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I'm really hoping that someone can tell me that missing one dose of Gabapentin is enough to set off mad itching!! I forgot to take a midday dose of 600 mg (because I was too busy Christmas shopping lol) and didn't remember until the next dose was due five hours later. Now I'm itching like crazy. Please don't let it be another relapse!!

The other day, I went to a Christmas party and left the gabapentin at home, so I missed a dose. I got a horrible stomach ache that night and was miserable. The next day, I took the medicine, and the stomach aches are gone. i also have gotten weird vision problems when I accidentally miss a dose. The little packet that came with my medicine said there can be vision changes and GI problems if you stop taking the medicine completely without medical advice.

When prescribing Gabapentin carefully evaluate patients for a history of drug abuse and observe them for signs and symptoms of Gabapentin misuse or abuse (e.g. development of tolerance, self-dose escalation, and drug-seeking behavior). DEPENDENCE There are rare postmarketing reports of individuals experiencing withdrawal symptoms shortly after discontinuing higher than recommended doses of Gabapentin used to treat illnesses for which the drug is not approved.

Gabapentin and Lyrica are in the same class of anti-convulsants and have similar actions. However their side-effect profiles may differ somewhat. If you are finding that the side-effects with gabapentin are tolerable then it would probably be best to increase the dose under doctor's advice. There is a long way upwards that you may go with the dose before reaching the upper limit, as Jason80 points out.

It was explained to me that the highest dose that had an effect on neurological pain was 1800mg a day a higher dose may be used for epilesy but was not effective on neurological pain. Has anyone found pregabalin (which I believe is also known as Lyrica) to be more effective than Gabapentin?

m wondering is, does this dose sound large enough to be effective? How long did it take you guys for gabapentin to work? Or just any experiences you have to share would be great! Well, thanks, you all! I appreciate the help.

Has anyone ever been put on gabapentin for severe anxiety/panic disorder? My doctor just prescribed it for me to help ween me off xanax that I've been on for 7 years. Was wondering if this has ever helped anyone?

It sounded like, from your post that you started at too high of dose, it is one to ease into if higher dose is neccassary, then ease back down.

When I first starting taking gabapentin the dose was 400mg each night. I was supposed to add a morning dose the second week and then an afternoon dose in the third week. I was getting relief with the 400mg bedtime dose alone but it made me so sleepy that I didn't dare take it during the day. My GP suggested I stick with the once daily dosing for a while. She told me that many of her patients never have to add daytime doses to get adequate pain control.

However the gabapentin has not seemed to help my hand, as this pain continues despite titrating to such a high dose. I recently started on amitriptyline for my neuropathic pain, am up to 50mg per day, and I think it is helping. The stabbing and burning sensations are lessened, although the numbness and incoordination remain. Because I seem to be responding better to this latter drug, I am now slowly weaning off the gabapentin.

Hi, Corina- I used to be on Gabapentin. 200 mg a day is a very low dose. In my opinion, it is coincidence that you started feeling vibrations at the time you began taking the Gabapentin. Yes, you can get vibrations regardless of your meds. I get the vibrations. They are weird, that is for sure! I have heard some people that get them, get painful ones. Mine don't hurt.

Recreational use Although gabapentin is not a controlled substance, it does produce psychoactive effects that cause it to have potential for recreational use. Even in low doses, Gabapentin causes sensations of reduced acute pain, reduced anxiety and even a tendency to become overly social and talkative. Larger doses can cause the user to become numb and even fully insensate. It has also been called upon to reduce opiate withdrawal symptoms.

Has anyone else taken Gabapentin for all of these pains neuralgia migraines? I'm petrified to take this drug because of all the bad side affects! Did it help or harm anyone? Or should I wait to see the NS first before I take it?

s the only thing to calm the tingling and and pulsating. I find that Lyrica has a lot of side effects so I take gabapentin as my morning dose and Lyrica as my evening dose, simply to not endure the side effects. Hope this helps.

