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 |
| 5 | Anxiety & Unpresented Back Pain | Slight drowsiness | I feel more comfortable, and this is the second day. I abused my clonazepam script, and have been suffering from motor tics and anxiety since I had to tell the doctor and pharmacy and haven't been medicated for that. For the first time in months I feel calm and hopeful. The doctor said that she believe that gabapentin may alleviate some of my anxiety but it does not bind to the GABA receptors, will not make me 'high' and i would not abuse it. This is amazing. She is right! I have no insomnia or anxiety effects that others report. I am very sensitive to medications, but this one is not giving me any side effects. I am at 100mg 3x a day. Wow! | M | 30 | 2 days | 11/19/2008 | 5 | Migraine, Nerve & Occipital Pain | A little jittery maybe. | My neurologist told me that I could actually take this drug on an as needed basis for my break through head pain and migraines, since I am taking Cymbalta as a preventative. I have taken 200 mg's twice for acute occipital nerve pain and migraine and am thrilled to say it helped drastically both times within the hour! The neurologist does not want me to take it daily until we determine whether the Cymbalta is working or not, but based on how much it helped my pain I will definitely try this medication next on a daily basis if the Cymbalta fails. I am relieved that it works because I am starting to have stomach pains from taking so much Motrin and really needed an alternative! | F | 43 | 2 days | 11/19/2008 | 2 | peripheral neuropathy | I have pins and needles in my feet which occur every month or so. When I first took nuerontin, 200 mg, the pins and decreased but not enough. Doubled my dosage to 400 mg and still had several episodes of pins and needles. Decided to take myself off of Neurontin and am presently having a severe, mean, ugly case of pins and needles. It has lasted for 4 days now an my nerves are wrecked. I hope it starts to subside soon cause I'm ready to fight anything. Constant agony on the pins and needles for now. | M | 120 days | 11/13/2008 | 3 | nerve pain (7 surgeries on arm) | sleepiness, lack of motivation, feeling "zombie-like"), difficult time waking up in the morning, hard time going to bed at night | been on it now for a month (100mg 4 times a day), still working up to larger dosing, feel like it is starting to help somewhat with the nasty pins and needles feeling in my arm where all that scar tissue is | F | 27 | | 11/10/2008 | 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 | 5 | nerve pain from car accident | Weight gain, loss of sexual libido & sexual disfunction, loss of concentration and a feeling of forgetfulness | I have been taking neurontin for about 10 months now to help reduce nerve pain in my neck, arm and shoulder resulting from a car accident several years ago. I have worked up to 300mg 3 times a day and the pain relief is very good. I really notice if I miss even a single dose as the pain gets much worse. Don't like the side effects, especially the sexual ones, so much so that I tried to discontinue the drug, but after a couple days off the medication the pain got extremely intense again and I realized how much relief the drug was actually giving me. Have decided to put up with the side effects to reduce the nerve pain. | F | 43 | 10 months | 11/4/2008 | 2 | Shingles | Blurred vision, extreme brain fog, fatigue but difficulty falling asleep, abdominal pain | I had the side effects mentioned while I was taking 600 mg daily (with no apparent pain relief)so I cut that dose in half to 300 mg. I still have a little blurred vision but the other side effects have pretty much gone away. Since I didn't feel I was getting any pain relief, I called the pharmacy and asked them how long it took for neurontin to start working, and was told 7-14 days. I'm on day 12 now, and continue to take 300 mg a day on the off chance that it's providing some relief. It's hard to tell as I still need to take a celebrex every morning and tylenol in the afternoon and before I go to bed. I don't know if my pain would be worse if I wasn't taking the neurontin, and I don't want to find out, so I'll take it another week or two until my shingles pain is hopefully gone. | F | 56 | 12 days | 10/26/2008 | 4 | nerve pain | Mood swings, Anger, Panic, Brain Fog, communication problems. | If I didn't have to work and I could spend my life isolated I would absolutly love the neurontin. The pain relief has been wonderful....I feel bad for my family because I am very dificult to deal with. I have always been ADD and emotional The doctor told me I am possibly bi-polar 2. I have been able to keep my emotional issues internal and hide my turmoil inside. The neuroton makes the ADD even more difficult to deal with. I can't stay focused on one thing. I have walked away from writing this 3 times allready. I have seen that they prescribe neuronton for Bi