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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Migraine, partial seizures, rls | All positive with exception of 20# weight gain | F | 55 | 1 years 3000 daily | 9/12/2016 | 1 | Nerve pain, headaches, RLS | Uncontrollable crying, brain fog, dizziness, impossible to wake up in the morning, intense mood swings, depression (never had before), insane nightmares, hearing issues, speech issues; stuttering and issues finding correct words, weight gain, hair loss. Etc. | It took me far too long to realize that my entire personality changed because of this demonic drug. I thought I was simply hormonal until I got out of control. I was crying multiple times a day (full blown curled up in a ball crying hysterically) I NEVER used to cry and then all of a sudden I couldn't have a conversation without crying. I couldn't have a conversation without getting angry and yelling and then I would start crying because I didn't understand why I was behaving how I was. I felt like a spectator in my own body while some psycho b***h took main stage. I was one of the lucky few who was able to stop cold turkey with no withdrawl symptoms for 10 days as of now. Pain also has not increased since being off. Will never take this in any form at any dose in my life ever again! Strongly advise others to closely monitor themselves for any slight changes before they become too severe. Good luck. | F | 23 | 1 years 300mg | 2/7/2016 | 1 | RLS and anxiety | Horrible headaches that lasted days on end and never would go away. Dizziness, depression, horrible mood swings, insomnia, horrible dry mouth. | Do a lot of research before starting this medication, it may help others, but definitively made me feel worse than ever. Stopped taking it two days ago, the first day I didn't take it, headache gone. Still a little head tingle and anxious, but I would rather deal with that than the awful side effects. | F | 30 | 2 weeks 600mg | 2/4/2016 | 2 | Insomnia, Restless Leg Syndrome | Increased heart rate, feeling euphoric/high, trouble sleeping, muscles twitching, diziness. | The side effects made it so difficult for me to fall asleep that I have discontinued using it after only 2 days. The lack of deep sleep made me feel drowsy and confused the next day, wich is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. The euphoric feeling, even with only one dose of 100 MG, may make this drug interesting as an alternative for conventional antidepressants. But I would advise against taking this at night. | M | 43 | 2 days 100 MG 3X day | 11/25/2015 | 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 | Restless legs | Dry mouth is the only side effect I had. | The medication worked wonders for what it was prescribed for. But, I became pregnant. Stopping this medication has been a complete and udder nightmare. Massive depression. Muscle pains and cramps. Severe night sweats. Vomiting. The whole 9. Stay as far away from this drug as you can get. Unless you plan on never coming off of it. This drug is satan! Pure evil! | F | 31 | 1 years 300MG | 10/12/2015 | 1 | restless leg/shoulder pain | Dizziness, eye twinge, nausea, chest pains, flu like systems, blurred vision, severe mood swings, and deep depression. | Why would a doctor perscribe this for symptoms that are also side effects of this drug? | F | 54 | 3 months 300mg | 6/15/2015 | 4 | fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome | I cannot take 900 mg daily as my dr prescribed because I do medical transcription and midday I was totally wiped out and unable to work; very sleepy, brain fog, blurred vision. I now take 300 mg am and 300 mg p.m. After 1 day I had a drastic improvement in the RLS; gone completely, and it had suffered badly with this. It has helped enough with the fibro that I can tell a difference, but not a huge difference. Without a midday dose I can work fine, but definitely need it for pain about 5 p.m. which begins to become almost intolerable. | I have gained 45 lbs taking Neurontin only 9 months. SO I decided to wean myside and see what would happen. I weaned slowly over a 2-week period. After just 1 day of no Neurontin IMMEDIATELY the RLS returned and kept me awake at night with leg pain. But the really scary part - I believe to have tremor-like seizures in my head; it felt like I had a drill turned on in my skull for a few seconds that left a taste in my mouth and my teeth sore. I stood this for about 1-1/2 weeks of these seizures increasing to 3 a day average and I jumped back on the Neurontin. It tooks another 2 weeks for my head to "feel normal" and the seizures just gradually weaned away. So, no matter how large I get (I am 230 now) I will be too afraid to ever stop the Neurontin again. But I tell myself it is worth it for the leg pain to be gone. I would toss and turn all night and feel a deep ache in both legs and a feeling as if electricity was running up and down my legs, even in my feet. To have that gone and be able to sleep is worth wearing a size 20, although a devastating blow has been struck to my vanity. | F | 59 | 9 months | 9/12/2009 | 4 | RLS/nerve damage in legs | Started with 300mg 2 times a day, and 2400mg at night to combat the RLS. This medicine works pretty well for RLS, and my episode per month have gone down quite a bit. Gabapentin was also invaluable for me when I was withdrawing from Vicodin. It made the opiate withdrawal much more bearable. I only had one uncomfortable incident after taking a larger dose one day; I became very manic, wouldn't shut up, mind was racing, and I felt like I was under the influence of alcohol. This has not happened again, but I do get a noticeable mood lift (almost euphoric) from Gabapentin, and it often makes me feel inebriated. | Works pretty well for RLS, but be careful because you can have a nasty withdrawal if you've been on high doses of Gabapentin for a while. | F | 24 | 4 months | 9/3/2009 | 2 | migraine prevention and rls | Extreme fatigue, weight gain, severe leg twitching, memory problems, no migraine relief at all, dizzy and