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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR NEURONTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | BIPOLAR/ADD | Euphoria/Slight Dizziness | Neurontin is a wonder drug, it is teamed with Lamictal and Adderall XR. Helps me with anxiety and mood swings. Also helps me sleep well at night comfortably and wake up easily. I am glad that I can take this instead of the benzos, this drug is so much better and effective for my situation and symptoms. | F | 33 | 3 months | 3/6/2006 | 1 | bipolar | complete memory loss for the entire time I was on the medication. The medication caused serious reactions in my mood. I would never recommend this medication. | F | 27 | | 3/3/2006 | 3 | Bipolar / Psychlothymia | Wow! You know that feeling when you've just had three beers on an empty stomach? I'm just starting to increase my dosage of Gabapentin up to a functional level. And boy, does it make me feel GOOD! Starting yesterday, I've been taking 600 mg in the morning and 300 mg at night. I've lost all interest in eating until about 7pm at night. Yesterday, I spent all day reading weblogs. Today, I spent two hours at a computer store playing a demo game on the X-Box. When I stepped away from the machine- Whoah! I felt higher than a kite! But now I'm starting to crash and mellow-out. I had a couple donuts to eat. Maybe I feel this way because my blood sugar is low. Maybe I'm just acclimating to the medication. I've only been at this dosage for two days. But I'll tell you-- two years on Lamictal didn't do a damn thing for me except make my hands ache and twitch and give me a cyst on my tongue when it swelled-up. Gabapentin.... Oh, that the stuff... WHeeEEeEEeeeee! | I've been on a non-functioning dosage for about a month now to build up to a full dose. I've been at 700mg for two days. | M | 35 | 30 days | 2/3/2006 | 1 | Bipolar agitation | Easier to describe side effects I DIDN'T have. 1) Horrible vivid dreams; 2) drugged, confused, zombie-like state; 3) crippling short term memory loss and confusion; 4) Double vision | Paranoia isn't part of my bipolar diagnosis, but after being prescribed Neurontin, I accused my doctor of trying to kill me. An exaggeration, but the experience was so overwhelmingly negative for me, I simply can't conceive of this drug helping anyone. In fairness, I tried Topamax and Seraquel too, and neither had benefits close to justifying their horrible side effects. (Seraquel turned me into a manic frothing animal, and topamax made me stupid and fearful.) | F | 43 | 4 days | 12/21/2005 | 5 | Bipolar Disorder | None | Neurontin (gabapentin) plays a crucial role in combating the dysphoria that many of us Manic-Depressives all too frequently experience, especially in reference to assisting better sleep quality, and when there is a rough night, gabapentin seems to act like a "buffer" for the nervous system the following morning; i.e., there is less agitation during the day. Although I do take a lot of medicine (14 Rx's), gabapentin is critical in my regimen. If anyone is tired of feeling "tired" and life is nothing more than an agonying experience, I may be able to offer some helpful advice. | M | 43 | 3 years | 9/10/2005 | 2 | Partial Complex Seizures / Bipolar | Weight gain!! When I was prescribed 2100 mg. of Neurontin for seizure control I gained 40 Pounds in about six monts without seizure control. The dosage was increased to 3600 and I gained 20 more in just two weeks. I can't wait for my doctor to take me off this thing. | Don't let your Dr. talk you into this medication. If you have seizures or bi-polar try something else like Lamictal. | M | 38 | 5 years | 6/26/2005 | 5 | Essential Tremor , BiPolar Disorder | weight gain | I take 300mg three times a day. This has reduced my hand tremor significantly. It also helps with my moods. I don't get as angry as I used to. I have a lot more patience with people.I am not as anxious as I used to be and I am able to do things that used to stress me out and make me unable to enjoy outings. It also seems to give me more energy. I do seem to crave sweets now. Weight gain 17lbs....yuck. I will gladly gain a bit of weight to feel so much better. | F | 36 | 9 months | 6/13/2005 | 5 | Anxiety - Bipolar II | The only medication that, after 7 years of medication adjustments, finally removed my constant anxiety!! | I was so amazed at not having any anxiety for the first time in my life that everyday for 3 months I would thank the pharmacutical gods for their chemical miracles. | M | 47 | 5 years | 4/15/2005 | 1 | Bipolar disorder | Swollen feet and legs | Neurontin did absolutely nothing for me. Worthless. | F | 51 | 2 months | 5/19/2004 | 3 | bipolar | blurred vision, headache, severe pain in back of neck, migraine like symptoms, shoulder ache | Psychiatrist said there were NO SIDE EFFECTS to this drug. After taking one day I experienced the stated side effects. I went back to the doctor and he insist that the things I experienced are not because of this drug. I welcome feedback see email. | F | 37 | 2 days | 5/13/2004 | 1 | bipolar disorder | fatigue, drowsiness, dissassociatin, diarrhea, weight gain, trouble in thinking, nervous twitching when trying to sleep, trouble sleeping, frequent urination, and not caring about anything | I stopped taking this drug against doctor's advise when the symptoms became too severe. It was 4 days after I stopped taking before I could rouse myself enough to call the doctor again. I still find myself sitting and staring into space. I try to read and can't concentrate, though reading has always been one of my greatest joys. Some books are just too hard for me to read for more than a paragraph or two. This drug only made me worse, and I may end up losing my job as a result of taking it and being unable to go to work. These side effects did NOT start immediately when I began taking the drug, but rather after a few weeks; then steadily worsened. | F | 49 | 5 weeks | 3/13/2003 | 5 | bipolar disorder | Some lethargy, dullness feeling. | I am very happy with it. It works much better than the extremely high dosages of Depakote I was on. I felt slightly groggy in the beginning, but it leveled out well. The dull feeling comes and goes, but not sleepy. | F | 28 | 3 months | 3/14/2002 |