Polar disorders and All I can do is wonder WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT!!!! I am more of an emotional mess than usual and I have not been keeping it in. I loose controll over my reactions. Yesterday I forgot to close the refrigerator door. My husband said, "you should close that" Before I even had a chance to think about what I was doing I started yelling at him and he had to leave the room. I am very dificult to d | F | 40 | 3 weeks | 10/17/2008 | 2 | MS Acute Pain | Fatigue, Loss of Cencentration, Double Vision, Nightmares - and most importantly I have completely lost the ability to have an orgasm...this is so depressing as I'm only 25! | Started off on 100mg three times a day but this turned me into a zombie. Went down to just 100mg at night. Haven't had any sudden nighttime MS spasms since I've been on it (which is a relief) but I still think I'd prefer to have a decent sex life. I'm going to try coming off it this week and take a chance that I might have the pains. This drug is weird - makes you feel like you're not even human. | F | 25 | 3 weeks | 10/14/2008 | 3 | Nerve Pain | Grogginess, I feel like I'm in a fog sometimes. | It helped control my pain but the side effects were noticeable. | M | 18 | 2 months | 10/13/2008 | 4 | CRPS from venipuncture nerve injury | Significant and frequent brain fog! Difficulty finding words. Weight gain of 30 lbs the first year taking it. In general, significantly slows down my metabolism. Sleepiness. Flu-ish body aches about once a month. Difficulty concentrating. Sometimes I lose my balance. Almost constant twitches under one eye for about two weeks when dosage increased. | Although the side effects are significant, the pain syndrome is worse. In other words, the drug affects how I function, but I wouldn't be able to live with the amount of pain caused by the CRPS. I take 1800 mg/day, and for the most part it keeps my symptoms from being severe. I added Cymbalta 60mg/day this year, which helped take the edge off of symptoms even more, and helped with sleeping. It appears to be a good combination. The half-life of neurontin is short, so you need to stay on a strict schedule of taking the pills, or it will wear off quickly. | F | 42 | 3 years | 9/30/2008 | 4 | severe leg damage due to car wreck | Side Effects: I often feel off-balance, my body seems to just "hang a right". I have trouble concentrating at times, word retrieval is often difficult. I also fall asleep during the day, without warning. (don't drive) But then at night, I can't seem to feel sleepy until way past my normal bedtime. Usually however when I do fall asleep I sleep hard for 5 hours or so. | Neurontin has been a godsend to me, personally. It has greatly reduced daily pain, though it does little or nothing for event-induced pain (Such as 'doing too much', turning my leg incorrectly' and even bad weather symptoms). I am currently taking 3200 mg per day (800 mg 4 times daily). Due to a prescription error, I was without the med for 5 days... the pain then returned with a vengence. Would be very afraid to come off this medication quickly, if at all. Doctor has prescriped 50 mg Nortriptyline to be taken with the last dose per day... Not sure why, but ?? The dosage may be increased next month to a maximum of 3600 mg daily (900 mg x 4)with an additional increase to 75 mgs of nightly Nortriptyline. Doctor says after that we will have to look at alternative meds or procedures (whatever that means... LOL ) | F | 50 | 6 months | 9/29/2008 | 3 | Anxiety | At first this was working great for me. But then problems started to occur. I experienced a lot of mind fogginess and big problems with stuttering...not being able to form words....sudden stopping med-sentence. I am on 800mg 3 times a dy | I don't notice any big benefits from it. | F | 30 | 18 months | 9/28/2008 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | Knocks me out. Shortly after taking this medication I can not function, very sleepy and disorientaed and I sleep for hours apon waking I am dizzy and uncoordinated. Great for pain relief but not so great if you want to function normally. I am a single mother and need to work and on this drug it is impossible. | Like many others I have had weight gain increased fatigue, increased muscle spasm, and numbness and tingling in hands and arms. I also have increased muscle weakness and severe pain when I'm awake.I was also on Lyrica and I give that a 1 rating it was a hundred times worse. | F | 42 | 3 weeks | 9/16/2008 | 5 | Fibromyalgia | I did have dizzyness and a little swelling at first but I really don't anymore. The dizzy feeling comes and goes with me anyway. Lately I have had feelings of panic attacks and loss of control of life, but I am not sure if it is because the dose needs to be raised or the stress in my life right now. I see the doctor next month and will talk to her about it. | I have taken neurontin for almost 5yrs now. My Infectious disease doctor