GABAPENTIN Reviews (GABAPENTIN)Average Rating: 2.7 (150 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare GABAPENTIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GABAPENTIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | Nerve pain | During build up to full strength I felt, woozy, loss of memory, hallucinations, listlessness, slept all the time, even at work, not connected to my mind, confusion, severe anxiety, loss of appetite, taste and smell was altered. I started Gabapentin Oct 2, 2020. I reached full dose on 10-19 and started reducing dosage the next day after fully hallucinating while at work. As I was coming off of Gabapentin I had a whole new set of side effects. I took my last pill on 10-31-20 and was scared I would not survive. I was sad, extremely depressed, hopeless, uninspired to move, 5 days of sleeplessness at which point I was helped by my Doctor, hot flashes and chills, mussle contractions in my stomach, I wanted to die, be dead, anything not to live with how I felt . | When I was given Gabapentin I was told to continue with drugs I was already taking. I had been taking 3 10mg of Percocet a day for a month for nerve pain.. I was scared to take it when I got the horrible side effects of coming off Gabapentin so reduced the Percocet to 1 pill a day. The Dr. said that was the reason for my extreme side effects however as I read through all the responses, othersalso had many of the same symptoms I had. I've worked my whole life, I work 40+ hours a week. I am a very healthy, functional person exceot for pain in my back but I was unable to function for 10 days and was scared that I may never feel like myself again. I was afraid I would kill myself before I recovered. Today is 11-13-20. I'm 80% better abs hoping to continue to heal. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DRUG! Do your research before you consider taking this evil drug then DON'T TAKE IT. | F | 75 | 31 days 60mg X 3 3X day | 11/13/2020 | 5 | Severe anxiety/GAD | I am prescribed this for anxiety as an off label use and as an alternative to benzodiazepine. No side effects except for a bit of weight gain and some thirst issues. | doctor did not want to prescribe excess benzos so we talked about this option and it works great! I can go on walks, meet new people, face challenges and do my work without anxiety. life has become a pleasure! And this is in spite of a pandemic! | F | 58 | 2 years 300 mg 4x 4X day | 10/26/2020 | 3 | RLS | Can't remember simple words for everyday things. Depressed GERD Irritable a lot of the time | I would not take this drug, in fact I am going to stop taking it. There has to be a better way to get a good nights sleep. | M | 55 | 2 years 600 1X day | 10/26/2020 | 2 | Anxiety | Dizziness, nausea, increased anxiety | Seems to work great initially, but then the side effects started. Unfortunately couldn’t tolerate. | M | 67 | 300 1X day | 10/20/2020 | 2 | Nerve pain in thighs after hip replacement | It's not working! | F | 66 | 14 days 100mg 2X day | 10/16/2020 | 4 | Migraine and anxiety | I was on a higher dose for about a year and wean off of it three months ago. I restarted taking it because my headaches started to come back. Since I'm only on a low dose, the side effects aren't as bad. | I still have some blurry vision and dry mouth, but it's manageable. I didn't get the weight gain or memory problems like I did at a higher dose. | F | 56 | 6 weeks 300 1X day | 10/2/2020 | 1 | Pinched Nerve in neck. | Extreme drowsiness, dizziness, lethargy, anxiety, speech problems, I'd forget the simplest words or things, shortness of breath. | Make sure you do you're research on this Rx before you take it. I do not recommend anyone take this medicine unless you absolutely need it. | M | 55 | 90 days 300 1X day | 9/30/2020 | 3 | MS-related central neuropathic pain | Low back pain, muscle spasticity, fatigue, weight gain, possible tooth/jaw pain (unsure if this is a new side effect or new expression of central neuropathic pain) | Started on 100mg T.I.D., increased slowly up to 700mg T.I.D. On days where I missed my bedtime dose I found that my back pain and overall muscle spasticity was greatly lessened the following day. | F | 31 | 3 months 700 3X day | 9/27/2020 | 1 | Anxiety, RLS | I developed serious cervical dystonia. Made the muscles in my neck stiff and extremely painful. This drug blocks dopamine which can lead to dystonia. Although rare, it's not worth the risk. | M | 55 | 6 days 300 mg 3x 1X day | 9/13/2020 | 1 | Severe difficult to treat insomnia | Stomach pain, nausea, GERD, can't maintain temp at night cold with ac on 76-77 in Florida. Couldn't stay warm during sleep under 4 heavy comforters. Body temp dropping to 95.5 and 96 at night which is dangerous. Had to keep increasing dose from initial dose of 300 mg at bed which only helped for a few weeks. Worsened anxiety tremendously. | I am tapering dosage 100 mg each week now down to 500 mg at bedtime (8-29-2020) severe withdrawal symptoms. Determined to get off this drug