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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | Generalized Anxiety | Severe nausea, acid reflux, diarrhea, constipation, extreme weight loss, fatigue | My daughter was perscribed neurontin for anxiety because she had a problem with antidepressants and their side effects. The neurontin seemed to be working well but in April 2006 she needed to increase it. After the increase she had some problems with gas and indigestion. In Oct. 2006 it was increased again to 600mg. 4x per day within 4 weeks she was almost completely bed ridden with severe nausea, diarrhea, and gastrointestinal problems. After 25 lbs. of weight loss, 2 visits to the ER and 4 sets of bloodwork, not to mention the countless tests, ALL OF WHICH WERE NEGATIVE, she was hospitalized and told she had IBS and sent on her way with a perscription for Elevil. She continued to take the neurontin for two more weeks until we finally made the connection. She stopped the neurontin right away because of the severe side effects. The withdrawl was horrible!! She has now been off of the neurontin for 3 months and is still suffering the severe side effects which NO medication touc | F | 26 | 15 months | 4/20/2007 | 5 | insomnia | word retrieval problems--didn't necessarily link it to neurontin, but after reading others' side effects, I am pretty certain that's why it's happening. If I wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, I am a little unsteady on my feet. Also, when I wake up in the morning, I can be a bit wobbly, but it goes away once I get up and have coffee, shower, etc. | I have suffered from insomnia for many, many years and tried klonopin, xanax, and I can't remember the names of about three other medications. None worked. The neurontin is working. I never wake up in the middle of the night and stay up for 2 hours like I used to. I am not saying that I sleep beautifully every night, but I sleep. My irritability from lack of sleep has decreased dramatically. | F | 45 | 5 months | 4/17/2007 | 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 | 5 | partial seizures | dizzyness, weight gain, really crazy sensations when first falling asleep, long term foggy feeling, kind of groggy, though I feel pretty great while on it now. Seems like it really works for my partial seizures, though the side effects are kind of similar to having the seizures, just less scary. It does help with sleeping and middle of the night anxiety! | I'm trying to cut down because it seems to be making it more difficult at work. It's has most definately stopped the partial seizures almost completelly which makes it possible to function again, but at the expense of feeling "sharp" and "quick" at my somewhat busy job. My husband says I've not been myself - I notice I don't feel the "sparkle" or magic of life - everything seems really "dull" and numb. Which seems to help the seizures which were often caused by visual stimuli. I've started taking the medicine out of the geletin capsuls (it tastes terrible) - but it seems like the weight gain has slowed down since. I'm really bummed that I have to take this, but it totally helps the seizures. I am trying to cut down from 1800/day to 1200 / day, but it seems futile, as I feel totally crazy trying to take less. It feels absolutely terrible cutting down, totally depressing and sick feeling. My doctor is not very involved, I guess since partial se | F | 37 | 6 months | 3/29/2007 | 3 | anxiety | I am no longer on this but reading through others comments I am struck by the 'struggling with words' problem. This was a VERY obvious side effect for me and as a writer, I could not adjust to this. | I actually felt this did some good as an added benefit, my insomnia went away completely!!! It also eradicated the nerve pain in my hip that I have lived with since a car accident 20 years ago and loved that. Unfortunately getting off of it was hard. It was like all the blocked pain came back with a vengence and I felt as if I was losing my mind. This only lasted a few days but it sucked so just be forewarned if you are going to stop taking it. | F | 38 | 12 weeks | 3/29/2007 | 3 | severe bone pain | Sometims it stops "words", like i can think things but they don't make it out, it takes a while, I can't even explain myself. Also, severe edema in my feet, which sucks becuase we have to pull back, since the drug works quite well otherwise but that's at 2400 mg/day which is 600mg/day more than they recommend but i was following what the doctor said because ti's so far the only thing that works on the pain. I'm really depressed to have to cut back | M | 46 | 15 days | 3/29/2007 | 1 | back pain | I felt like I was swimming in GLUE. This medicine is awful. | F | 33 | 5 days | 3/28/2007 | 1 | L5\S1 displacment | @600mg/d I felt no pain relief from the numbness/burning down my entire leg and had slight headache. 