started me on it after taking 1500 mg of robaxin daily which could effect my liver and only took the edge off the pain. I only take 700-800 mg at night to help me sleep and control the muscle spasms, my husband says I am dangerous when I don't take it. I haven't really gained any weight and only recently had trouble with my gums and that may be just getting older, who knows. If I don't take the neurontin at night it feels like someone has taped electodes to me and is zapping me with electricity, not fun. When I haven't gotten enough exercise the muscle spasms get worse and I now walk at least a half a mile a day. | F | 56 | 5 years | 9/11/2008 | 2 | Fibromyalgia?, Diabetic | extreme pain and full feeling in ankles, knees (especially), elbows and wrists, shooting pains down legs and feet, and from elbows to fingertips,vivid dreams, crying when waking up from dream almost nightly, frequent urination (almost nightly), tachycardia, changing of clothes nightly one to two times, most recent symptom bleeding from vaginal area | I originally started taking this about a month and a half ago 300 mg 3 capsules at nighttime for general achy flu like aching all over my body. well this drug has resolved that problem, but the problems listed above have all occurred since taking neurontin about six weeks ago. The biggest one that my doctor's have noticed is that my heart rate has increased from 80 something to 135. Gave blood two weeks before started taking neurontin, and my heart rate was ok, not even mentioined. since then have had two or three doctors mention the fast rate of my heart, spent seven hours in emergency room (told to go there by my endocrinologist) and had almost every test imaginable, which came back normal, and all I received afterwards was that they didn't know what was causing my fast heart rate, and to have my endo check to see if could be my meds causing it. Went to give blood a few days ago, and was almost disqualified because my heart rate was too high. The pain that I was having before w | F | 52 | 45 days | 9/7/2008 | 4 | Unexplained pin & Needles and pain | On commencing medication some periods of dizzyness.Twitching under the lower eyelid. | Pin & Needles cramps and pain throughout body so possibly Fibromyalgia as all tests negative now. Neurologist started me on Gabapentin, started on low dose 200mg 3x day now up to 600mg 3x day. Took a few months for body to adjust, felt odd at first, but after some months the symptoms are greatly reduced, they 'rumble' not 'roar' and the dizzy feeling diminishes. It has enabled me to continue working and caring for the family, I was pretty much bed and home bound before with limited mobility and much pain. It is worth sticking with it a while, at least 3 months to reap the rewards. | F | 49 | 11 months | 9/2/2008 | 4 | L5/S1 bulged disc / pinched nerve | At first 1200 mg. a day with no noticed side effects other than a increase in sex drive. Dosage upped to 2400 mg ( 800 3 times a day ) and the following effects accurred. Drunk feeling first few days then only about 1 hour after taking. Sex drive is fine but I can't finish what I start. No problem being able to a normal amount of time. Can miss my mid day pill and I am able to finish. Greatly improved my attitude. Used to be depressed and at the moment I am more outgoing and happier. | Greatly helped with numbness in left leg. Pain from nerve and arthritis is not bothering me as much . | M | 46 | 3 weeks | 8/29/2008 | 2 | Multiple Sclerosis neuropathy | Sores on arms, legs and back. Irritability, brain fog, headaches, ear pain, tightness in neck and throat with difficulty swallowing, unable to focus. | I started taking 200 mg 3 x a day. I was a basket case. I couldn't think, sleep, or have a conversation which would end up in a difference of opinion. Couldn't make decisions. I dropped down to 100 mg 3 x a day which seemed a lot better. I started getting scabs on my legs, arms and upper back, ear pain, headaches, vision problems. What has scared me is that it feels like my throat is closing up and the muscles in my neck are so tight, I might as well be in a cast. I hope this is caused by the Neurotin and hope it will go away now that I have stopped taking it. | F | 46 | 6 months | 8/24/2008 | 2 | Fibromyalgia | Fatigue, wake up groggy which lasts until about 15 hours after taking it, can't think straight | Spaced out feeling, fatigue that lasts most of the next day...good thing I take it at night. Can't think straight which makes it so I have to absolutely plan everything way in advance and check my calendar for the next day so I know exactly when to take it the night before. Can't drive anywhere. Have difficulty taking care of my six children. On the plus side, I don't have the achiness that the fibromyalgia causes...but then, again, I'm way to fatigued to care! I'd rather deal with the pain than be so wiped out during the day that I can't take care of my family! | F | 41 | 7 days | 8/22/2008 |