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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Epilepsy stroke neuropathy | More memory loss not from stroke, apathy, lethargy, suicidal ideation and two attempts | I’ve been working with my neurologist for about a year trying to get off of the grasp this med has taken over me. This is the only med that I can’t get off of. I’m down to 400mg twice a day but I’ve been trying for a year. Don’t ever start taking this drug. I’ve had to add 2 more anti epileptic meds and I’m having more grand mal seizures weaning off. The manufacturers of Neurontin/Gabapentin should feel horrible for putting this dangerous med out to us. My physical health has declined solely because of it. My sexual arousal came back but can’t be regulated which is very embarrassing sometimes. I have constant tremors and feeling chills. Lost over 30lbs in the last 2 months weaning has been so difficult at the stage I’m currently experiencing. I’m only 35 and my drs and I decided this drug is doing more harm than good after being reliant on it for 10+ years now. I much rather have the painful polyneuropathy. Never agree to start Neurontin or good luck trying to get off it without suffering more! | F | 35 | 10 years 800 3X day | 4/15/2018 | 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 | 1 | Hernated discs of c6, c7, t12 ,L1 | Severe chest pain,thunderclap headaches,burning sensation in head and face,low sex drive ,weight gain,suicidal thoughts & depression, mood swings,numbness and tingling tongue and scalp,feeling spaced out,insomnia. | Though these were wonderful at combating the pain relief of sciatica and brichialcia due to herniated discs due to fall, the side effects are the worse I've ever endured in my life down to severe chest pains feeling as though I was having a heart attack was the last straw ,so being weened off them to be on another pain relief. | F | 44 | 7 months 900mg Gabe | 1/27/2016 | 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 | 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 | 1 | Diabetic neuropathy | I had to abruptly stop taking this medication due to being pregnant. The next 3 weeks after stopping it were terrible. It caused depression and suicidal thoughts. I had Insomnia for 4 days where I didn't sleep at all. I was abnormally angry for the 3 weeks and miserable. I would beware of this medication if at all possible. | F | 35 | 5 years 900 mg | 4/13/2014 | 2 | Pain, sleep, anxiety, depression | Dysthymia, with alternating sudden and intense bouts of anger and suicidal ideations. Chronic ear infections, always feeling unwell, difficulty speaking. Never had a speech impediment, but around 5 months of use I frequently stutter, say the wrong words and slur my speech. | Did greatly help with sleep. I get quality sleep every day. Helped a little bit with pain. HORRIBLE FOR MOOD AND ANXIETY. Intensified both. What were mild issues have become CHRONIC and SEVERE. I often find myself paralyzed with dread and crying, something that NEVER happened before. | M | 23 | 7 months 200mg 1X day | 1/25/2014 | 1 | Fibromyalgia pain | Worked a little for pain in beginning but then I began feeling very nutty and had terrible homicidal/suicidal thoughts and mood swings. I became a different person. I hated being on it | F | 37 | 2 months | 2/7/2012 | 2 | All over body pain | Initially I experienced improved sleep and improved ability to fall asleep. Then I had a few days in which my pain was greatly reduced, had a lot more energy, and my mood was elevated for the first time in many months. Then, suddenly I started to spiral downward. Pain went up, sleep worsened, had lots of nightmares but what was worse was severe and dangerous mood changes. I was suicidal, desperate, impulsive, crying all of the time. Unfortunately, I can no longer take this drug and am disappointed since it looked very promising at first. | F | 43 | 30 days 400 mg 1X day | 1/16/2012 | 2 | Nerve damage after surgery | Weight gain, development of spots, big appetite, no sleep, constantly tired, loss of concentration, mood swings, crying, suicidal thoughts, violence | It's been horrible and I came off it after I realised that the side effects just weren't worth the little pain relief I was getting. My pain sporadically got worse on occasion and in general, it didn't give me the relief I am in need of. | F | 18 | 3 months 900mg 4X day | 9/12/2011 | 1 | sevier nerve pain in legs. | Memory loss, agitation, extreme tiredness, sores on mouth and sore throat thought was getting sick so took longer then got so bad that stopped taking med started coughing up skin from throat it hurt worse than tonsel taken out couldn't eat for 4 days breathing problems lungs felt heavyand short of breathe been a couple weeks off it and so short of breathe can't walk 150 yards without sitting down. My family told me not to tell this one but I amnd it made me depressed and I got so hostile and aggressive I got a knife and held my husband hostage while I gripped cause I felt he wasn't listening. Thank GOD he knew it was the medicine making me that way. Looking back it has almost scared me out of taking any medicines it made me crazy it scares me to remember how I felt. I also got suicidal. | This is very dangerous medicine. I am so worried now knowing medicine can really make you want to die or hurt someone else. My throat still hurts and now I can't hardly breathe I feel restricted and my lungs ache and are heavy. I walk some or go out in heat then I can barley breathe I pray this goes away. I also still feel depressed and what I did on it makes it worse. I am so glad my husband knew it was the medication that did it and reacted in a way that made it better instead of worse. I could be in jail and my whole life ruint and his to it made me feel like i had every right to do it and it was over forgetting to put ice in the cooler. I pray for anyone who takes this. I also coughed up big pieces of skin from my throat. Sores stayed on my mouth til a few days ago. I have never had sores on skin anywhere. Hey but it did take my pain away worth it? ( you decide).... | F | 38 | 6 days 300 mg 1X day | 6/2/2011 | 1 | herniated disc lower lumbar | Fatigue, extreme sleepiness, dry mouth, depressed mood swings, suicidal ideation, sexual dysfunction, nightmares, cognitive fuzziness | This drug did not do much for my pain, I still have to take hydrocodone. It made me extremely tired, to the point I was falling asleep at 7:30, sleeping for 11 hours, and still nodding off behind the wheel while driving. Extremely vivid and disturbing nightmares, fuzzy thinking, dry mouth, very low depressive mood swings, suicidal ideation, inability to orgasm... I did not like it, it does not work for me. Evidently, you either love it or hate it, going by the reviews on this site. | F | 38 | 7 days 300 3X day | 3/23/2011 | 1 | BECAME VERY DEPRESSED ALMOST SUICIDAL. STILL HAVING BAD EFECTS FROM IT, AFTER STOPPING IT OVER 2 MONTHS AGO. | HOW DO i GET BACK TO NORMALITY. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE .THIS DRUG HAS RUINED THIS YEAR FOR ME. | F | 81 | 5 months 600 3X day | 11/5/2010 | 2 | Stroke / Tri-geminal Neuralgia | Very fatigued, uncoordinated movements, severe body jerking, facial twitching, depression, suicidal thinking, short term memory loss, burning sensation in hands and feet, metal taste in mouth, small lumps under skin, acne. | I started this medication because of intense pain in the left side of my face after a possible stroke. Initially it made me very thirsty and sick to my stomach. Continued as there was not another pain med I was willing to take. Some pain in face resolved, but never had full pain relief. Started noticing I was becoming very forgetful. I forgot important things and started making mistakes. Pretty soon the memory loss affected my quality of life. I was unable to concentrate and noticed my face started to twitch like Parkinson's Disease. My feet and fingers burned constantly. Several times I tried to come off the med but had terrible withdrawal syndrome. I couldn't stand the intense panic I felt when trying to wean off. After recently reading about drug-induced dementia from psychiatric and other anti-cholinergenic drugs I decided to try again to wean myself off. Happy to report that I am now free from neurontin for one day. I went from 900 milligrams to two weeks of 600 milligrams, then two weeks of 300 milligrams a day, then two days of 150 milligrams and today none! I had severe chest pain and panic disorder while withdrawing. Several sleepless nights. But, today my face is not twiching and I did not have any full body jerks either. I have residual pain in the left side of my face. Take side effects seriously. Remember, almost every class of drugs can damage your body and/or brain function permanently. | F | 53 | 3 years 300 3X day | 10/20/2010 | 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 | 1 | peripheral neuopathy | severe brain fog,personality change,short term memory problems,suicidal ideation,dry mouth, nervousness,runny nose,tremors,depression. | I would never have taken this drug had I known that it would cause permanent brain damage!It has been almost 11 months since I took it and no improvement in my condition has happened. | M | 61 | 2 days | 12/2/2009 | 1 | peripheral neuopathy | severe brain fog,personality change,short term memory problems,suicidal ideation,dry mouth, nervousness,runny nose,tremors,depression. | I would never have taken this drug had I known that it would cause permanent brain damage!It has been almost 11 months since I took it and no improvement in my condition has happened. | M | 61 | 2 days | 12/2/2009 | 5 | chronic pain due to neck injury | I am so depressed and am having suicidal thoughts and am at the end of my rope. I think it's time for me to get some help. This drug has been a lifesaver so far as almost totally eliminating my pain, but recently have woke up screaming from nightmares and this depression will take my life if I don't do something soon. | F | 47 | 2 months | 9/4/2009 | 2 | Trigeminal Neuralgia | Depression, Suicidal Ideation | I don't know if this drug would have worked for my neuralgia or not, as I never reached a really therapeutic dose. At 900mg/day, I started thinking about killing myself all the time. I have never had suicidal thoughts before in my life! I had noticed feeling depressed at lower doses, but hadn't given it much thought until the terrible thoughts started happening. Take care with this med -- the suicidal ideation came on quite suddenly, and was very frightening. | F | 42 | | 8/26/2009 | 5 | post -herpetic nueralgia | Have taken 300mg 3x aday up to 1200mg 3x a day for 7 years higher dosages made me tired falling asleep driving is very easy be careful at high dosage. Ive had feeling of elation at higher dosages also. I have eye discharges but flushing them clears it. I have had vision changes over that time but do not know if its the drug. Miss a dose I get aggitated. 2 years ago I started having severe low back pain and pain down my leg have now started with lyrica that helps with that I have had multiple injections and mri's starting to wonder if it is from prolonged use of neurontin I will update this when I find out. Do not stop taking without a doctor!! you need to ween off over time. I have gained 40lbs in 7 years could be older age to? I didnt gain much when I was working long hard hours as an electrician but now as work slowed and now laid off its going on quicker! lower activity jobs and lifestyles weight gain will increase. I have never had suicidal thoughts while taking this drug in 7 year | It has helped greatly with my nerve pain and hyper sensitivity from shingles I was hopeless before I finnaly found this drug!!!. To me it was a life saver! nerve pain is very aggitating and this drug has helped rid me of that feeling so I can function. I have an email link feel free to ask some questions. | M | 30 | 7 years | 7/22/2009 |
NEURONTIN (GABAPENTIN): Gabapentin is used with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It is also used to relieve nerve pain following shingles (a painful rash due to herpes zoster infection) in adults. Gabapentin is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA) FDA Approval Date: 1993-12-30