When prescribing gabapentin carefully evaluate patients for a history of drug abuse and observe them for signs and symptoms of gabapentin misuse or abuse (e.g. development of tolerance, self-dose escalation, and drug-seeking behavior). Dependence There are rare postmarketing reports of individuals experiencing withdrawal symptoms shortly after discontinuing higher than recommended doses of gabapentin used to treat illnesses for which the drug is not approved.

I have been on gabapentin for 2 months, It helps somewhat with pain, it helped me to sleep very sound, until this week, I can't seem to get to sleep and awake alot during the night.

Went to a new doctor today and he seems to feel the vicodene is no longer working so he had prescribed me gabapentin-100 mgs. three times a day. My concern now is withdrawing from the vocoden. doctor has suggested that I taper down to half a pill a week (of the vicodene). Of course I did not tell him how much I was taking of the vicodene.In searching this forum I have read different opions on the gabaperntin.

I'm having a hard time tapering off gabapentin. I get severe anxiety with each dose drop, even though I am only decreasing by 10 mgs at a time. I started at 300 mgs and am now down to 200 mgs. Has anyone else had problems like this?

Hi could anyone help me please?

For those of you who take Gabapentin (Neurontin): Just curious what side effects you have experienced (and at what dosage), and how long they lasted? I just started this last weekend, 300mg once a day at bedtime. I am having a really hard time waking up in the morning and for the first half of the day I feel a little "loopy" or my head feels "swimmy"....if that makes any sense.....

I had an episode of burning on my forhead and cheeks and pins and needle feelings in which I started Gabapentin for. Over a 4 week period I gradually increased the dosage to what I am on now, 300mg three times daily. This seems to help greatly with the nerve pain but I started after 2 weeks to develop a very itchy neck, ear lobe, and face. My face sometimes looked like it was burned. Im just wondering if anyone has had this while taking Gabapentin.

I tapered down to only 300mg and my GP now says I can come off them over the next 6 weeks if I want to but she felt that a constant low dose was better than taking a high dose for a shorter time as it may provide a sort of damping effect on the pain. She wants me to keep a diary of I decide to come off them as that will help to see if this small amount is helping.

I have tried requip, mirapex, sinamet, gabapentin, lyrica and a host of others. Ultram was the only one that worked well. For three and a half years I was free of the rls syptoms. Now though I am afraid I am going to experience not only increased rls symptoms but also the other withdrawl symptoms associated with quiting the Ultram. I am looking for responses from others that have been in this boat. I never took the drug for recreation. It never made me high it just relieved the Restless Legs.

Gabapentin is an anti-seizure drug (originally) but is prescribed for nerve damage/nerve pain, too. I was one of those that knew NOTHING about subutex/suboxone going on it OR coming off it. I was on gabapentin at the time. I jumped off at a ridiculously high dose. I was on subutex for 7 days and suboxone for 21 days.....I REALLY did not like the psyc dr that prescribed them to me in the first place. Point being, when I did that....

Hi has anyone been on gabapentin or heard of it before? I have had 3 discectomies on L4/L5 disc and now have tissue scarring leaving me with the same as before all my surgeries. I have been prescribed gabapentin this week for nerve damage in that area of my back. I am in first week on it and taking 600mg per day.

I experience ~ 1 point level reduction on Gabapentin which makes things a bit more bearable. IIRC, 900mg daily was the mean dose. I take 1500 mg. I have developed stomach issues that I don't think are related to gabapentin, but not sure.

As you notice any new or increasing symptom you think might be related to the decreased gabapentin dose - RETREAT one step in your schedule. Did your doc think to suggest a schedule of safe gabapentin withdrawal? I think you should be decreasing your dose no faster than about 300mg (total) every few days. I looked this up online to be sure. Here's a link with lots of information. (Just don't be put off by the site name!) http://www.crazymeds.us/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Meds/Neurontin?

I'm taking gabapentin for TN and occipital neuralgia (I assume is probably lessens the tingling in my arm and leg as well) and most of the time I have reasonable pain control. However, there are times when the pain really flares up and I'm not sure if there's anything I can do for that. I don't know if gabapentin (neurontin) has a "short term" effect--e.g. if I took an extra dose, would it help?

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