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 |
| 1 | MS | Weight GAIN ,,mood swing,I.have numb hands one of my symptoms from MS is neuropathy This med made my hands retain fluid. Just got married a month ago it ruined my honeymoon because of the controllable crying. Get this off the market ,, | It's an evil drug | F | 32 | 1 months 300mg | 12/5/2014 | 1 | MS and nerve pain | Where to start, let's see, gas, memory loss, forgetting everything, depression, water retention, brain fog, and indigestion so bad it kept me up! I was not myself, I tapered down after getting on my full dose. All bad symptoms stopped including the messed up vision Neurontin gave me. Not worth being all screwed up because of a pill. I have enough problems with MS and fibro and the brain fog those give me. I need no added help from Neurontin!!! | F | 57 | 1 months 100 mg | 4/10/2014 | 1 | Neuropathy | Bloated horribly, gained 13 pounds in one month, gas, helped the burning pain but not worth the side effects | F | 43 | 1 months 300 mg | 9/11/2014 | 1 | Nerve pain | Twitching , sudden muscle movement | I have had a sudden twitch every once in a while . I can be holding something and my arm jerk and my hand suddenly open and i drop what im holding . This has been going on for years , I stopped taking neurontin a few years ago but the muscle twitch never stopped . I never experienced this until taking neurontin, so I know that this drug is the cause. | M | 36 | 1 months 1200 mg. | 1/21/2017 | 1 | Tailbon Nerve Pain | The side effects while starting up the neurontin were tolerable....spaciness, a little depression, weird dreams. But when I decided it wasn't helping my pain and decided to OFF the neurontin, that's when the real nightmare began. I'm having chills, sweats, anxiety, insomnia, loss of appetite, headache....I just wish I knew how long this withdrawal will last. I don't recommend this drug unless it's a last resort. | F | 46 | 1 months | 7/30/2005 | 1 | nerve damage/pain | weight gain, extreme fatigue,total loss of energy. slept all the time. Had to take 1800mg daily to get full benifts | helped burning nerve pain best. But the loss of my energy and feeling like my life was falling apart were not worth it. This drug also causes Solemence which I feel atributes to overeating then weight gain (gained 45lbs. in one year) | F | 32 | 1 months | 4/23/2004 | 1 | neuropathy | Within 2 weeks gained 15 pounds (im vert slim) despite eating almost nothing due to nerve pain, legs and ankles swelled. Felt like a space cadet, fell down on my spine and made matters worse, confusion, wild mood swings, terminal constipation. Takes some of the pain away, if i don't take a dose break out in sweats and hot flashes, doctor prescribed it with low dose of vicodin, also a nasty drug. | I'm waiting on word from neurosurgeon about surgery for pinched nerves due to disk compression. If I have to wait much longer I don;t know nwhat i'll do have suicidal thoughts most of the time. Quality of life = 0 | M | 58 | 1 months | 7/13/2005 | 1 | anxiety | none | if the pharmacist was playing a trick on me and replaced my neurontin script with sugar pills, i wouldn't have known the difference. the company that makes it has since gotten in serious trouble for marketing the drug through back channels for indications for which it wasn't effective. i can't speak for its use as an adjunct in seizure disorders, but for just about anything else it's worthless. (see: buspar) | M | 21 | 15 weeks | 10/30/2004 | 3 | anxiety | I am no longer on this but reading through others comments I am struck by the 'struggling with words' problem. This was a VERY obvious side effect for me and as a writer, I could not adjust to this. | I actually felt this did some good as an added benefit, my insomnia went away completely!!! It also eradicated the nerve pain in my hip that I have lived with since a car accident 20 years ago and loved that. Unfortunately getting off of it was hard. It was like all the blocked pain came back with a vengence and I felt as if I was losing my mind. This only lasted a few days but it sucked so just be forewarned if you are going to stop taking it. | F | 38 | 12 weeks | 3/29/2007 | 4 | RLS and knee pain. | Taking 600mg at one time made me feel loopy but 300mg 2x a day helped more than any other pain med. margarines have almost disappeared. NO restless legs. And helped so much with my knee pain and some with my back pain. | My only side effect is having some loose bowel movements from time to time. I think gabapentin is a A++ and works so much better than hydrocodone 3-4xdaily. | F | 41 | 10 weeks 300mg | 10/23/2015 | 1 | nerve pain in feet | Uncontrollable sobbing, hours at a time, homicidal thoughts, suicidal thoughts, massive swelling feet, ankles, legs, shoes didn't fit, couldn't concentrate, couldn't focus, gained 22 lbs in 6 weeks. | I will advise everyone I know NEVER to take this drug, yes all my foot pain was gone, but I thought my life was over, I have begun slow taper off. I felt like I had a stranger living in my body and I HATED her. | F | 56 | 10 weeks 900 mg | 11/26/2015 | 4 | undiagnosed hip pain which caused m | In the beginning, I couldn't sleep much and had a | F | 48 | 7 weeks | 2/6/2005 | 3 | peripheral neuropathy | Doctor had to keep increasing the dose. It would work for awhile, then stop working. I am still in the process of trying to get good results. | M | 67 | 7 weeks | 7/9/2009 | 3 | nerve pain due to 4 surgeries | Sleepy and feel drunk if I take the pills too close together. Cannot think quickly enough to speak. I talk and then pause for too long before I can find the words to communicate with. | Am happy all of the time even though I have a major problem in my life. I forget things more easily now. When I forget to take a pill and take it an hour or 2 later, I feel drunk. I have no balance, say the wrong words when talking, and feel silly in how I act. Worried