since it isn't helping sleep and causing problems. One person suggested getting down to 300 mg and then stopping instead of going through withdrawals at each tapering. Not sure I'm strong enough to withstand the distress from withdrawal but might try decreasing from 500 mg to 300 mg to get down in the initial starting dose 5 months ago then slowly taper. | F | 56 | 5 months 700 mg bed 1X day | 8/29/2020 | 5 | Arthritis in hips and lower back | Dry mouth and nose. Loss remember words. Swelling ankels seriously painful legs, permanent bruises. Cannot walk very far. The damage has been done now. This is my life now. | Please read leaflet before taking | F | 75 | 0 years 300 3X day | 8/11/2020 | 1 | Anxiety. Leg pain | Memory loss, spasticity, irritability, constipation, blurred vision, General miserable feelings. It does help with sleep. Made me sleep extremely heavy. | I would never recommend anyone to use this for off label use. I have so many more strange side effects. The spasticity is unbearable. | F | 50 | 1 years 300 mg 2X day | 7/22/2020 | 1 | Nerve pain and migraines | It did help with my migraine it seemed however... I have unbelievable joint paint. An 8 for sure on the 1 to 10 scale. My shoulder and hips hurt so bad I can walk only a few inches at a time. I can barely stand after 1 pill. I have never hurt in my hips my entire life . I feel like I have pain with rigomortous. | I will not be taking any more of these. I would suggest Everyone think twice about this medication. If anything start low dosage to begin to see if you have side effects. | M | 47 | 1 times 300 1X day | 7/16/2020 | 1 | Severe head pain | Side effects were confusion, memory loss, depression, fatigue, weight gain, nerve pain in legs, anxiety, hot flashes | This is the worst drug. I was relying on it to treat my constant head pain, but it was horrible. I finally decided to get off of it when I realized it wasn't helping and I didn't want to raise my dose anymore. It took me a whole year to get off this medicine. The weaning felt like I was living in hell. It went on for a year before I was off the medicine, and even now 3 months later I still feel extreme withdrawl. Wondering when and if this will ever be over. Homeopathy has saved my life and if it wasn't for me taking a class and learning about central nervous system addiction, I would have never been able to get off the gabapentin. I will never take ANY drug again. | F | 35 | 21 months 2400 | 6/28/2020 | 4 | Epilepsy and neuropathy | Works very good for me but I don't like the fact of CVS pharmacist think they're God and I got you any kind of way but has no idea what is really wrong with you sad | F | 43 | 1 weeks 1200 | 6/23/2020 | 1 | Pain | Couldn't think of simplest words words I would use every day. This went on all day every day when my dose increase from 303 times a day to 603 times a day. When I tried to go back down to 300I was almost suicidal. This medicine it's just awful Affecting your brain like that. It did help my pain a lot but it's not worth it to lose your brain and Develop dementia. | I am trying to go off of it 100 mg at a time I pray to God I can get off of it this is some serious Brain injuring Medicine. | F | 60 | 0 days 600 | 5/17/2020 | 1 | Post traumatic neurological stress | Nausea, dizziness, anxiety, back pain, suicidal thoughts | This is by far the worst medicine I've taken. It made me feel very moody, lack of coordination, very irritable and the last was suicidal thoughts and anxiety which I had already overcome. It also gave me hallucinations at night. | F | 45 | 17 days 900 | 4/14/2020 | 5 | Anxiety and fatigue | At the beginning, some tiredness and fog. Very short duration of that s/e. Some hunger that I had to work through | I cannot say enough good things about gabapentin. It completely changed my approach to treating anxiety, and it’s cheap. Some people experience bad side effects and I am grateful that I am not one of them. It takes the anxiety away, helps you feel rested in the moment, helps social anxiety too. I just feel present and not tired from anxiety or on high alert. Also takes care of body aches and I don’t overspend on chiro care anymore. I also take 12.5 Zoloft and 100 bupropion | F | 48 | 6 months 100 | 3/29/2020 | 1 | Neuropathy | Developed extremely low blood pressure 90/50 heart pounding...terrible feeling...horrible drug! | Don't take it! | M | 69 | 2 years 100mg x3 | 2/28/2020 | 3 | fibromyalgia | It worked well for several months. However, about 9 months ago I developed DYSTONIA. My case is VERY rare but women 40+ have a higher risk. Doctors will likely have little knowledge about it or may not diagnose you properly. Medical papers have been published on this link. | If you develop DYSTONIA (involuntary movement of your mouth, legs, feet or arms) you should get with your doctor and get weaned off this drug ASAP. Chances are good that these symptoms will go away once you're off it. See a neurologist and read up on it. | F | 67 | 15 months 900 mg 3X day | 2/3/2020 |