loss of balance, no energy, legs get weak just walking thru grocery store | I have told my doctor about side effects and no relief from original issues. He increased my dosage and sent me to neurologist who blew me off and said come back in two months. I feel worse now physically than I ever have, I'm only 32 years old and I feel like I'm 70. I want off of this stuff, I've already tapered myself from 1800mg a day to 600mg a day but because the tablets are 600mg I'm not sure where to go from here. I feel like a fool for just getting on the med because my doctor said it would really help. I should have read up on it first. I can't recommend or not recommend but maybe sharing my experience will help somehow. Reading everyone elses experience helped validate a lot of what I was thinking about this drug. | F | 32 | 8 months | 5/8/2009 | 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 | Restless Leg Syndrome | Severe migraines, blurred vision, problems concentrating, problems getting my words out...broken speech | I started taking Neurontin in 2003 for RLS. It controlled my RLS for a while, but I started having migraines. Over the years the headaches have worsened to the extent that I have them on a daily basis. I'm still taking the medication, but will be talking to my Primary Care Physician about weaning off. Researching RLS alternatives now. | F | 45 | 5 years | 3/28/2008 | 3 | Restless Legs Syndrome | Some spaciness, bloating (alleviated by bromelin and tumeric), constipation. At first I thought I had gained weight, but it was just swelling. | I have gradually updosed to 500 mgs per day. I have experimented with the time I take it. Currently 300 mgs around 7 pm and the balance at bedtime. I still get RLS episodes every night. I find it helpful to elevate my legs and do a modified yoga shoulder stand (to improve circulation) and to wear elastic bandages around my calves. I tried a deep tissue massage (did not help) and will be trying accupuncture soon. | F | 48 | 2 months | 9/4/2007 | 1 | Restless legs | Lose my train of thought quite often while talking. Cannot remember names of things. Morning sluggishness. 43lbs. weight gain. I cut down from 1600 mg. to 800 mg.slowly. Cut out 400 mg. for about 2-3 months, then cut out next 400. Also Docs don't always look for reasons like B12 deficiency, thyroid problems, or low iron/ferritin absorbtion into red blood cells. Anemia causes restless legs. Your iron test will be normal. My neurologist did a different Ferritin test that most doctors don't know to do. My iron was 12,normal; but my ferritin was 6, almost at transfusion level. Your ferritin is supposed to be 90-120. I am now low normal, a 70. My nexium for acid reflux says it can stop the absorbtion of nutrients! I also take Klonipin/highly addictive, for RLS. I eventually intend to cut them in half and slowly quit them too.! Good Luck everybody! | F | 53 | 5 years | 8/16/2007 | 4 | RLS | Word finding difficulties and now after increasing my dosage several times I get a little groggy in late afternoon but have had to increase dosage over several years as I seem to build up resistance. | I could not take Mirapex or Requip. I had terrible side effects from both. After many years finally getting some sleep. A little concerned about having to increase drug so much. Also taking phenobarbital and clonazapam to get me settled. | F | 74 | 10 years | 8/12/2007 | 5 | Restless Leg Syndrome | I have occasionally experienced dizziness, and an irregular heart beat, but not enough to concern me. | This was 1 of the first drugs my neuro put me on, and I love it! I've been on 2400mg each day, and w/out it, I would be lost. I've been on it for over 5 yrs, and plan to stay on it. | F | 56 | 5 years | 4/25/2007 | 5 | RLS | NONE | Absolute blessing. Suffered with RLS for over 25 years. This drug did the trick. And it was the only thing that did it! Now I use ReQuip and Neurontin together and RLS is completely relieved. I saw one comment that said there are other drugs that work better than Neurontin. Well, it really does depend on the patient. So if you suffer from RLS, don't give up. I would not have relief without Neurontin! | F | 54 | 4 years | 4/6/2007 | 3 | for restless leg syndrome | I very easily fall asleep, sometimes at the most embarrassing times (like in Church). Or I will be talking with someone face to face, and just 'zone-out'; I'm sound asleep and they very kindly just wake me up or throw a blanket over me. I take a large amount of medication which all has this effect so, by having the Neurontin (which has drowsiness as it's #1 side-effect) I really get a lot of unplanned but very restful naps - I need to be TREMENDOUSLY CAREFUL when I take it. | It does do the job of controlling the involuntary leg movements; especially if I'm riding for a long time in a car. But, with it's antispasmotic characteristics working well, it also seems to like to have the patient sleep as much as possible. A WORD TO THE WISE, LET SOMEONE ELSE DRIVE IF YOU'RE ON THIS MEDICATION, YOU CAN FALL ASLEEP IN A HEARTBEAT & SAVE THE WORK WITH THE POWER TOOLS FOR A TIME WHEN YOU CAN BE WITHOUT IT IN YOUR SYSTEM, IT'S STRONG STUFF, BUT IT WORKS !!! | F | 55 | 3 years | 2/26/2007 | 4 | migraine, fibromyalgia, rls, bpd | 5 lbs weight gain, brain fog on 900 mg | Helpful in managing pain, anxiety. The cognitive problems are significant (memory/word retrieval problems, slow "processing speed"). Despite this, I'll likely stay on Neurontin. | F | 39 | 3 weeks | 2/25/2007 | 1 | Restless Legs Syndrome | Depression, short term memory loss, drowsy, loss of motivation, unable to think clear and it did not help my RLS. | After doing further research on this medication I would not recommend taking this unless you have no choice. I think this medication is over prescribed and is dangerous to ones health. There are other medications that work better for painful RLS. | M | 30 | 2 weeks | 10/30/2006 |
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. FDA Approval Date: 1993-12-30 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)