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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | suprascapular neuropathy | Normally a consistently happy person, during the last month (I have been on the medication for 6 weeks) I have experienced depression, anxiety, paranoia, decreased appetite, loss for words, confusion. DO NOT TAKE THIS MEDICINE if for other reasons besides epilepsy. It can ruin your relationships with others. Now I am weening off the meds because it has had such an impact on my social and academic life. | F | 20 | 6 weeks | 9/15/2007 | 1 | epilepsy | I lost words and was agitated a lot. I got upset easily and cried a lot. I got so dizzy that I had to hold on to walls when I walked. | This drug made me absolutely miserable. Nightmarish. | F | 30 | 6 weeks | 9/27/2005 | 1 | spine, fibromialgia and agoraphobia | rage, confusion, hallucinations, voices, hunger, pain all over, migraines from hell, depressed and feeling very suicidal then less suicidal, afraid to act upon it, wanting to do something insane like meet strange men on websites, gave away my poor cat of 3 years then freaked out and wanted him back, extremely paranoid, flashbacks of horrific events that i thought i had forgotten. Also, now mouth sores, armpit and neck sores. | I really wanna get help for my spine, agoraphobia, depression and fibromyalgia...but at what cost? I think i have to see my g.p. before i act upon something or my daughter throws me out for raging at her all the time..ugh~ | F | 49 | 6 weeks 300 3X day | 2/24/2010 Patient History | 5 | Migraine and icepick headaches | dry mouth, tiredness | F | 44 | 5 weeks | 3/14/2005 | 5 | disc herniatian L4 | Some memory problems, forgetting words. Initially was drowsy...drunklike, but that went away. I think the side effects are pretty manageable for the great gain. | This drug worked wonders for my sciatic pain after a microdiscetomy. I was on a lot of vicodin...and have propensity to abuse opiates. So neurontin really helped take the need for narcotics away. It does seem to take a bit to work but I do notice it helps the pain soon after. I usually need to take it up to 4x a day. I usually take 100mg as needed in am and pm and at bedtime I do 300 mg. | F | 43 | 5 weeks | 9/23/2009 | 4 | nerve damage from a deep incision | At first: mushy brain, hyperactivity, and anxiety, but these have subsided. | My doctor started me at 100mg for a week, then upped the dosage 100mg a week from there. For me, this was great, and helped with the severity of my body getting used to the drug. I'm up to 400mg (200 in the am, 100 in the mid afternoon, 100 around 6p) now, and tho I feel I need a little bit more, I am in *considerably* less pain than when I started on the medicine. Instead of making me sleep, this medicine keeps me awake, so I take it during the day right now. That is the only side affect that I have. Also, I get this in generic, and only pay $10/mo w/insurance. | F | 32 | 5 weeks | 7/1/2008 | 4 | Back Pain | Incontrollable napping - hard to think at times, Hair is Thinning alot (looks fuzzy). Weight Gain | I can sleep through the night and able to stand in the morning a Plus | F | 38 | 5 weeks 300 3X day | 3/19/2011 | 3 | neuralgia after lumbar disk hernia | taking 300mg. at bedtime for scatica [burning] pain in left foot following disk herniation. May have improved pain, I cannot be sure, it was improving on it's own even before. Symptoms: dizzyness, impossible to even move out of bed for an hour a.m. Spaciness throughout the day; Unexpected improvement in mood, but in a weird way. I'd rather take St. John's Wort for that. Vivid dreams, feeling overall "out of it". More talkative. I probably come across as a happier person, but it's not me.Effects are tollerable, but they interfere with my effectiveness and have become very noticeable after the first month. I am afraid thay will keep intensyfing | I will call my doctor and ask for a smaller dose and try to get off it. | F | 40 | 5 weeks | 2/24/2006 | 3 | Hand pain of unknown origin | Some dizziness, feeling spacey, slight vision disturbances | I started on Neurontin 100mg two times a day and it didn't seem like it did anything at all. My doctor then upped the dosage to 300mg two times a day - it seems to help my hand pain a little, but not much. However, I do seem to notice some dizziness and spacey-ness after taking it, and the vision in my left eye (which has always been a little worse than my right eye) seems to be worsened after taking it. That's about all the side-effects I've noticed to date. | F | 25 | 5 weeks | 1/25/2008 | 3 | vulvodynia | none | At first i was misdiagnosed and given neurontin on its own. The pain went away, but came back roughly a year later. I got a 2nd opinion and was diagnosed with vulvadynia. i'm now on a combination of a Tricyclic antidepressant along with estrogen creme and a calcium supplement. I have been on this new treatment for just over a month and I can say I am better than last month but not pain free. I will stick with the treatment in hopes i keep getting better. | F | 31 | 5 weeks | 8/8/2006 | 1 | bipolar disorder | fatigue, drowsiness, dissassociatin, diarrhea, weight gain, trouble in thinking, nervous twitching when trying to sleep, trouble sleeping, frequent urination, and not caring about anything | I stopped taking this drug against doctor's advise when the symptoms became too severe. It was 4 days after I stopped taking before I could rouse myself enough to call the doctor again. I still find myself sitting and staring into space. I try to read and can't concentrate, though reading has always been