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 | Anxiety | Dear God... This stuff made me stoned out of my mind in only a 200mg dose. No way, I can even function on this stuff. | M | 37 | 1 days 200mg 1X day | 8/30/2010 | 5 | nerve pain from bulging disks | restless sleep due to vivid dreams; feel anxious if I miss a dose | it worked immediately to relieve severe shoulder and arm pain that I had had for months due to bulging c6 and c7 disks. | M | 52 | 300 mg 3X day | 8/18/2010 | 5 | sleep aid, anti-akathisia. | drowsiness, calm, somatic relaxation, all side effects wanted. | the best medication to sleep great, to moderate anxiety and anger, and for antipsychotic induced akathisia. | M | 24 | 6 years 600 mg 1X day | 8/12/2010 | 4 | Neuro pain hands/feet - undiagnosed | Increased libido, swollen feet at night, weight decrease, better sleep and sleepiness, unexpected improvement in anxiety and depression - thank God | I think I need to increase it another 100, and take it 3 times a day. I am surprised that the depression and anxiety I have are gone, and the pain is too. I had no idea just how much pain I was in, it was not limited to just my hands,feet, legs. I think that the results of the pain were an increase in anxiety and depression. Only prob is the swollen feet at the end of the day and sleepiness, but ginger tea seems to help with that. | F | 41 | 2 weeks 100 mgs 2X day | 8/6/2010 Patient History | 4 | Migraines, Leg Pain | Dizzy, the kind of feeling like you get when you've had a little too much to drink, a fog. | I originally started taking this as a migraine preventative but found that it also stopped the constant pain in my calves and back pain that I had had for the past 18 years. It didn't get rid of my migraines but the pain from the migraines was in the background and they were no longer so severe that I lost vision or vomited. It was more the fact that I didn't care that the pain was there. I also added Excedrin Migraine and that, along with gabapentin, seem to take the migraines away, for the most part. I have noticed that I can no longer do much physical exertion because that causes me to get more dizzy. When I first started taking it, I could eat a meal and then five minutes later, I was starved. I knew that was something in the med so I would just not eat more and I haven't gained any weight. I started with a dosage of 600 mg/day, taken at night. Within 30 minutes, the pain in my calves is gone, although occasionally one foot feels hot inside. It is not hot to the touch but I can put it in cold water and it feels good. After another 30 minutes that is gone. I feel great in the morning, although it is difficult to get out of bed because I'm still tired. After I get up, I am a little dizzy and groggy. After work I come home and usually take a nap. I don't want to but I am so tired. After a nap, I am dizzy and groggy again. It isn't a great feeling but it seems so much better than dealing with the leg pain and migraines. | M | 55 | 1 years 600 mg 1X day | 8/3/2010 | 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 | 2 | suspected crps | increased appetite, weight gain,memory loss,fogginess,sleepiness,made my toes twitch and clench. I have a sensitivity which feels like a mild sunburn over my body which at this point I don't know if from the drug or my nerve damage. Weaning down and hope to be off completely in a few months time. | Great sleeping aid and helped with menopause symptoms. Did nothing for my arthritus pain which seems to have gotten worse over the past few months. | F | 56 | 6 months 100-300mg 3X day | 7/28/2010 | 1 | Migraine headaches from concussion | I didn't experience any side effects on 100 mg 3x/day, but on the day that my doctor told me to start taking 200 mg 3x/day I noticed rapid heart beat and had two severe nightmares accompanied with migraine headaches that woke me up in the middle of the night on the day that I increased the dose. Previously, I never had night mares! | F | 42 | 4 weeks 100 mg/day 3X day | 7/28/2010 | 4 | Fibro | It has made me want to eat more. which is ok, because when I wasn't on it, I couldn't eat because of the pain. | This drug for me, is a miracle drug. I have spent the last 5 yrs in pain due to Fibromyalgia. Dr didn't confirm Fibro til 2 months ago. I have very little to no pain. I am not angry all the time from lack of sleep and pain. I am smiling and laughing. Have not experienced any of the other side effects being talked about. It has changed my life!!! | F | 49 | 2 months 