about my accuracy at work but am ok. The relief I have is not 100% but it is far better than when I didn't take it so I would like to increase my dosage to see if the pain with leave me. I am still not convinced the pain is from nerve damage. If the pain lessens more then maybe I will believe it. I can deal with the tiredness. The drunk feeling would not happen if I didn't forget some days until later to take a dosage. Do not like the constant happiness when I should be feeling sad. Doctor says the side effects and pain will get better the longer I take it. | F | 46 | 7 weeks | 1/26/2009 | 2 | chronic pain | In the beginning mild dry eye and feeling thirsty a lot. Starting around 300mg/day, started feeling 'spaced out' and heavily tranquilized, dizzy, hungry, difficult to concentrate at work, and worst of all: depression. Felt sad and tearful and had no control over these emotions. Very unlike me. I was at 700mg/day when I decided to wean off. | The side effects affected my work and sense of well-being. It was NOT worth waiting to see if they would wear off. I know some folks who take 3600mg/day and are perfectly fine. I guess I'm sensitive to it. | F | 37 | 7 weeks 200-300 3X day | 6/17/2011 | 1 | Neuropathy | Severe dizziness, forgetfulness, drowsiness, etc. Numbness in hands, delayed movements. Mood swings, personality changes. | I could not be more dissatisfied with this medication. I feel like I am high all the time. I have bruises all over my body from walking into things. I am in graduate school, and I had to take time off because I can't even spell; yesterday, I forgot how to spell the word "does." As a math major with a 4.0 GPA, forgetting the basic multiplication tables (when I am supposed to be working on the "hole argument") is beyond infuriating. I am almost in tears with how much my mental capacity has decreased. The side effects are so severe that I am even forgetting how to do very rote things, like turn on the television or slice a piece of chicken -- that is, if I even remember to eat (sometimes I cannot even identify what that 'weird sensation' in my stomach is, a.k.a. hunger, so I go the entire day without eating). It isn't normal that I cannot coordinate holding a knife and a fork at the same time. Give me a break. This medication is horrible. I have seen no | M | 24 | 7 weeks | 2/13/2009 | 4 | Anxiety/Aggitation | Oddly, although Neurontin is promoted for migraine prophylaxis, I am getting more "mini-migraines" (aura but not much pain) right now. Not sure if it is the Neurontin because this is my seasonal migraine high point (I am also in the midst of writing my PhD dissertation so the stress level is very high!). Thirsty a lot - I didn't know that was a side-effect until I read it hear. Dizziness and "high" feeling only lasted about a week. Burning stomach last about 2-3 weeks. Increased hunger is still with me but getting less over time. I don't think I have gained much weight - I eat about the same and my pant size hasn't changed. I do get cravings for sweets in the evening - that is new. No real brain fog, actually my thoughts are clearer. I had bad brain fog on Topomax(taken as a migaine prophylaxis). I have noticed on other websites that people who hate Topomax seem to love Neurontin and visa versa - maybe a personal brain chemistry thing. | It really reduced anxiety, aggitation and mild mania (fast talking). My wife can tell if I miss a dose so it must be good! As my doc said, this is a fairly clean drug - it doesn't hit too many brain functions and it doesn't interact chemically with other meds or alcohol (gotta have a glass of wine with dinner!). Overall I am pleased except for the huge number of pills - 2x100mg 3x daily. I have to get this stuff in giant bottles! Hopefully someone will come out with an SR version. | M | 47 | 6 weeks | 8/17/2006 | 3 | Neuropathic pain | Numerous side effects. Dizzy. Room spinning. Lurching sensation whilst siting. Unsteadiness. Difficult walking. Poor coordination. Lethargy. Poor balance. Easily tired. Body jolts, jerks, limbs jerking. Jaw suddenly jerking. Nightmares. Vivid dreams. | Helped with my pain which was mostly excruciating burning to both feet. Horrible side effects. | M | 58 | 6 weeks 600 mg 3X day | 5/28/2016 | 2 | rls and neuropathy | I was on neurontin for about 6 weeks. In the beginning it worked well with no side effects; however after 5 weeks or so I became very, very tired all the time. I was afraid to drive. I'd fall asleep just sitting in a chair. The longer I took it the more tired I became. I've stopped taking it. While it worked for rls and neuropathy while on it the rest of my life was a yawn. | Besides the sleepiness I found it hard to follow conversations. My RLs isn't bad enough to warrant this medicine. The cure was worse than the conditon. Odd, that it worked well for a few weeks without tiredness to start. | F | 66 | 6 weeks | 11/8/2008 | 2 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | I might have a side effect of a dry throat like hibes. A little bit of dizziness at times. | I was up to 1800mg and wanted to go off it because nothing was happening Dr. increased me to 2400 Mg per day ( 4 x600) for Trigeminal Neuralgia. Today I go to 3,000 mg per day. If I don't get some relief then I will meet with the Dr. and taper off of Neurontin and request a new drug. Was up til 4 30am last night. My TN has increased so I don't know if going of Neurontin will all of a suded show me significant pain the the Neurontin was working. Now I feel it is not doing any good. I am interested in how long it takes to do any good. Manufacture was unable to give me that information. They also would not tell me how to taper off it.They said I had to see the dr. I did learn that it had a half life of 5 to 7 hours. I will not go off it cold turkey as I have read a lot about it. Call me or email me if you have any ecperience with this. | M | 64 | 6 weeks | 9/26/2004 |