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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Nerve damage in leg and foot | Not sure but have joint pain in fingers | F | 52 | 7 months 800 mg | 12/8/2011 | 4 | Migraines | Initially, moments of absentmindedness that dissipated; sleepiness | Started at 300mg, week later 600mg, then three months later 900 mg and am still at that dosage. Appears to be helping as migraines reduced from almost daily to about 10 a month. I have to admit during this same period I added Magnesium, B2, CQ10 and butterbur. I replaced Butterbur with feverfew which I couldn't take. Anyway, at this time I would say it helps. I don't plan to increase dosage. I do end up in bed by 9, but then again am up early--3-4 am-- (I'm a morning person anyway so it's not a problem). The absentmindedness is in the nature of that moment when the word's on the tip of your tongue but you can't think what it is. I forewarned my friends; initially, I had frequent moments now it's not as often. I've tried various prescriptions, acupuncture, etc. It's early to say this is my "miracle" drug (7 months). I have a history of good short term success, but rarely long term; so we'll see. | F | 45 | 7 months | 11/21/2009 | 4 | Bipolar + Neuropathy | stuttering, mild jerks | made me stable after 4 years of psychotic mania. eased the pain of diabetic neuropathy a lot. made me a zombie! this is rather better than being a crazy, and in pain | M | 7 months | 6/27/2008 | 3 | brachiradial pruritis (itching arms | Water weight gain, occassional drunk feeling. | My neurologist prescribed this after a diagnosis for this weird itching on my arms with NO rash that we could not pin down that had been happening over 2.5 years. He said we had to build the dosage and it may make me sleepy at first. My highest buildup dosage was 3600 mg daily, and that would be make me feel weird sometimes, BUT it did help lower my core body temperature so that I didn't sweat so much, and thus helped with the arms itching during the summer. However, I was retaining a LOT of water and had to take Lasix daily for water retention. And the itching never completely subsided. I am now taking Buspar and Cyproheptadine for the itching, and that combination seems to do the trick. The only reason I still take Neurontin is to help me sleep at night, and it is a pretty good all-over pain reliever. I just can't get to sleep completely without it, though, and I have read that weaning off of this one completely is very difficult without a few weeks of "withdrawl." | F | 41 | 7 months | 1/10/2009 | 2 | Pain, sleep, anxiety, depression | Dysthymia, with alternating sudden and intense bouts of anger and suicidal ideations. Chronic ear infections, always feeling unwell, difficulty speaking. Never had a speech impediment, but around 5 months of use I frequently stutter, say the wrong words and slur my speech. | Did greatly help with sleep. I get quality sleep every day. Helped a little bit with pain. HORRIBLE FOR MOOD AND ANXIETY. Intensified both. What were mild issues have become CHRONIC and SEVERE. I often find myself paralyzed with dread and crying, something that NEVER happened before. | M | 23 | 7 months 200mg 1X day | 1/25/2014 | 1 | Neuropathy of the feet | weight gain immediately, craved chocolate,hair loss, dizziness, clumbsiness,falling over, no thought process,hard time talking and remember simple words...too many to list | I WISH I had NEVER taken the first pill. It's been a NIGHTMARE for me. I've been off it for almost 4 weeks now and STILL have side effects. WILL I NEVER get back to normal? | F | 62 | 7 months 200mg 1X day | 9/10/2014 | 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 | 1 | Sleep deprivation and seizures | Vertigo. Extreme dizziness and vomiting. Finally, after several attempts to be tapered off the drug I was down to 900 mg. unfortunately, I fell and went back to the ER - this time with a broken leg, ankle and severe ligament and tendon problems. This drug has caused numerous problems in my life. I am athletic - have dealt with severe pain in surgeries before this occurred. I am concerned for myself as well as other patients. | F | 7 months 1500 mg | 7/30/2015 | 1 | Fibromyagia | Feeling like you are floating, indicision, hair loss, nail damage, gas and bloating, chest pain difficulty breathing and extreme irregular heart beat. | symptoms increased in severity over time, was hospitalized for cardiovascular effects. doctors all told me that it wasn't the medicine. I went off the meds and after two weeks felt relief from palpitations. pain returned and I restarted at a lower dose about a week later symptoms returned. Benifits Do Not away the risks! | F | 35 | 7 months 300 mg 3X day | 3/9/2010 | 1 | Lower back pain- spondylosis | Tired, bad dreams,severe loss of memory, falls, no sex drive, hiding things | I could not remember the names of things, and would get easily irritated. I cut my arm with a knife, busted a door, hid things from myself and my husband,got in terrible arguments, and could not remember paying the bills. I sent out bills without checks in them and paid some of them twice. My poor husband almost went crazy. I stopped taking this without asking my Dr. because even after my cutting episode she wanted me to take more. I don't think my brain is right and it has been about 30 days since taking any of it. I would rather have the pain and not so sure it worked anyway.I can't work.Who would have a crazy person who can't remember anything work in their law office? I have had many falls, and have broken both my arms as a result of two of the falls. | F | 50 | 7 months 200mg 3X day | 7/8/2010 | 1 | sciatica, L4-5 