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 | Disks: 4-5 Central, 5-1 Collapsed | Male Sexual Disfunction, it did help with greatly with leg pain, but not worth the trade off. Slept very well. | Would have been great if it did not cause "male problems." Kadian (time released morphine) alone does much more help with seemingly no side effects so far. | M | 34 | 7 days | 6/18/2007 | 2 | migraines | slight drowsiness, no sex drive | F | 34 | 2 months 600 3X day | 11/1/2010 | 1 | Vulvadynia | Drowsiness, dizziness, trouble concentrating, weight gain | I never had any positive result from this drug although this may stem from being misdiagnosed. A doctor other than the perscribing physician recently recommended me taking myself off the drug. I have been dealing with over a week of intense, unbearable maigraines. I am praying they will stop soon. If the prescribing Dr. had not retired, I would love to give him a piece of my mind. I would never recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 34 | 2 years | 7/1/2006 | 1 | Pseudo seizures | Interaction with other RX. Drowsy. Hard time getting off of it. | F | 34 | 4 years 600 | 7/12/2012 | 1 | migraine prevention | extreme mood swings of hostile/anger/rage variety and very manic when i have always been the opposite; word recall (i am a writer and avid reader so this was bad); worsening of already bad insomnia and anxiety (dr. swore it would help me sleep...yeah right); zero effect on migraines (i have 3 to 4 level 9 pain scale a week). loss of focus and concentration. if not raging and manic (80% of the time), then i felt like a zombie the other 20% but not enought to sleep | i do not recommend this med. after 10 weeks off the med i still have daily hostility and rage. it is like the med threw a switch in my head that left me permanently in rage mode and the slightest thing can set me off on a verbal tirade for hours. i am not sure it will ever end. insomnia is still bad and at the level it was while still on the med. i also have fibromyalgia and it did zero for any of the fibro pain either. i was hoping to kill 2 birds w/ one stone but both are still flying. | M | 34 | 5 weeks | 8/21/2007 | 1 | nerve pain in neck | drowsiness, dizziness, back pain, nausea, weight gain | M | 34 | 3 months | 11/15/2004 | 1 | panic attacks | A major worst yet ever panic attack. ALso had super sensitivities to sounds lights etc almost like being on a hallucinogenic | F | 34 | | 8/27/2004 | 1 | Back pain | People dont use this drug. Its a poison. My body reacted real bad to it. On second day my stomach throw up as body reacted to this drug as the poison. It's also are damaging brain by making complete vegetable out you. It gives hearth problems and reduces blood circulation giving pins and needles in arms and legs. It gives terrible headache, dry mouth and eyes and ringing in ears. This drug made me very aggressive and angry, also reduced concentration with blurred vision. | Didnt help back pain. Pain is still there. | M | 34 | 2 days 30 mg 1X day | 6/10/2014 | 1 | numbness in legs and arms with move | Took 300 mg for two nights. Felt goofy and sluggish the first day. The second day I woke up ok but felt really weird. Mental fog then right side of face and head felt like it was burning while the left side of face esp nose felt like it was swelling. Said wrong names of people I know well! | Don't risk it. I had to be driven home by coworkers and on the way I took two benedryls for an allergic reaction and went to sleep. | F | 34 | 2 days | 11/13/2009 | 5 | anxiety disorders, depression | drowsiness, which is a good thing since I take it at night before bed. Dizziness, foggy head, headache, which all go away with continued use. | Gabapentin does work very well for generalized anxiety and social anxiety.It has a moderate effect on depression as well. I take 600mg at night before bed.I would never take it during the day as it knocks you out and/or severely affects your ability to function normally for 6-8 hours after a dose.When I wake-up, I feel great.It elevates gaba levels, and eliminates the generalized anxiety associated with being overwhelmed with everyday tasks. It also eliminates that nervous feeling when thinking about being in social situations, and allows me to look forward to social situations. It also makes me far less apprehensive to engage in conversation with people I don't know. This drug needs to be experimented with to get the right dose, and the side affects go away, but it did take almost 6 months for them to go away. The drowsiness is a side affect that doesn't go away, and thats why I would suggest taking it in the evening. Its a great drug to use in conjunction with an SSRI or SNRI. | M | 33 | 1.5 years | 12/21/2007 | 5 | BIPOLAR/ADD | Euphoria/Slight Dizziness | Neurontin is a wonder drug, it is teamed with Lamictal and Adderall XR. Helps me with anxiety and mood swings. Also helps me sleep well at night comfortably and wake up easily. I am glad that I can take this instead of the benzos, this drug is so much better and effective for my situation and symptoms. | F | 33 | 3 months | 3/6/2006 | 4 | bi-polar disorder | i take this in combination with many medications. weight gain and fatigue are the most prominent side effects though this could be linked to the lithium i take as well. Used to take Lamictal but had to stop due to rash | Decent medication, set aside from cost. | F | 33 | 5 months | 12/23/2003 | 3 | severe herniated disk in lower back | forgetfulness, weight gain, clumsiness | This helped me tremendously with the severe leg, foot, and back pain I had before I had surgery on a herniated disk in my back. My doctor did not tell me to stop gradually and the withdrawl was uncomfortable for a week or so, but then I was finel. | F | 33 | 4 months | 2/18/2005 | 3 | occipital neuralgia | A) gained almost 10 pounds...I have an increased appetite; B) fatigue; C) I couldn't believe this when I read it here...but, someone who gave this a "1" rating said the bottoms of their feet hurt! The bottoms of my feet hurt, too. And it started the a few days after I started the medicine; I thought it was my shoes, but my feet have been hurting for 2 months straight and it's not my shoes; I would have never linked it to neurontin. D) drunk/clumsy feeling to the point where my co-workers ask if I'm drunk all the time. | I was diagnosed w/ chronic migraines for over 5 years. I was certain it wasn't migraines cuz I never felt sick or had sensitivity to sound (yeah, light sometimes). I finally went to see a third neurologist who said I didn't have migraines...it's occipital neuralgia. My head pain (sharp stabbing pain on left back side of head parallel to lower earlobe) has gone away; however, I do feel the pain on occasion...but, not every minute. I'm going to research this medicine more and decide whether or not I want to continue to take it. | F | 33 | 63 days | 7/1/2006 | 3 | Anxiety, Insomnia | mild dizziness, slow speech. | This drug has helped me with anxiety a bit, and it helped my mood a little. The drug is not addictive as the benzos, it can help with mild anxiety symptoms, it is really used for pain and as an antisconvulsant. Unfortunately, you will need a higher dose to get some of those off label benefits | M | 33 | 3 months | 6/13/2009 | 3 | Yes | Fatigue, Depression, Thoughts of suicide, nasuea. | I had my 2nd back surgery, which after 3 weeks resulted in being hospitalized again b/c I got MRSA in the incision area. I have no reflexes in my right foot and since the last surgery have been suffering from pain down the back of my legs. I was put on nuerontin, b/c I was tired of being on pain killers. I have noticed some differences in my day to day activities, but still have pain and taking pain killers. I have also been on depression meds for 4 years. It worries me that I am having such terrible thoughts. Even on how to do it so my family does not have to clean up the mess. My depression has been under control until the third week of taking the neurontin. I go in to see my doctor again here soon, but thinking I should go sooner. | F | 33 | 4 weeks | 1/3/2010 | 2 | Periferal and centr. neurop. pain | Difficulties breathing/Dysphnea. | Neurontin helped me for almost a month, but ended up with giving me problems breathing. So I had to drop it, unfortunately. Because it gave me great pain relief. | M | 33 | 30 days | 12/14/2009 | 2 | Carpal tunnel pain, pain in arms. | Feel drugged 3 hours from taking. diminished clear thinking. Feel like I am floating outside my body. Feel ready to pass out. Vivid dreams. Can sleep through my alarm clock. Almost late for work. Increased clumsiness. | No noticeable reduction to pain. Supposedly I am to take it 2x daily after day 3 and then after day 6 3x daily, but no way will I. I don't like the feeling I get after taking it at night, so nope can't imagine wanting to feel that way during the day and at work. | F | 33 | 5 days 300 1X day | 9/22/2016 | 2 | Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain | word association problems, memory issues, serious bouts of disassociative mental states, unreliable pain relief, dizziness/drowsiness | I added gabapentin to my established daily doses of Zonegran (200mg 2x per day) in the hopes of obtaining better pain control. I have had problems with some nerve and epilepsy agents in the past, and the effect they have on my memory, so I wasn't entirely surprised that it started to affect my mental function. It did help my pain a good deal initially, but the disassociative episodes have gotten so bad now that I cannot continue taking the doses prescribed to me. | F | 33 | 2 months 100mg 3X day | 5/29/2016 | 2 | Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia & MS | Weight gain (about 20 pounds, but I also quit smoking at the same time), major flareups of IBS, chronic diarrhea once I reached a dose of 600 mg 4 times per day, abdominal pain. | Unfortunately this med didn't help either the face pain or the peripheral neuropathy I have from MS, or I might have put up with the side effects just to have some relief. When my face really flared I felt like I wasn't taking anything. The withdrawal symptoms were *exactly* like opiate withdrawals. | F | 33 | 6 days | 12/18/2007 |