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 | F | 50 | 2 months | 12/23/2001 | 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 | 3 | severe osteoarthritis, fibromylgia | increased appetite, weight gain, feeling of depression, and oppression, then loss of appetite, didn't want to leave the house, antisocial behavior | 300 mg twice a day and after about a month did have decrease in pain which was incredible but after two and half months the side effects were severe enough that I stopped taking it--then I was so irritable I wanted to twist somebody's head off which passed after a couple weeks | F | 56 | 2 months | 2/24/2009 | 3 | fibromyalgia | weight gain, drowsiness all day and not much relief even at very high dosages. | Pills are huge and difficult to swallow esp when taking several | F | 59 | 2 months | 3/25/2009 | 3 | Atypical Trigeminal Neuralgia | I'm taking the lowest dose, 100mg as needed. Reason is my age, plus I tend to have bad reactions to all meds. I'm being very careful with this and probably not taking enough to do me any good. I've taken it off and on as needed. | I need to talk with someone who has facial pain or Atypical trigeminal neuralgia. I am so miserable, and can't function well at all in recent weeks. I've had it for about 8 years, and in the past it has flared up and then subsided. It doesn't seem to be going away this time, but is getting worse. Please email me if you have this problem. I need to try something else, Anyone - let me know if you tried Lyrica? Right now I only take Neurontin and Ativan. | F | 73 | 2 months | 3/18/2008 | 3 | Fibromyalgia, CRPS, Sciatica, Pain | Anxiety through the roof, moody, crying, suicidal ideations, memory loss, trouble speaking. Emotionally, this is the worst I've ever felt in my life! Like seriously scary stuff. This drug may help some people but for me the side effects are just too much | It helps my pain but sadly the side effects are so bad that they outweigh the positives. Im weaning myself off, hope it's not as bad as some say to get off of. I am seriously close to committing myself on psych hold the depression is SO overwhelming | F | 48 | 2 months 200mg 3x | 1/31/2017 | 2 | Social Anxiety | Jaundice | other than obvious yellowing of my skin, it did absolutely nothing that I could tell | M | 28 | 2 months | 5/27/2008 | 2 | Meralgia Paresthetica | Groggy, dopey, losing my balance, blurry vision, very dry mouth and thirsty all the time. Gaining weight. | Neurologist wanted to start me at 900 mg/day and then cut back if I had ill effects. I said I would prefer to start at 300 mg/day and work up slowly unless I had ill effects. Got to about 600 mg/day and started feeling groggy,etc. He had me cut back a bit but I am weaning myself off and will figure out some other way to deal with the leg pain! This side effects of this medication are worse than the problem it was supposed to help. I've since had others tell of similar problems with Neurontin. Thanks but no thanks. | F | 68 | 2 months | 8/23/2009 | 2 | Bipolar I Disorder | Severe reflux w/food backing up into esophagus; bloating and gray bowel movements; kidney pain and infection; coughing up phlegm; worsening of asthma - highest dose 900 mg./day | Was mildly effective at best. Side effects grew more severe with use. I've been off it for over 1 month and side effects are just now subsiding. | F | 55 | 2 months | 4/7/2009 | 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 | Panic Disorder, GAD | Tiredness, some blurry vision, dizziness, | The first time I took it I felt AMAZING. It made me feel stoned. However I never got that same feeling again, and it eventually stopped working and I began having panic attacks again. Taking it 3 times a day was also a huge pain, and I often forgot to take the second dose. But even remembering all three doses made no difference. | F | 20 | 2 months 100mg 3X day | 12/29/2015 | 2 | Chronic daily headaches | dizzyness, fatigue, general stupidity, memory problems, felt a little high occasionally, there are more but i cant remember them!! | this really didn't work for me at all. i hope the side effects go away soon, they were actually fun at first and didnt affect schoolwork that much, they still