reherniation, FMS, | severe numbness in hands up to elbows. unable to rest arms on bed or sofa arms. all funny bones extremely painful. caused memory problems and brain fog. unable to think of words. Unable to make decisions. Depression and hopelessness was unbearable. Incredible weight gain. | started at 300mg day up to 1800mg. told no side effects. hubby said I started complaining of tingling in fingers shortly after starting neurontin. Had nerve conduction study and EMG and was told severe carpal tunnel and surgery was necessary. Said no. Weaned off neurontin over 4 days with dr. instructions and within 10-14 days all the numbness was completely gone and funnybones no longer painful/tender. | F | 51 | 7 months | 1/13/2008 | 1 | control of anxiety and mood swings | Horrible fatigue of both body and brain. I thought I was developing early Alzheimers disease. I was getting increasingly depressed and hopeless and instead of interpreting this as a problem with the medication, it was blamed on my | F | 45 | 7 months | 7/29/2005 | 1 | anxiety and mood swings | horrible body and brain fatigue | I was too tired to do anything. My inability to plan social events was blamed on my | F | 45 | 7 months | 7/29/2005 | 5 | diabetic neuralgia back, leg foot | Side effects were funny. I had a | Neurontin is a bit of a wonderdrug for me. My Leg, back, and foot pain was unbearable. The Dr was reluctant to give anything like a narcotic or even a controlled sunstance since my problem was on going. I thought I was going to live a life of pain. But Neurontin took away the horrible disabilitating pain, (I still have pain but it is manageable)and the depression I had long going. I even wake up ready for a good day. I no longer have to push myself out of bed just to endure a day of pain. I feel like the light switch has been turned on after being off for a while. I can walk! before I was pretty much bed ridden or could not go far. I can get in and out of the car. I don't feel like life is a doom anymore. | M | 45 | 6 months | 6/10/2005 | 5 | nerve damage to my arms from surg. | none that i noticed | am on 1200 mg three times daily, seems to releive the nerve pain which was excruciating,and not being touched by the narcotics i take for the other pain from AS. the nerve damage was a side effect of spine surgery. i expect to be on neurontin for about a year. so far six months has passed and at least i am functional again. | M | 56 | 6 months | 1/13/2007 | 5 | Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | None that I'm aware of. | I'm taking it in conjunction with Trileptal and the combination has been working for me. I do have side effects but they appear to be from the Trileptal. | F | 30 | 6 months | 11/18/2003 | 5 | Anxiety | Brain fog at high dosages | Neurontin works quite well for me. I found that it gives me energy while leveling out my mood. However, I think this works best as an "as needed" medicine because it loses it's effectiveness for me after a few weeks of steady use. | M | 30 | 6 months | 12/15/2007 | 5 | bi-polar disorder | mild fatigue | F | 24 | 6 months | 1/24/2002 | 5 | partial seizures | dizzyness, weight gain, really crazy sensations when first falling asleep, long term foggy feeling, kind of groggy, though I feel pretty great while on it now. Seems like it really works for my partial seizures, though the side effects are kind of similar to having the seizures, just less scary. It does help with sleeping and middle of the night anxiety! | I'm trying to cut down because it seems to be making it more difficult at work. It's has most definately stopped the partial seizures almost completelly which makes it possible to function again, but at the expense of feeling "sharp" and "quick" at my somewhat busy job. My husband says I've not been myself - I notice I don't feel the "sparkle" or magic of life - everything seems really "dull" and numb. Which seems to help the seizures which were often caused by visual stimuli. I've started taking the medicine out of the geletin capsuls (it tastes terrible) - but it seems like the weight gain has slowed down since. I'm really bummed that I have to take this, but it totally helps the seizures. I am trying to cut down from 1800/day to 1200 / day, but it seems futile, as I feel totally crazy trying to take less. It feels absolutely terrible cutting down, totally depressing and sick feeling. My doctor is not very involved, I guess since partial se | F | 37 | 6 months | 3/29/2007 | 5 | Ruptured L4/5, referred pain in hip | Hard to tell what the Neurontin by itself did, since I was on some pain relievers also. But I have had very noticeable memory problems and have had trouble getting words out (can't recall the words?). And lately, muscle twitching! Had to be the Neurontin, since I was consistent with dosage of my other meds. Ramping up and down must be very slow (one more or fewer pill per day, every 5-7 days), according to pain clinic. Not sure what happens if you go too fast. | Three years ago, I was in excruciating pain and could barely stand up without crying. Pain clinic ramped me up slowly, to 2700 mg/day. I was functioning again (but could still feel enough pain to know when I could begin to reduce dosage), and avoided a 3rd surgery which I was sure I was going to need. Pain finally subsided and I ramped back down to zero. Had to go back on it this year for same reason, but by 1200mg/day, I was scared to ramp up further because of random twitching, almost any muscle in my body, sometimes more than one at a time. Most noticeable when trying to get to sleep. 1200 isn't helping me, probably will drop this because of the muscle issue. | M | 52 | 6 months | 5/2/2007 |