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 |
| 4 | BiPolar, Cervical Radiculopathy | Nervousness/short term memory loss/ hair will not grow | It was originally prescribed for my Cervical Radiculopathy (C6 damage). It was the only medicine that seemed to help with the alternating pain & tingling/numbness in my right neck/shoulder/arm/hand. A few years later, I was treated for depression until it was discovered that I was Bipolar II. At first the Neurontin was maxed to 3000/mgs a day, being that I was on Neurontin for pain mgmt. I became mega manic. I was reverted back to 300/mg 2x/day & Lamactil was added, which I love. So many meds were tried to manage my depression episodes of Bipolar, and this combination seems to work well. I have had weight gain issues, but I have learned that I can control that with exercise & healthy eating. I will not be 125 lbs as when I was young, but I will be happy at 145 which is the weight I leveled out to on the Neurontin in 1998. My struggle is with the hair loss issue. My hair will not grow as it used to on this medicine. Prior to taking it, my hair length was to the middle of my back. Now my right side only grows to my shoulder, while the left side grows normally. I am researching on vitamin supplements to help promote my growth. I also have Fibromyalgia, and it helps with muscle pain as well. | F | 44 | 7 years | 1/23/2010 | 4 | Sleep Disorders | A bit groggy in the morning for the first couple of weeks at 300mg at bedtime but that cleared up. Dose lowered to 100mg/bed, no side effects. | Diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Restless Leg Syndrome. Supposedly gabapentin helps with RLS and other neurological sleep problems. It seems to help me, or at least my wife says I'm less active at night when I'm taking it. At 100 mg, a very low dose to be sure, I'm not really sure it's doing anything. | M | 44 | 2 years | 9/20/2004 | 4 | Neuropathy/migraine/depression | spacy feeling--a little high, though not unpleasant. Memory problems. If I take too much I get a migraine--hard to get the dose right. | Neurontin is an excellent drug for me as I have several different neurological problems. It helps the migraines, but if I take too much or if I don't eat enough then I get a WICKED migraine that lasts days. It is the only thing that works on my depression and I have tried every antidepressant out there. | F | 44 | 3 years | 9/1/2005 | 3 | Anxiety | I had missed my neurontin for one week (400mg). Once back on, the anxiety was unbearable. My doctor increased my dosage to 500mg daily, spread throughout the day, but I feel worse. I feel labored breathing, a mental foginess but yet edgy and nervous inside. A general malaise and some depression. I am currently on Prozac as well and that has been increased to 60mg daily. I have this feeling that I'm crawling in my own skin and want to get out! | I keep hearing that you have to continually increase your dosage. I'm afraid of that and any possible addictive qualities of the medicine. | F | 44 | 8 months | 6/2/2003 | 3 | trigeminal neuralgia | F | 44 | 70 days | 12/4/2001 | 3 | fibromyalgia, reflex dystrophy sydr | Helps with burning pain of RSD but everytime I dream I have malignant hyperthermia and an increase in my pain and swelling so bad that I have looked into a way to not dream. Brain fog, headaches, forgetfulness and clumsiness are there too. Currently weaning after SCS implant but witbdrawl is terrible | F | 44 | 3 years 300 | 3/7/2014 | 3 | Hand tremor and siezure | I feel tired on and off the fatigue goes away. Fine hadn tremor typically around 10 am and also at night 9 - 10 PM when I want to go to bed I feel a fine tremor on my back and neck area. Very funny feeling 2 x 300 mg I may go with 3 x 200mg if I can find it. 600mg/ is a low does for a my size. | Take with a glass a water and make sure you keep hydrated. It seems to dehydrate the body. ALSO if you DO NOT keep hydrated it develops into headache/migraine...lasts 12 to 30 hrs | M | 44 | 14 months | 3/9/2009 | 3 | neuropathic symptoms in limbs MS | I have been diagnosed with MS in the last year. Gabapentin worked amazingly for my restless legs and arms at night meaning I am getting the best nights sleep in years. However, yet to have any effect on constant tingling in my leg and my MS nurse has suggested upping the dose. I am reluctant to do so as I feel so odd on this medication. The best way I can describe it is that my head feels disconnected from my body, like my brain is off on a separate trip of its own. I am so spaced out, and I seem to be veering from overly chilled out (really unusual for me) to angry over stupid little issues. My nurse said the side effects should decrease but I’m not sure how long I can tolerate this. | F | 44 | 1 months 100 3X day | 12/3/2019 | 2 | Possible neuropathic pain due to di | Anxiety, agitation, weight gain | Started with 300 mg a day and slowly titrated to 900 mg a day. While titrating I had very bad morning anxiety and agitation, and I gained 2 kg in just two weeks. My neuropathic pain didn't subseed maybe because it wasn't neuropathic at all. I h gave it a try but it wasn't for me. | F | 44 | 45 days 300-900 MG | 5/30/2019 | 2 | Chronic Pain; Fibro | Bad side effects. It made me extremely DIZZY and DROWSY. However, the worst side effect was the DOUBLE VISION. The doctor (see additional comments) wanted to increase the dose I was on, but I told him there was no way that I could function at the current dosage and I would not allow an increase. It is important to keep in mind with my case that the physician who prescribed this med for me was not taking into account the TYPE of PAIN that I had....therefore, I should never have been given Neurontin. | I was prescribed this by a physician who was listed as a "pain specialist". I discovered that he was not Board Certified in Pain, Anesthesiology nor in Neurology. He was "opiate-phobic" and tried meds such as Neurontin for off-patent use. I have seen recent studies that this medicine can be very useful for neuropathic pain, but that was not my problem. As a neuroscientist, I