dont but they make social interactions more difficult, i cant remember a thing, i cant complete a thought and then when i try to go back to it i've forgotten what it was | F | 16 | 2 months | 1/20/2008 | 2 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | Inability to focus and it makes mee feel depressed. I do not feel refreshed after sleeping. | F | 29 | 2 months | 3/26/2004 | 2 | nerve pain from severe spine problm | weight gain, depression, mood swings | have only been taking it 2 mos.but saw no difference in pain levels with 300x3/day. Lethargic all the time & feel sleepy but had much difficulty being able to sleep, depression but not positive it was from this drug. Definite nervousness with mood swings & sometimes hostility. Am going off it & have weaned down to 300x1, will take 1 every other day for a few days. If my pain continues to get worse I could try it again but probably won't. | F | 60 | 2 months | 7/16/2004 | 2 | diabetic neuropathy | My endocrinologist prescribed this for me back in late July after diagnosing me with neuropathy. i was a new patient. I was started at 100 mg twice a day (7/30) increased to 900mg by 8/29 and then to 1800mg by 9/26. I cut back to 1200 a day on 9/29. That was around the time i started having sleep disturbances, nightmares, and racing thoughts in my sleep, so bad i'd wake up suddenly trembling, sweating and crying (sometimes ncontrollable) also mood swings and constantly irritable with borderline personality fluctuations. Funny butall the tiem i was taking it i was still reaching for my husband's bottle of Lortab on most mornings from the pain being so bad, especially in my feet. I am in the process of weaning myself off of this drug, it will take another week and 3 days till i'm off completely. I'm explaining this to my endo on my next visit in December. Now i hope and pray that no permanent damage was done. | I would not recommend this drug to anyone, you'd be better off taking a narcotic painkiller, motrin, or tylenol. | F | 45 | 2 months | 10/14/2007 | 2 | migraines | slight drowsiness, no sex drive | F | 34 | 2 months 600 3X day | 11/1/2010 | 1 | Nerve Pain | Can't Orgasm! Loss of Words! Weight Gain! | F | 30 | 2 months 600 MG 3X day | 10/25/2010 | 1 | nerve damage | Horrible nightmares!!! Night sweats galore. The next day I'm dizzy, like I had been drinking all night. My vision is blurry. Weird and creepy thoughts, dont feel like myself. Takes hours to fall asleep. Then when I do, I wake up every hour with a night mare. | The only good thing I can say about this drug, is that when I take it I dont feel any pain. But the side effects are not worth it! | F | 36 | 2 months 300 1X day | 9/19/2010 | 1 | Interstitial Cystitis | Inability to Orgasm....makes your genitals NUMB | It worked for the pain, but if you want an orgasm FORGET IT. You will loose ALL your sensitivity. I have since been off this medication for 3 weeks and I still am having trouble. I think it has caused PERMANENT nerve damage to my genitals. I didn't have this problem before. This has me very worried. | F | 43 | 2 months 200 1X day | 11/16/2011 | 1 | neuropathy | ALmost immediatly after starting at 300 mg 3x/day had very difficult time urinating, horrible constipation, gained almost 20 pounds in 10 days with no change in diet (I am very slim and eat a low fat diet richs in fruits, veggies and whole grains), kidneys began to shut down, blurred vision that prevented me from driving or being able to work, very dizzy and almost stoned feeling, became very paranoid (I am not a recreational drug user so these side effects scared the hell out of me), almost wrecked my car when I tried driving to work, had trouble with breaking out in sweats and had continual hot flashes, spend most of the day cryaing and thinking about suicide (never did before taking neurontin). | neurontin did very little for the neuropathy, but made it 10 times worse when I tried to stop. my doctor urged me to keep taking it, increasing my dose and i told him to go **** himself. I can see why people committ suicide due to pain and the side effects from toxic western meds. i hope there is a special place in hell for the big pharma/medical caretl | M | 49 | 2 months | 7/14/2005 |