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 | Peripheral Neuropathy -non diabetic | Memory loss (went from 4.0 college student to a 3.0) and that in only 8 short weeks. I cannot remember jack sh*t. Laziness, weakness in the entire body. Zero sex drive. Dizziness, blurred vision, moments of binging for sweets (Never done that before prior to this medication) | I began taking this drug 4 months ago. I started out at 200mg every 8 hours which was near impossible to keep up with. I had funny dizzy type feelings at first then it went away. I was fine pain gone, then pain back, doc upped me to 600mg every 12hrs. Ok pain gone, now I cannot remember anything. NOTHING! I ask people things twice then ask again. My college classes are getting so difficult I cannot hardly do it. I was a 4.0 student! Not anymore. I haven't gained any weight, but have no sex life period any longer. I get strange feelings that come over me, insomnia you name it. While the pain is gone it isn't worth it I have to find something else. I check out lyrica and cymbalta and I am terrified of them too! | F | 37 | 4 months | 10/8/2009 | 3 | Chronic Back & Neck Pain/Tension He | Poofy hands, poofy tummy. Most certainly water weight and gas from constipation. Sometimes "trippy" feeling. Relaxes me. Weight gain, but I was also on Remeron, and I was eating all night, waking up, eating a lot. Gabapentin does not make me want to eat a half a box of cereal like remeron did. | I don't have withdrawal effects. There are days, sometimes weeks where I don't need it, then my back or neck acts up again and I take it. When I don't take it, I notice my "poofy" goes away. | F | 38 | 4 months 2000 mg 1X day | 4/1/2015 | 3 | Migraine and anxiety | Weight gain of 15 lbs. In three weeks at 600 mg., edema, dry mouth, rashes, bruising | I cut this med. In half a few weeks ago and already have lost 10 lbs. | F | 55 | 4 months 300 | 9/30/2019 | 3 | sciatica nerve pain and back pain | I have a horrible memory after taking this drug. I often forget where I put things and quickly forget directions and information people tell me. When at work or school I feel like I am working through a fog. I get restless and constantly have to be doing something. I have gained at least 10 pounds since taking this medication. | I take the max dosage (I believe) which is 2700mg a day, and it seems to numb out my body except for the nerve pain in my leg. So It does not really do much for my pain, but I don't have many other options, so I take the medication because it does dull the pain somewhat. | F | 17 | 4 months 300mg 9X day | 2/26/2010 | 3 | Peripheral neuropathy&2 rupt. discs | Disorientation, dizziness, high blood pressure, itching hands & ankles, inabilty to get out the right word, some irritability, unable to focus & stay on task | This med helped with the pain from ruptured spinal discs, but at higher doses(I started @ 1/day, 300mg ea. & am up to 5/day, 300mg ea.) I have begun to get severe itching spells several times/day that last 1 to 2 hours at a time. I also developed high blood pressure within a couple of weeks of starting this med & have never had any bp problems in my life. Add that to the meds I have to take for diabetes. I want to quit taking it all together, but the withdrawal horror stories are giving me pause. I did have facial edema also, but I began sleeping on 2 pillows and it has nearly completely disappeared. | F | 43 | 4 months 300mg 5X day | 12/19/2012 | 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 | chronic occipital neuralgia | extreme sedation, tired during day, awake (mildly) at night | attemting to take myself off caused pain 10x greater than before. Was taking concurrently with cybalta, nortriptyline, and methadone. Currently titrating towards 1800mg/day | M | 23 | 4 months | 2/9/2005 | 3 | social reticence | Possible fuzzy thinking at high dose | Very minimal side effects | M | 35 | 4 months | 10/26/2004 | 1 | Depression | Loquaciousness (talking excessively),anxiety, feeling outside of myself. It think that there is something about it that was addictive for me. My doctor told me that I could take however much I wanted. I don't think that it helped my depression. | F | 25 | 4 months | 6/14/2005 | 1 | Migraine Headaches | Cant think,bright lights hurt,dizzy,fighting with the wife(this is some thing we never did before in the 6 years we have been married)both shoulders, hurt can't spell,gained weight,can't wake up in the morring(never had that problem before)there is more i'm sure if i could think better | i started with topax,there was no help there so we started on neurontin. Started on 600mg a day no help. so then 1800mg a day.no help. at least for me vocodin took away the pain.Now with neurontin the pain is still there and they put me on clonazem to help me relax.i have given up coffee and smoking to help get rid of the pain. DON'T TAKE IT! My life was better with out it. | M | 45 | 4 months | 3/9/2005 | 1 | neuropathinc pain | Memory loss, headaches, nausea, confusion, extreme anger outbursts, crying and self harming thoughts | F | 29 | 4 months | 12/20/2007 | 1 | Headaches | Brain fog, memory loss, using the wrong words, dizzy, heart racing... | Now since i stopped taking it i cant sleep at night, muscle weakness in my leg, and really bad headaches | F | 22 | 4 months 300mg | 6/5/2016 | 1 | RSD CRPS post surgery | I have trouble remembering speaking certain words. I had blurred vision hard heavy heart beating rapid heartbeat at times. Emotional. Severe rash on leg and foot. Numbness. Shooting eye pain shortness of breath and chest pains | F | 43 | 4 months 300 -700 | 9/11/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | Bad hair loss | My hair fell out and it was ineffective | F | 43 | 4 months 2X day | 1/8/2014 | 1 | connective tissue | i had every side affect,that has been written,i wound up in a coma for 15 days on life support they said i had died several times,they wanted to pull the plug thank god i did not have a living will, or the plug would have been pulled, it has lrft me with brain damage,more pain than ever,blurred vision,unstable walking i can go on for ever,i thank god every day for giving a second chance att life and believe i am here to warn you abvout neurontin and other drugs please lok into everything u are taking some of the drugs that are prescribed has not been approved by the FDA for the purpose that you need it but the script companys wine and dine are doctors to push trhese drugs on us. please do your research DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG or anyother till you have read avbout it PHIFZERis one of the company to be really concerned with i hope u don t mind my bad writting but it take it all out of me t have even written this but when i saw it i had to resond if u need to speak with | please do not take this drug this was finally labled in jan 30 2008 danderous like it always should have been.this drug was for siesure medicine only, thats the only thing the FDA has approved it for | F | 49 | 4 months | 3/25/2008 | 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 | Anxiety | A little off balance and clumsy at times. Have a hard time trying to find the word I'm looking for and some memory problems. | This medicine works great for my anxiety. It calms my nerves. I would definitely recommend. | F | 22 | 3 months 600mg | 11/2/2014 | 5 | bipolar disorder | Some lethargy, dullness feeling. | I am very happy with it. It works much better than the extremely high dosages of Depakote I was on. I felt slightly groggy in the beginning, but it leveled out well. The dull feeling comes and goes, but not sleepy. | F | 28 | 3 months | 3/14/2002 | 5 | Post back fusion (nerve pain) | Tired,lack of motivation,weight gain,acne,diminished coordination and mental faculties | I don't enjoy the side effects but love being pain free. | M | 38 | 3 months | 2/5/2005 | 5 | post herpatic neuralgia (PHN) | dizziness/lightheadedness, forgetfulness | I take 800 MG 4 times a day, and, so far, it seems like it's worth it. The benefits outweigh the side effects, although I have had some embarrassing cases of forgetfulness- forgetting to take my keys out of the ignition and leaving my parked car running while at work! But I would definitely reccomend this to anyone with PHN- it is working a lot better than the other drugs I have taken- Lyrica, Elavil, Tramadol, etc. | F | 18 | 3 months | 4/29/2007 |