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 | 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 | Nerve pain after pelvic surgery | When you first begin Neurontin, you wake up drowsy, but after about 2 weeks, that side effect goes away. | I had almost debilitating genital/pelvic nerve pain (i.e. pudendal neuralgia) after having a hysterectomy and then a bladder suspension surgery. I can tell you that the Lord really has used this drug for my benefit. You know, to be healed of physical afflictions, you need Jesus in your life as your Lord and Savior, as well. He will either heal by a miracle, or use a medication to give you relief. Either way, He heals! Thank the Lord for giving the professionals the wisdom and knowledge to make this and other beneficial medications. For those of you who say that this medication is "killing you", try Jesus instead! He will help you if you live life for Him, and ask Him for healing. He is the best medicine for any and every affliction! He sure helps me! | F | 32 | 9 months | 2/12/2007 | 5 | Neuropathic pain and suspected FM | perhaps increase in weight.Slight trmeor and drowsiness to start with. | Saved my life. Tried every NSAID on the market and nothing worked. | F | 64 | 9 months | 1/30/2005 | 5 | Anxiety | Dizziness - initially, but wore off; sleepiness,if too much is taken; unsteadiness (physical balance)initially, but wore off. | This drug has been dramatically effective for me; making it possible to almost completely drop lorazepam. I find it most effective on the "physical" symptoms of anxiety. I find that lorazepam seems to work better on the "mental" symptoms of anxiety - obsessiveness or rumination. | M | 46 | 9 months | 11/8/2006 | 5 | Osteoarthritis | Weight gain - about 25 pounds in less than a year - wobbly, fatigue, skin dry on hands and feet. Achy feet in morning. | Worked terrific on my pain but don't like the weight gain. Can't really say I am eating more; in fact I am skipping meals. I am craving sweets but am not overdoing it. | F | 51 | 9 months | 8/18/2005 | 4 | mirgrianes | I am taking this along with the Mayo clinic recommendation vitiamin regime to prevent mirgraines. I take 4 vitiamns and 1200 mg of neurontin before bed. I have been able to reduce my migraines from 15 a month to 6 to 7. I am having trouble with anxiety and depression with this combo so my physcian has added clonzenpam to help. I have tried alot of prevention meds and this is the only thing that has come close to giving me relief. 3 of the mirgraines come during that time of the month so my mirgraines are all about my hormones going up and down. | M | 36 | 9 months 1200 1X day | 10/10/2010 | 4 | control seizures | My biggest side effect is weight gain. Has anyone else experince this? | F | 41 | 9 months | 9/11/2002 | 4 | nerve pain | Felt foggy at first, but that subsided. Noticed recently that I've gained weight and have been concerned with hair loss. Have had some on and off depression,and I do find that I forget things frequently. | I tried to cut back to 3 300mg per day, but I couldn't stand the nerve pain, so I went back up. The side effects outweigh the pain. | F | 44 | 9 months | 10/26/2009 | 4 | fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome | I cannot take 900 mg daily as my dr prescribed because I do medical transcription and midday I was totally wiped out and unable to work; very sleepy, brain fog, blurred vision. I now take 300 mg am and 300 mg p.m. After 1 day I had a drastic improvement in the RLS; gone completely, and it had suffered badly with this. It has helped enough with the fibro that I can tell a difference, but not a huge difference. Without a midday dose I can work fine, but definitely need it for pain about 5 p.m. which begins to become almost intolerable. | I have gained 45 lbs taking Neurontin only 9 months. SO I decided to wean myside and see what would happen. I weaned slowly over a 2-week period. After just 1 day of no Neurontin IMMEDIATELY the RLS returned and kept me awake at night with leg pain. But the really scary part - I believe to have tremor-like seizures in my head; it felt like I had a drill turned on in my skull for a few seconds that left a taste in my mouth and my teeth sore. I stood this for about 1-1/2 weeks of these seizures increasing to 3 a day average and I jumped back on the Neurontin. It tooks another 