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 | Migraine | Heart Palpitations; muscle pain; stiff joints; fatigue; hand tremors. | M | 50 | 2 years 500 MG | 8/29/2014 | 2 | blur vision, tired, dizzy. | M | 43 | 2 years | 3/22/2009 | 2 | Nerve Pain | Weight gain, forgetting things | I have been taking Neurontin for two years. 3600 mg total for the day. Unfortunately it has not helped me at all, but because I have relatively no side effects my doctor wants me to stay on it. | F | 67 | 2 years | 5/21/2008 | 2 | fibromyalgia | weight gain over 40 pounds. memory loss and inablity to concentrate. huge fatigue to point that it is ruining my life worse than pain. cannot function at work. sleep for 15 hours with no energy. ringing in ears. will wean off it. i cannot continue with these symptoms. | I would not recommend this for fibromyalgia. there are too many side effects and it does not reduce the pain significantly. | F | 55 | 2 years 600 mg 3X day | 11/7/2010 | 2 | Fibro and Nerve pain | Weight gain, despite loss of appetite. More tired than usual. Suspect this medicine made my nerve pain worse. | F | 47 | 2 years 600mg 2X day | 7/25/2016 | 2 | Trigeminal neuralgia/ATFP | drugged,brain fog,lack of focus | dosage raised to 2400 mgs/day; did not help with pain on left side of face; too many side effects; not worth taking since it did not help pain | F | 50 | 2 years | 5/4/2005 | 2 | anxiety/headaches | drowsy, lack of sex drive | This medicine was incredibly expensive and did absolutely nothing to help me sleep, nor did it relieve any of my headache pain. I kept taking it because my doctor was insistent and I felt desperate for help. It's not for me, but I hope it helps others! Take care & best of luck! | F | 32 | 2 years | 9/6/2007 | 1 | Cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis | I became severly depressed 900mg 3x's per day. attempted suiced to also include memory loss, personality disorder GET OFF THIS DRUG AS SOON AS POSSIABLE. This drug should be off the market,the drug company is trying to make money off of this drug knowing side effects. this drug distroyed my life and it will destroy yours! | Tell your doctor of these side effects and contact an attorney! | F | 43 | 2 years | 8/4/2007 | 1 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | Dizziness, Drowsy, at a loss for words, weight gain. I happily did not gain any weight the first three months, then in one week I gained 20 pounds. I have not been able to lose the weight over the past 20 months. Not even one pound but haven't gained anymore. It is basically a major sleeping pill and for the people who are having trouble sleeping and are taking neurontin for that reason, I would recommend you get off this drug and just take sleeping pills or melatonin. | It really worked on my nerve pain but it is really hard to get off of. I get severe muscle cramping in my feet every time I try to wean off of it. It causes me to jump straight out of bed numerous times every night from a deep sleep. It is so frustrating. I found a light therapy that is doing wonders for my TN and I am determined to get off of this drug and hope I never have to return to it. | F | 42 | 2 years | 4/21/2007 | 1 | bi-pola, painkiller withdrawl pain | extasy type feeling, weight gain, unable to focus | When starting on it the dr gradually increased the dose to 4000k/day .I really don't think it helps too much, Think I would rather toughen it out then to continue this medication. | M | 35 | 2 years | 9/26/2004 | 1 | For RSD Chronic Pain | severe joint pain in the fingers, hands, knee down my leg and foot. swelling, weightgain, Memory loss, aggitation, chest pains feeling like a mini heart attack would feel, depression, anxiety, constipation, carried urinary tract infections that keep coming back, extremely tired, can't sleep most of the time. This stuff is killing me. | For Chronic Pain - Do not take it unless you want a lot more problems then you have now. That is my opinion!!! | F | 47 | 2 years | 9/27/2004 | 1 | PAIN | CONFUSION, SWEATING, DID NOT TAKE PAIN AWAY, BALANCE PROBLEMS, WORD RECALL, INTELLECTUAL DENSENESS, PALSY LIKE SYMPTOMS IN FACE | F | 57 | 2 years 900MG 1X day | 10/18/2010 | 1 | seizures | They have slowly progressed and are very intense and insane now. Weight gain, drowsiness, weakness, all over body pain, chronic