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 |
| 5 | geniculate neuralgia (ear pain) | Tired at first, jittery/restless/shakey if I forget to take it | I was tired when I first started taking this drug, but I eventually got past that. I take 300mg twice a day and has totally wiped out my ear pain. The only side effect I have now is if I forget to take it at bed time. Which is rare. About two hours later I'll wake up jittery/restless/shakey. It goes away in about 30 minutes after I take it and can go back to sleep. So my body is addicted to the medicine. If I decided to stop, I would have to ween off slowly. | F | 42 | 3 years | 7/17/2009 | 5 | intermittent explosive disorder | My concentration is out this world,I'm able to do anything for hrs....I do things and figure things out I've never even worked on before.I'm 42 yrs old...I could not do without... | M | 42 | 10 days 2100 | 7/27/2014 | 4 | CRPS from venipuncture nerve injury | Significant and frequent brain fog! Difficulty finding words. Weight gain of 30 lbs the first year taking it. In general, significantly slows down my metabolism. Sleepiness. Flu-ish body aches about once a month. Difficulty concentrating. Sometimes I lose my balance. Almost constant twitches under one eye for about two weeks when dosage increased. | Although the side effects are significant, the pain syndrome is worse. In other words, the drug affects how I function, but I wouldn't be able to live with the amount of pain caused by the CRPS. I take 1800 mg/day, and for the most part it keeps my symptoms from being severe. I added Cymbalta 60mg/day this year, which helped take the edge off of symptoms even more, and helped with sleeping. It appears to be a good combination. The half-life of neurontin is short, so you need to stay on a strict schedule of taking the pills, or it will wear off quickly. | F | 42 | 3 years | 9/30/2008 | 4 | neuropathy fm chemical exposure | Started at 800 mg only at night, as I felt disoriented and did not want to drive on it. After a year I was able to take it during the day time. At first it made me feel very drunk, but that effect generally does not appear until very late at night now. It helped with my sleeping a TON, as my leg pain becomes quite terrible toward the end of the day. Now I take 1800 mg a day, and that seems to work. | I don't know what I would do without this drug. The peripheral neuropathy in my legs is very pronounced--to the point that, before I was prescribed neurontin, I would find myself pounding my legs with my fists and considering suicide. The neurontin has a "numbing" effect on my nerves in general, making it much easier to function. I do have to say, though, that I CAN drop off anytime, anywhere. | F | 42 | 3 days | 6/10/2007 | 3 | neuropothy, leg pain | blurred vision, possible joint pain in left knee, occasional nausia, sometimes high (euphric) feeling | Med helps at first but I have to keep taking more and more, takes the edge off but doesnt kill the pain and wake up several times through the night due to back and leg pain. Lyrica is better but I have no insurance and cant work much so I take this becouse it is cheeper | M | 42 | 30 days 900 3X day | 5/23/2012 | 3 | ms | 20 lb weight gain, fogginess, very tired. swelling hands and feet. dry mouth. No sex drive. | neurontin did help with leg spasms. was told weight gain not do to neurontin, don't believe the doc. extreme swelling of hands/feet at night. Some symtoms I am told are from the MS even though I did not have them before. ie...vision problems, stiffness of joints. | F | 42 | 3 months 600 mg 3X day | 5/15/2010 | 3 | Fibromyalgia | I feel like I am taking a combination of "speed" and codeine. My body still hurts a lot, sometimes my mind feels sort of "swimmy", it keeps me awake which is causing me to move around more and end up hurting more. My mood is improved, however I find that I am also constantly clenching my jaw involuntarity and it is starting to hurt. Also my joints (especially knees) hurt and didn't before. | F | 42 | 4 days 300mg 3X day | 3/19/2010 | 3 | Fibromyalgia/CFS | Initial drowsiness, "swelling" of feet, extreme thirst | I've just uppped my dose by 100 mg at night to 500 mg at night and 200 a.m. Am experiencing some ankle swelling and sensation of swelling in hands and elsewhere. Don't know if it is related to Neurontin. Pain a bit better on upped dose-more comfortable but not necessarily functional. Will f/u with MD re: the "swelling", would recommend people give it a try at least for several mths. Tried adding afternoon dose but too sedating. Has helped a little bit with cogntion too. | F | 42 | 6 years | 6/15/2008 | 3 | Damage to the meylin in my arms | constipation | M | 42 | 1 months | 8/16/2009 | 3 | MS pain | Impaired cognitive skills Loss of memory Impaired speech Hallucination Emotional, crying Blurred vision Inability to comprehend Blanking out Oversleeping | I had to stop taking this medicine because of the negative impact it had upon my cognitive skills. It was very good for pain, but the side effects were quite dangerous | F | 42 | 2 months 900 3X day | 2/26/2015 | 2 | neuropathic pain after a car accide | Uncontrolled Weight gain!!! And decreased appetite! | Anyone have similar effects? If so, did stopping the medicine help lose the unwanted weight? | F | 42 | 3 months 600 