2 weeks for my head to "feel normal" and the seizures just gradually weaned away. So, no matter how large I get (I am 230 now) I will be too afraid to ever stop the Neurontin again. But I tell myself it is worth it for the leg pain to be gone. I would toss and turn all night and feel a deep ache in both legs and a feeling as if electricity was running up and down my legs, even in my feet. To have that gone and be able to sleep is worth wearing a size 20, although a devastating blow has been struck to my vanity. | F | 59 | 9 months | 9/12/2009 | 4 | Cervical Spinal Fusion | I definitely lose focus and am forgetful. Tiredness only when I take 2 in the evening. I started taking 400mg 3x daily and now take 600mg 4 times daily. I do drink wine alot and I guess this may intensify the side effects. The side effects are not a problem with me and I will continue to take this until the Dr. says to stop. | My whole body went numb due to degenerative disks and my spine curving taking my spinal cord with it. It has been about 10 months since my surgery and my hands and arms still feel very numb. I can do everyday tasks with no problem but I know when I am due to take my Neurontin because I seem to feel alot more numb. I really am afraid to be off these because I don't like that numb feeling. | F | 43 | 9 months | 3/1/2008 | 4 | severe herniated disc, sciatica | Works pretty well for me. No bad side effects - except takes approx. 2 hrs to kick in. | F | 36 | 9 months 300mg x 3 | 10/1/2014 | 3 | Not sure | I started sleeping for several days at a time, I take other meds. Ativan 0.5, trazodone 50mg...I sleep a few days in a row, I pray to die everyday.I'm so depressed and I look awful..I can't go on like this much longer before I throw in the ---! | I get depressed when I try to stop..I will then take more and sleep another few days.. | F | 50 | 9 months 200 mg | 12/7/2015 | 3 | Not sure | I started sleeping for several days at a time, I take other meds. Ativan 0.5, trazodone 50mg...I sleep a few days in a row, I pray to die everyday.I'm so depressed and I look awful..I can't go on like this much longer before I throw in the ---! | I get depressed when I try to stop..I will then take more and sleep another few days.. | F | 50 | 9 months 200 mg | 12/7/2015 | 3 | nerve pain from herniated disks | Weight gain, nightmares, tiredness | I kept taking it (at minimum dose) because it helped me sleep! But if I increased the dose for pain management, the dreams would wake me up and it was hard to return to sleep. Would recommend only if you have severe pain or seizures- and if it helps you, of course. | F | 48 | 9 months | 6/12/2008 | 3 | Neuropathy, migraines | Horrible weight gain. Low energy. Mood swings. | I reduced my caloric intake so that I should be losing 1--2 lbs a week. Doing heavy exercise 3x a wk and light exercise the rest of the week. Instead of losing, I gained weight. It seemed to go up with each dose adjustment. Lots of hungry feelings. It's a shame, it really got rid of my daily stress/tension headaches. It helped me sleep. And it's helped with my back pain. I'm reducing my dose because I can't deal with the weight gain after so much work to lose and tone. If I start having daily headaches again, I will re-up my dose. (Dose adjustments are made in conjunction with my doctor.) | F | 43 | 9 months 1200 mg 1X day | 5/2/2017 | 3 | nerve pain, from RSD | weight gain (up 4 sizes in 9 months) | It worked for a little while, but I had to keep upping the dose to keep on top of the pain. Ended up giving up when I was taking 1500mg a day and tried something else. The weight dropped off straight after I stopped taking it. | F | 26 | 9 months | 4/28/2004 | 3 | M | 50 | 9 months | 6/21/2007 | 3 | Back surgery - Lumbar Fusion | Hardly any. Very mild off balance or light-headedness | M | 74 | 9 months 300 3X day | 11/20/2010 | 3 | back pain | absent minded, tired, no energy | at 600 3x a day my pain level was much lower, however I could not function at work. could not focus on tasks, got confused in the middle of tasks, very forgetful and just dead tired all the time. have cut back to 300 2x a day, still have no energy, back pain is worse, but at least I can focus and remember things most of the time. | M | 35 | 9 months 600 3X day | 2/23/2010 | 3 | anxiety | appetite increase | F | 36 | 9 months 1800 1X day | 2/23/2010 |