300 3X day | 7/24/2010 | 4 | Pain following back injury | Memory loss to the extreme. Balance problem exacerbated. Spent more time sleeping. | Worked really well at making pain bearable and greatly improved my quality of life. | F | 83 | 17 days 200 2X day | 7/14/2010 | 1 | Lower back pain- spondylosis | Tired, bad dreams,severe loss of memory, falls, no sex drive, hiding things | I could not remember the names of things, and would get easily irritated. I cut my arm with a knife, busted a door, hid things from myself and my husband,got in terrible arguments, and could not remember paying the bills. I sent out bills without checks in them and paid some of them twice. My poor husband almost went crazy. I stopped taking this without asking my Dr. because even after my cutting episode she wanted me to take more. I don't think my brain is right and it has been about 30 days since taking any of it. I would rather have the pain and not so sure it worked anyway.I can't work.Who would have a crazy person who can't remember anything work in their law office? I have had many falls, and have broken both my arms as a result of two of the falls. | F | 50 | 7 months 200mg 3X day | 7/8/2010 | 2 | it was Gabapentin for fibro | It affected my speech at times I couldn't form the words I wanted to say-it would come out as a stutter. I felt very tired and couldn't remember anything from one minute to the next | I discovered I cannot just stop the Gabapentin I need to wean myself. Gabapentin is an older version of Neurontin, although I could not take Neurontin at all-it was like a bad anti-depressant. Gabapentin is also used in epilepsy-maybe why the stuttering. | F | 56 | 12 months 900mg x2 2X day | 7/2/2010 | 3 | Shingles pain | Thinking process has been 'slowed' - feel drowsy by the end of the work day. (More so than usual) Normally had a very high energy level. Take it along with 25mg of Topamaz at night | I still have a lot of pain and itching in my scalp and forehead from the Shingles...it's been since last August. | M | 62 | 270 days 300 2X day | 6/15/2010 | 3 | nerve pain after ankle surgery | its was all good till I tried to take double the dose at night because I thought that I would be able to sleep longer without waking up to a burning foot/ankle. Well, I couldnt sleep at all for a couple hours, I was suddenly very very irritated,fearsome, and nauseated. I tried it again last night thinking it was an isolated case but it wasnt. I cannot take double doses of this thing. oh and libido? whats that? hope I can get off of gabapentin FAST! | it works for nerve pain and will continue to use. I could do without the loss of libido though . my wife doesnt like it lol | M | 32 | 1 months 300mg 4X day | 5/20/2010 | 3 | F | 34 | 1X day | 5/16/2010 | 2 | Neuropathic pains in feet/legs | Can't orgasm!!! | I haven't really taken it long enough to realize any benefit in my pain levels, but the side effects are instant! I can't orgasm on this stuff...wtf? Why doesn't anyone else experience this? | M | 30 | 1 weeks 100 3X day | 5/16/2010 | 5 | PTSD | initially made me feel euphoric, that subsided, i have sensitivity to light, especially florescent - unsure about weight gain, seems to make me retain water | It has helped my anxiety. I can function better. It is a life-saver. I have less flashbacks, and nightmares are becoming less intense. I can't live without it. | F | 41 | 60 days 1500 1X day | 5/15/2010 | 3 | ms | 20 lb weight gain, fogginess, very tired. swelling hands and feet. dry mouth. No sex drive. | neurontin did help with leg spasms. was told weight gain not do to neurontin, don't believe the doc. extreme swelling of hands/feet at night. Some symtoms I am told are from the MS even though I did not have them before. ie...vision problems, stiffness of joints. | F | 42 | 3 months 600 mg 3X day | 5/15/2010 | 1 | sleep | Gettimg off Gabapentin is Hell I just tried to go down 300mg because it syopprd working icoubld not my doctor switched me to 300 mg in morning and 600mmg at night the transition was two weeks of anxiety now i go down 300 at nightI I expect deppression anxirty and insomnia likebefor | F | 51 | 3 months 900 mg 1X day | 5/14/2010 | 1 | Sciatica | I "lost" words and names, became confused easily, feared I had Alzheimer's, eventually lost my sense of balance and had several falls. Have now been off Gapentin completely for 2 weeks. Memory and balance is back to normal. | My pain is also back but the pain is better than the confusion. | F | 69 | 60 3X day | 5/12/2010 |