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Anyone have any side effects from starting neurontin or suggestions on how to adapt to using it. It's kicking my butt so far, so only taking it at night but a bit zoozy in the mornings. Am on 300mg, have titration orders but don't want to add any more at the present until I adjust to this night dose. anyone?

You are experiencing side effects of Neurontin, is all. Diff people react diff ways to it. Me, I have nausea that bothers me a lot. The weight gain you ask about is one of the side effects, as are the other problems you are having. I've been taking it for two years, and I also started out on Lyrica, but becuz of cost I had to switch. Neurontin has only been around for about 15 years, so for at least for that length of time you're good.

Hi FairyTree, I take a fairly low dose of Gabapentin, 300mg 1x at night. I think this medication helps with my chronic pain and I now rarely get headaches. When I go off of it, I hurt like crazy. All the joint pain comes back with a vengeance. The last time I missed a couple of doses, I hurt so much that I kept having to find a place to sit down while the pharmacist filled the order.

Lyrica and Neurontin (Gabapentin) are in the same class of drug and have similar side effects profiles.

My doses last time around got up to nearly 3,000mg a day and believe me you will start seeing side effects when you reach the upper limits of this drug. My doctor took me off it and put me on something else because of the side effects at the highest levels. Gab doesn't cause nerve pain at all, so if you are having more pain than usual it is not related to this drug but may be from something else.

I'm on Gabapentin. My neuro decided to start me out slow, because I'm more prone to side effects when started out on higher levels. I have found that each neuro/doctor is different in prescribing meds. I started out on 100mg of Gabapentin 3x a day. I split up the pills, of course, morning, mid-day, before bed. Then my neuro wanted me to take 600mg a day after a month of being on it. I would split up the pills the same way (morning, midday, bed).

I was on gabapentin after spinal injury, and decided that I was better off without it. The medication didn't do much for pain, but had the side effects you talked about, plus it caused confusion. I did not feel safe driving while under this medication. Everything is a risk/benefit situation, and I suggest you have a long talk with the prescribing physician if you experience problems.

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.....

m on 100mg this week and next week I go up to 300mg. The 100mg is making me SOOOO dopy. Is this normal? What are other side effects? How bout the liver and kidneys?

My dr put me on Gabitril for my nerve pain and it worked wonders with no side effects. I do know you should talk to your dr if you have not already about lowering your dose on your own. Medications like this are sometimes worse to take yourself off of and need to be monitored by a dr.

I am on Gabapentin 300mg 2 a day, I have had weight gain since being on them, I have gained 15 lbs in 2 months time. I am sitting here thinking if he ups my meds like he wants to the side effect of weight gain will only get worse. I talked to the people where I get Gabapentin and they said that that side effect don't go away and if the dose is inceased it will only get worse so if the med isn't helping me there are other options.

gabapentin often requires 1800mg / day to work (built up slowly over time), while pregabalin can be effective at 150mg TID. And the change of side effects build as the does is increased. If cost is an issue, since gabapentin can be effective for neuropathic pain (at high doses) I'd try the gabapentin first and see what happens. If it doesn't work, then i'd try the Lyrica.

There are many drugs that should not be stopped abruptly. To do so risks serious (and sometimes dangerous) side effects. It doesn't have to do with addiction. It is because the body functions differently when the drug is taken and needs time to adjust itself back to functioning on it's own. For gabapentin, the person who fails to decrease dosage over time risks having seizures - even if they never had them before.

I also know (through googling many different medications) that each time you adjust the dosage, that your body can have side effects. The side effects should get better as your body adjusts, but if they don't, you should definitely talk to your doctor about it.

Typically the side-effects include somnolence, dizziness, and imbalance. Since you have been using Neurontin for 9 years, there does not seem to be a problem continuing it, even at a slightly increased dose. Also, Neurontin is not known to be triggering/escalating Alzheimer's disease. Best..

Hi Guys, Just been told that I need to start on a painkiller and have been perscrbed Gabapentin just starting on 300mg at night and I am really interested in other experiences with it. I am not sure if you use this in the US so any UK folks out there too please. I would like to hear success stories as well as any negatives so please not just negatives as drugs really scare me anyway after having so many adverse reactions in the past.

I was just prescribed Gabapentin 300mg before bedtime due to having severe pain from my permanently damaged spinal cord. I took 100mg of Gabapentin last night before bed for the first time. I woke up at 1am with hot flashes. When I got up at 3am for the day I noticed I have a sunburn rash on my cheek bones. My face feels really hot. Is this a side effect from the medicine or an allergy? It's 1pm and I still have the sunburn rash, the whole right side of my face is red.

I also wanted to add that at the beginning when I started Gabapentin, I went up to fast on the dosage and got too many side effects, so I lowered it from 2400mg to 1500mg. I think it helps with some symptoms abit... not all but some let me know how it goes.

Got up this morning and noticed yesterdays daily meds container still had my evening pills in it. Darn, forgot to take my meds, which consists of 300mg Gabapentin, Detrol LA, and Pantoprazole. I really think the missed meds is the culprit. I know when my TN annoys me a little more than usual I take an extra 300mg Gabapentin at bedtime and sleep like a log, so it stands to reason that if I take 300mg less G than my normal daily dose, I might have a crappy sleep.

I have been prescribed Gabapentin and found the drug to have serious side effects. It significantly degrades intellectual ability, for one, affects judgement (adversely), and makes driving dangerous. It is also addictive. It also doesn't do much to relieve pain. Under certain circumstances it can precipitate seizures. Then it causes headaches. And difficulty breathing.. I just stopped it cold. I would never take it again.

I was on 300mg gabapentin for nerve pain foe three weeks, but had to stop abruptly as I was suffering severe breathing problems, Three weeks later I am still suffering withdrawal problems, is this normal.

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