2 days later up to @1800 day, went to hard heavy head aches, but pain was gone.. i could walk!! with in a week was very depressed, became homosidal... heard my own voice in my head... was told I was crazy, keep takeing it see a Shrink!!! | in 3 weeks every one told me they could see me changeing, my "pain mngmt" doc didnt even take me off... i had to pleed with my surgen that i might kill somone, now its Lyrica 150mg x2 lets see if the spiral down get any worse... | M | 24 | 3.5 weeks | 3/27/2007 | 5 | Nerve pain down my legs , numbness | makes me sleepy slrred speech | it helps with my numbness in my hips and goes down my legs. I have to take the meds. for about 6 months. | F | 35 | 6 months | 3/26/2007 | 5 | Severe Anxiety | I take about 5-6 600 mg a day. Dizzy, trouble speaking if I took too much, euphoria, it makes me very ditzy | Gabapentin is a miracle for me. I have a history of substance abuse so I can not take things such as Xanax or Lorazepam... I am actually able to talk to people and go out with out worrying much about what people think, also when I take Gabapentin, I can sit down and do homework for hours instead of freaking out and trying to do 10 things at once. | F | 20 | 8 months | 3/23/2007 | 3 | Anxiety | Strong dizziness when standing about 1-2hrs after taking it | I was taking 200mg and it seemed like it might be helping - handled some situations that normally would cause bad anxiety. However, due to the dizziness I dropped down to 100mg and it doesn't seem to have any effect at that dosage. | M | 30 | 3 months | 3/19/2007 | 5 | bipolar/insomnia | drowsiness during the day. A little stupified feeling at first. | I am sleeping so well it really is a miracle. Combined with Lamictal, haven't felt this good in years! | F | 35 | 2 weeks | 3/13/2007 | 4 | Bipolar I, Panic Attacks, Insomnia | The first few days I was completely looped, like I was drunk. I was giggly and my speech was slurred and the world spun alot. Then it just went away suddenly and I woke up feeling fine. I crave sugar all the time and I think it's getting worse, not better. I have more headaches than usual and it does nothing for my myriad of physical aches and pains. | I'd love it if it weren't for making me crave sweets. I already have problems with binge eating but none of the other mood stabilizers are good for me, so this is what I've got to work with. I've gained some weight since I've been on it but I don't know if it's me or the Neurontin. I had to increase my dosage after a year to keep the bipolar and anxiety away because the severe mood swings and agitation was creeping back in. I get very good sleep with this medication though. I can take as many benzo's as I want and they can't beat Neurontin for a good nights sleep. I was previously on Depakote and it didn't help me near as much as this. My moods are mostly stable now and I feel like I'm at a decent level of functioning. | F | 25 | 2 years | 3/12/2007 | 4 | depression | M | 25 | 4 months | 3/8/2007 | 1 | sciatic nerve-related leg pain | Edema, blurred vision, brain fog, feelings of nervousness and dread | Did not really help pain and side-effects, especially edema in feet, were very annoying. | M | 49 | 2 weeks | 3/6/2007 | 1 | eye twitch, then back pain | Superior oblique myokymia--worked wonders for a month, then quit. Upping dose was no help. Side effects began after a month--fatigue and adhd. Later, took it for back pain (3 months) and had increased side effects-- memory problems, organization and concentration issues (making work very hard to do), weight gain, problems driving, couldn't "find" words. No pain relief. Reluctantly took it again two years later for worse back pain. (2 months) Side effects just got more problematic each time I started this drug. The third time, again no pain relief, but I felt absolutely crazy. Can't take any of the anti-seizure category meds. (Have also tried Baclofin, Gabatril, Lyrica, Tegretol with varying side effects and no pain relief.) I get none of these effects with opiates, even though they are considered more powerful drugs. They also control pain very effectively. | I think this is a powerful and sometimes dangerous drug which may esacalte in terms of side effects over time. I would never take it again. I have a friend who takes it and while he does not notice his side effects, I do. Very talkative, forgetful, lack of energy, weight gain, and impulsivity. He doesn't experience the out-of-control feelings I had. Ask other people what your driving is really like when you take this drug. I rear-ended three different people, thank goodness not seriously. It was all due to lack of concentration and poor reaction time. | F | 59 | 3 months | 3/1/2007 | 5 | Migraines | Drowsiness, hard to remember things, dizziness. Makes me sleep Very well but I wake up feeling groggy. | I love this medecine. My doctor started me on 300mg 3x a day and now I am up to 600mg 3x a day. It has helped me drastically with my migraines. It has gotten rid of them by about 45%. I still have them but not near as much. | F | 21 | 8 months | 2/28/2007 | 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 |