diarrea the day after (when I did not take another). | As one diagnosed with autism, it seemed like voltage to brain was reduced. 24 hours later, neuropathy pain returned more than ever before. It "made me stupid", clumsy, edgy, and 'fuzzy' while only moderating my Charcot foot pain slightly. I need to use my brain A LOT to be 'highly functional' autistic...this stuff did not help at all. Won't take it again. | M | 55 | 1 days | 7/13/2009 | 1 | Hot flashes | Making me feel depressed and some anxiety and very tired and feeling sick to my stomach and no appetite. | F | 55 | 30 days 200 1X day | 5/9/2022 | 1 | Fibromyalgia and nerve pain | Extreme nausea, constant heart palpitations, severe sweating, migraines. | This medication has caused me to feel probably the worse I've ever felt in my life and thats saying something after recovering from pneumonia, a pulmonary embolism and a DVT. Do not take it. | F | 55 | 3 months 3X day | 3/22/2017 | 1 | leg pain | I felt like I was floating out of my body, tired, was talking to dead people, and could not sleep. I felt very afraid, weak and moved like a zombie. It did not stop the pain, burning, numbness and tingling in my legs. | F | 55 | 4 days 300 MG 2X day | 9/30/2010 | 1 | nerve pain from disk compression | Too many to count; gained weight big time, swollen joints and legs, severe constipation, kidney pain, worsening of neuropathy by a factor of 100 if i miss a dose, sweats, dizziness, suicidal thoughts and wild mood swings, very difficult time urinating, totally unable to function at all | my doctor said we would start at 300 mg twice a day and could safely increase to 2-4 grams a day with no problem. i told him he could take this drug and stuff it where the sun doesn't shine. he swapped me over to nortriptyline, which was just as bad, even worse in some ways and did absolutely nothing for the neuropathy. these drug companies should be hold up on serious charges for knowingly peddling this poison. | M | 55 | 4 weeks | 7/14/2005 | 5 | RLS | NONE | Absolute blessing. Suffered with RLS for over 25 years. This drug did the trick. And it was the only thing that did it! Now I use ReQuip and Neurontin together and RLS is completely relieved. I saw one comment that said there are other drugs that work better than Neurontin. Well, it really does depend on the patient. So if you suffer from RLS, don't give up. I would not have relief without Neurontin! | F | 54 | 4 years | 4/6/2007 | 5 | Periphal Neuropathy in Feet | Felt relaxed....Better able to sleep at night....No bad side effects, just good ones.... | I used to have sharp stabbing pains with burning. It felt like they were on fire. After starting Neurontin, all the sharp pains and the burning went away. Thank-You for Neurontin!!!! I take 300mg in the morning, and 300mg at bedtime. | F | 54 | 12 months | 8/14/2005 | 5 | Peripheral Neuropathy | I THINK it occasionally causes a severe depression when I accidentally miss a dose. I have never experienced clinical depression before but twice now I have had a profound depression episode for a couple of hours and both times I later realized that I had missed my dose the night before (med is taken 3 times a day with a double dose at night). | The drug is an absolute miracle as far as I am concerned. In fact every time I see a wheel chair I think that it is Neurontin that is saving me from such a ride. I am terrified to tell my doctor about the occasional profound depression for fear she will take me off the drug. | M | 54 | 4 years | 9/5/2006 | 5 | degen disks neck/ lumbar | No side effects noticed. I was placed on gaba (300mg x5) by Rheumatologist for degenerative disks in neck/osteoarthritis, and two herniated disks with arthritic changes in lumbar due to an old injury. The pain had been so bad for years that I was ready to try surgery. | Gaba has made a huge difference in my neck pain. I rarely have the headaches and neckaches I suffered with almost daily (and which I had thought were partially caused by sinus(evidently not). I also had sciatic pain which the gaba was not overriding. I tried a Chiropractor out of desperation, and one month of adjustments on my hips has eliminated the sciatic pain (or at least enough that the gaba can handle the pain). So far, so good (although the Rheumatologist says you can eventually develope a tolerance and may have to increase the dose sometime in the future. | M | 54 | 3 months 1500 1X day | 4/5/2010 | 5 | occipital neuralgia | None really except for the first day, I slept till noon. After that I had no sleepiness at all. | Was taking 1800 mg per day for pain, numbness and scalp soreness. It helped immensely and right now am weaning off of it taking 300mg two times daily with no noticeable side effects | F | 54 | 4 months | 6/19/2007 | 5 | neuropothy, herniated disc | Brain Fog, Memory Problems, Low Back Pain, Decreased Coordination | M | 54 | 4 weeks 200 mg x 3 | 10/28/2013 | 5 | hot flashes | occasional light headedness | This has been a Miracle Drug for my hot flashes. I was having severe hot flashes at the age of 42. At age 45, I started taking gabapentin, which greatly reduced the number and severity of my hot flashes within a few weeks of starting this medicine. I stopped taking this at one point after several years and the hot flashes came back almost immediately, so I started back on the gabapentin and the hot flashes went right away. Unlike other people, this medicine has given me an added bonus, I feel more energetic than when I was 40 . My overall feeling of well being improved when I started taking this medicine during my onset menopause. This has been a miracle drug for me. | F | 54 | 9 years 600 mg 3X day | 7/30/2014 |