my | 12/16/2015 | 2 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | Depression, Suicidal Ideation | I don't know if this drug would have worked for my neuralgia or not, as I never reached a really therapeutic dose. At 900mg/day, I started thinking about killing myself all the time. I have never had suicidal thoughts before in my life! I had noticed feeling depressed at lower doses, but hadn't given it much thought until the terrible thoughts started happening. Take care with this med -- the suicidal ideation came on quite suddenly, and was very frightening. | F | 42 | | 8/26/2009 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | Knocks me out. Shortly after taking this medication I can not function, very sleepy and disorientaed and I sleep for hours apon waking I am dizzy and uncoordinated. Great for pain relief but not so great if you want to function normally. I am a single mother and need to work and on this drug it is impossible. | Like many others I have had weight gain increased fatigue, increased muscle spasm, and numbness and tingling in hands and arms. I also have increased muscle weakness and severe pain when I'm awake.I was also on Lyrica and I give that a 1 rating it was a hundred times worse. | F | 42 | 3 weeks | 9/16/2008 | 2 | Insomnia, fibromyalgic pain | Extreme brainfog, unable to focus on anything, slurred speech | I was taking this along with Remeron (anti-dep) and the combination was absolutely awful. I told the doc that I didn't want to take Lyrica because of the dementia it causes while on it, but he still insisted that I try this (similar to Lyrica and apparently also lowers the energy level) in order to sleep better and without benzodiazempam. I think it's a poor sleeping aid (I couldn't do without the benzo anyway) and the total loss of vitality and ability to think and talk during the day makes it totally not worth the trouble. I prefer the benzos to any of these strange alternatives, they give me no side-effects, I sleep well, feel better as a result, and have no trouble to take a break. | F | 42 | 40 days | 12/7/2008 | 1 | Made me act werd | Problems with my speach made my anxitey even worse than it is. Constapation, sore throat, could not even answer phones and say my company's name correct or the clients you should put lower ratings than 1 mine would be - 20 | I would not take this again for anything. They gave it to me for chronic pain thats a joke. It did all the wrong things and none of the right ones it never helped my pain i think it made it worse. Had to go to th ER to and get my pain under contro could hardly explain what was wrong with me my speach was so bad. I only took it three weeks i hope it does not take long to get out of my system. I have a couple of friends that took it for pain one took it only a week gave him bad headaches. His wife took it for a year she was a mess it was a good thing she could stay home she could barley function. This drug is very bad i would not tell my worst enamey to take it. | F | 42 | | 4/4/2008 | 1 | Bi-Polar Disorder: Insomnia/Anxiety | It wasn't until after I stopped taking Gabapentin that I was able to link the medicine to my high level of anxiety, reduced cognition and severe memory loss. It also increased the intensity and frequency of my depression. While taking the medicine it was difficult for me to even hold a conversation. | While I know everyone reacts differently to medication. I can't see how this medicine would benefit anyone | M | 42 | 3 years 300mg 1X day | 7/29/2014 | 1 | Chronic pain | Dizzy, poor balance, facial swelling, couldn't stay awake, foggy brained | F | 42 | 3 days 300mg | 3/20/2017 | 1 | Migraine headaches from concussion | I didn't experience any side effects on 100 mg 3x/day, but on the day that my doctor told me to start taking 200 mg 3x/day I noticed rapid heart beat and had two severe nightmares accompanied with migraine headaches that woke me up in the middle of the night on the day that I increased the dose. Previously, I never had night mares! | F | 42 | 4 weeks 100 mg/day 3X day | 7/28/2010 | 1 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | Dizziness, Drowsy, at a loss for words, weight gain. I happily did not gain any weight the first three months, then in one week I gained 20 pounds. I have not been able to lose the weight over the past 20 months. Not even one pound but haven't gained anymore. It is basically a major sleeping pill and for the people who are having trouble sleeping and are taking neurontin for that reason, I would recommend you get off this drug and just take sleeping pills or melatonin. | It really worked on my nerve pain but it is really hard to get off of. I get severe muscle cramping in my feet every time I try to wean off of it. It causes me to jump straight out of bed numerous times every night from a deep sleep. It is so frustrating. I found a light therapy that is doing wonders for my TN and I am determined to get off of this drug and hope I never have to return to it. | F | 42 | 2 years | 4/21/2007 | 5 | bi-polar disorder | 1800mg daily along with 400mg wellbutrin and 30mg buspar. I began taking neurontin as an alternative to depakote which caused sexual dysfunction. Increased initial dosage of 900mgs to 1800mgs over a 2 year period. Last change was about 9 months ago. | M | 41 | 2 years | 10/31/2001 |