was interested in this medicine when the doctor first told me about it. It is related to the neurotransmitter GABA [won't bore everyone with details]. Since I have suffered from Panic Disorder for over 15 years, and this medicine was brand new at the time, I thought that it might "kill two birds with one stone". [One theory of panic disorder is a problem with the GABA levels or at the GABA transmitter site]. However, upon reading the PDR materials that I received from the pharmacist after getting it filled, it became apparent to me that while the medicine is structurally related | M | 44 | 1 months | 10/10/2006 | 1 | Disc degenative disease in my back | Severe dizziness, nausea, rashes, eye pain.symptoms worse after each meal. Severe low mood, dry mouth, unable to concentrate, unable to work or drive. | Helped with pain but side effects too severe even on 100 mg. don't take this drug. | M | 44 | 1 months 300 | 9/29/2015 | 1 | Hernated discs of c6, c7, t12 ,L1 | Severe chest pain,thunderclap headaches,burning sensation in head and face,low sex drive ,weight gain,suicidal thoughts & depression, mood swings,numbness and tingling tongue and scalp,feeling spaced out,insomnia. | Though these were wonderful at combating the pain relief of sciatica and brichialcia due to herniated discs due to fall, the side effects are the worse I've ever endured in my life down to severe chest pains feeling as though I was having a heart attack was the last straw ,so being weened off them to be on another pain relief. | F | 44 | 7 months 900mg Gabe | 1/27/2016 | 5 | bipolar, diabetes | small amount of fatigue. | Neurontin for me is excellent. it helps with several different areas that I need. mood, neuropathy, restless leg. I noticed immediately when I started taking it that it was going to be very helpful. | 43 | 2 years 600 2X day | 3/1/2016 | 5 | neuropathy in hands/feet from chemo | Trouble finding words, but had that from the chemo . | WONDERFUL!!! I was experiencing severe tingling (felt like needles) in my hands and feet. After approx. 2 months on it, I do not have a single complaint. I am afraid to wean down though. I don't want to feel that discomfort again! | M | 43 | 2 months | 5/30/2008 | 5 | Migraine, Nerve & Occipital Pain | A little jittery maybe. | My neurologist told me that I could actually take this drug on an as needed basis for my break through head pain and migraines, since I am taking Cymbalta as a preventative. I have taken 200 mg's twice for acute occipital nerve pain and migraine and am thrilled to say it helped drastically both times within the hour! The neurologist does not want me to take it daily until we determine whether the Cymbalta is working or not, but based on how much it helped my pain I will definitely try this medication next on a daily basis if the Cymbalta fails. I am relieved that it works because I am starting to have stomach pains from taking so much Motrin and really needed an alternative! | F | 43 | 2 days | 11/19/2008 | 5 | L4 Disc Herniation | This has been a wonder drug for sciatic pain. I still have a herniated disc after re-herniation after microdisc. in 7/9 wonder now if I needed surgery in first place if was put on neurontin sooner. 300 3x a day. side effects manageable. Some weight gain maybe, but am not exercising as much. try it | Great medication ....start out slowly if it makes you tired initially...like at 100 mg | F | 43 | 3 months | 11/10/2009 | 5 | disc herniatian L4 | Some memory problems, forgetting words. Initially was drowsy...drunklike, but that went away. I think the side effects are pretty manageable for the great gain. | This drug worked wonders for my sciatic pain after a microdiscetomy. I was on a lot of vicodin...and have propensity to abuse opiates. So neurontin really helped take the need for narcotics away. It does seem to take a bit to work but I do notice it helps the pain soon after. I usually need to take it up to 4x a day. I usually take 100mg as needed in am and pm and at bedtime I do 300 mg. | F | 43 | 5 weeks | 9/23/2009 | 5 | Nerve pain | I just recently started Neurontin and for the first few days felt no side effects and still had nerve pain on the side of my head due to a vp shunt placement. After 3 day of being on the medication, I felt dry mouth, developed hives on arms, some trouble concentrating and focusing and trouble finding the right words to say, this is only right after taking Neurontin. Besides the side effects, I no longer have nerve pain. | I only take 600 mg a day. I have not had a problem w/weight gain at this time. I feel at this time, the medication is worth taking. But only time will tell. | F | 43 | 2 weeks | 10/6/2009 | 5 | nerve pain from car accident | Weight gain, loss of sexual libido & sexual disfunction, loss of concentration and a feeling of forgetfulness | I have been taking neurontin for about 10 months now to help reduce nerve pain in my neck, arm and shoulder resulting from a car accident several years ago. I have worked up to 300mg 3 times a day and the pain relief is very good. I really notice if I miss even a single dose as the pain gets much worse. Don't like the side effects, especially the sexual ones, so much so that I tried to discontinue the drug, but after a couple days off the medication the pain got extremely intense again and I realized how much relief the drug was actually giving me. Have decided to put up with the side effects to reduce the nerve pain. | F | 43 | 10 months | 11/4/2008 | 5 | Sciatica | Orgasms not as strong. Some weight gain. I always suspected that my body aches and pains that have been increasing over the last few years and have culminated it seems leading to sciatic nerve pain, had everything to do with severe anxiety and depression. Miracle drug- taken away my physical and mental pain. I have a feeling of well being from decades ago and no more sciatic pain. It feels like a warm and loving hug that tells me it's ok to go out into the world and belong. I am so happy with this drug. I don't feel raw and edgy anymore. I feel safe now. | F | 43 | 10 days 300mg x2 | 6/11/2013 |