severe nausea almost 24/7, I now feel like sometimes I can't stand to put food in my mouth, I have episodes where I feel like i have the flu and fever, chest pain, shortness of breath, arm pain, lumps and knots in arms around elbows, underarm itch without a rash, and I now just feel so very tired all the time even after a 12 hour sleep. | It has slowly claimed my life. I hate it. I loved my job, loved people and working and I feel like I have lost it all because of this drug. | F | 39 | 2 years 800mg 3X day | 8/1/2010 | 1 | Vulvadynia | Drowsiness, dizziness, trouble concentrating, weight gain | I never had any positive result from this drug although this may stem from being misdiagnosed. A doctor other than the perscribing physician recently recommended me taking myself off the drug. I have been dealing with over a week of intense, unbearable maigraines. I am praying they will stop soon. If the prescribing Dr. had not retired, I would love to give him a piece of my mind. I would never recommend this drug to anyone. | F | 34 | 2 years | 7/1/2006 | 1 | neck pain bk pain due to bone disea | Dizzy loopy clumbsy sleepy all time..cant concentrste loss of sexual drive...increased pain along with falling and migraines | M | 40 | 2 years 1800mgs | 4/27/2013 | 1 | Neuropathy | All of the bad side effects mentioned earlier except suicidal, bu thoughts there at times. It has really affected my hearing and I can barely converse with anyone any more. Had i known it could do this, I never would have started it. I am trying very hard to stop it with bad withdrawals. | Horrible, horrible chemical! | F | 75 | 2 years 200 mg 3X day | 2/4/2015 | 5 | Meralgia Pparesthetica | Groggy at 300mg, tired at 600mg, slightly dizzy when first started taking meds. Adjusted after about 1 month | Gabapentin is the ONLY thing that has helped my MP (meralgia paresthetica). My 300mg dose in the morning combined with Cymbalta - again for the MP, allows me to get through the day with little pain. The 600mg dose at night allows me to sleep with only slight pain through out the night. It is my "Miracle Drug"!!! | F | 37 | 1.5 years | 5/30/2008 | 5 | anxiety disorders, depression | drowsiness, which is a good thing since I take it at night before bed. Dizziness, foggy head, headache, which all go away with continued use. | Gabapentin does work very well for generalized anxiety and social anxiety.It has a moderate effect on depression as well. I take 600mg at night before bed.I would never take it during the day as it knocks you out and/or severely affects your ability to function normally for 6-8 hours after a dose.When I wake-up, I feel great.It elevates gaba levels, and eliminates the generalized anxiety associated with being overwhelmed with everyday tasks. It also eliminates that nervous feeling when thinking about being in social situations, and allows me to look forward to social situations. It also makes me far less apprehensive to engage in conversation with people I don't know. This drug needs to be experimented with to get the right dose, and the side affects go away, but it did take almost 6 months for them to go away. The drowsiness is a side affect that doesn't go away, and thats why I would suggest taking it in the evening. Its a great drug to use in conjunction with an SSRI or SNRI. | M | 33 | 1.5 years | 12/21/2007 | 4 | Social anxiety | Slight dizziness/light-headedness at times. Nothing major. | I took Neurontin in conjunction with an antidepressant. My psychiatrist prescribed this when I still felt anxious in social situations even though my antidepressant was helping with depression. It did work. I didn't necessarily feel better about my social interactions, but I didn't get so nervous and paralyzed. I was able to deal with them. I also had a good therapist. I'll give this a 4 because I don't know to what extent my other meds and therapist helped my anxiety, but I still believe this medication helped. | F | 20 | 1.5 years | 12/29/2007 | 4 | Migrane Prevention | Depression when doses got to 1800mg per day | This medicine really seemed to help lessen my daily migranes, however, the depression that it caused has made me try other medicines. I have no history of depression, but everyone noticed my mood changing when I would increase the dosage of this medicine. | M | 35 | 1.5 years | 9/25/2006 |