one of my greatest joys. Some books are just too hard for me to read for more than a paragraph or two. This drug only made me worse, and I may end up losing my job as a result of taking it and being unable to go to work. These side effects did NOT start immediately when I began taking the drug, but rather after a few weeks; then steadily worsened. | F | 49 | 5 weeks | 3/13/2003 | 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 | Crazy increase in appetite, obsessed with food. Consequent weight gain. Other than that, no real side effects (no effects of any kind actually) | Maybe 10% of the time seemed to help a bit but mostly didn't do much of anything. Not worth the weight gain. | F | 60 | 5 weeks 200 2X day | 4/25/2014 | 5 | neuropothy, herniated disc | Brain Fog, Memory Problems, Low Back Pain, Decreased Coordination | M | 54 | 4 weeks 200 mg x 3 | 10/28/2013 | 5 | bulging disc, spinal stenosis | Initial spaceness...and sometimes feeling foggy...but that improved...some weight gain but can't say it was neurontin because I also had 6 + weeks of relative inactivity due to the pain. Dealing with pain/headaches (constant chiropractic visits for six years, I think I was depressed and have noticed a positive mood improvement from using the neurontin. After four weeks on this med...I am having some calf muscle mild cramping...not sure if this is related to missing or cutting down dose? May also be from cervical situation. Med's work differently for everyone but this has been a blessing for me...Thank God!! I think it is very effective for nerve pain...Vicodan didn't even come close to touching... Also Lorezapam helped with muscle tightness... | I had a recent onset of severe pain from prior auto accident ..C5/6 bulging disc, significant spinal stenosis, cord compression, foraminal narrowing causing nerve irritation and significant pain from neck, under scapula, across shoulder area and down left arm. It took two to three weeks @ 300mg 3x's per day and it virtually stopped the nerve pain under the shoulder blades and down the arm. I was scheduled for an anterior disectomy with fusion and have postponed surgery for another consult because of the pain relief...however still not up to par so we'll see. I am afraid to wean off the med's and have that pain return but need to so I can make a better decision if surgery is really needed. | F | 55 | 4 weeks | 5/22/2007 | 5 | synovial cyst with right facet join | fatigue, fuzzy thinking, very deep sleep, constipated | Sciatic pain was at a 10 (meaning horrors!) prior to using 900 mg/day Neurontin. Now pain is gone until medication wears off. Have reduced Vicodin and Percocet out of the mix. Will be having surgery to remove cyst soon. | F | 58 | 4 weeks | 12/12/2006 | 5 | Chron pain from surgical adhesions | First few days I felt like I'd drank 2 glasses of wine each time I took it. After a week, this stopped happening and my body adjusted. It has helped me sleep much better at night. Most of my pain is gone as well as the anxiety the pain was causing me. | I would recommend that anyone in chronic pain give this medication a try. | F | 52 | 4 weeks 300mg 3X day | 12/12/2010 | 3 | S/P laminectomy,severe sciatic pain | Sleepiness, dizziness, very vivid dreams, dry mouth, and cry at the drop of a hat. | Dizziness not as bad after 2 weeks at this dose, vivid dreams continue as does the sleepiness, vivid dreams, dry mouth and crying jags. The medication helps somewhat but I continue to need to take Percocet with it, and at this time, I can still only stand for 20-30 minutes, and sit for 5-10 minutes, without the pain becoming very severe again. I am concerned about some of the other side effects that I have read about, particularly the memory loss. | F | 55 | 4 weeks 300 mg 3X day | 11/7/2011 | 3 | fibromyalgia to block nerve pain | A lot of eye issues. Darting back and forth, also couldn't read, and became like I had side blinders on. I only saw what was infront of me. Also early am aggitation. I'm not sure how well it helped for pain because other testing was going on. Gave me a lot of energy especially when I increases the dose to 2x daily. 3rd week, I became kind of a cleaning manic. Seemed like an uncontrollable compulsion. So much so I couldn't stop and was injuring body so much. I went back down to 1 pill and no pain relief. Infact worst all over pain week ever! So I'll be done with this med soon. Think dr was a tool. Didn't listen when he also wanted me on a muscle relaxer. They work but give me migraines so I told him I couldn't take it. So no meds that work (he won't allow me my pain pills. So he left me with nothing that works for over a week and made me suffer until next week. Not the dr for me. Pain specialists don't listen. Its not them in pain.But they sure hit my ins hard! | F | 40 | 4 weeks 60mg | 3/15/2012 | 3 | Some sort of unknown "back pain" | Super Spacey, feeling of not caring. Eyes feel like they are shaking. Feel like I am stoned all the time. I get moody sometimes, but I am not sure that it is the medication and not just my issues. No weight gain but I try to work out alot. I have trouble processing thoughts and telling stories, best to be described as; If I were a train then I would derail constantly. | It is taking care of the pain somewhat. I still feel a slight radiation of pain after I take it, with it increasing thoughout my daily activities. It has been the only thing that has touched the pain so i will continue to take it until the cause is found and then we will go from there... I am just hoping that the mental affect subside from this med... | F | 26 | 4 weeks | 6/16/2007 |