Gabapentin Questions (Page 7)

Can gabapentin cause you to jerk? I have been on it for a few years and this just started. Take?

... 800mg. 2x a day. I also take oxycodone 30mg. 3x a day, cymbalta 60mg., I have a plate in my neck on 4&5, dupreygens, ledderhosen, sjodgrens, and degenerated disc disease on lower lumbar. I need some input on a muscle relaxer. Have terrible spasms with connective tissue and cramps. All that... read more

I just started taking gabapentin, how long before it gets into the system and starts working?

I feel like Gumby... kind of just blah... I need some energy?

Gabapentin - Can I split a 400 mg capsule?

I'd been taking 300 mg until recently, when my PM doctor upped my dosage (I take the drug for nerve pain after three surgeries on my lower back) Thanks!

Gabapentin side effect sleep?

Ever since I've been taking Gabapentin for approx a yr 300 mg 3 times daily I notice I talk so clear and vividly in my sleep. It's not a mumbling but like a regular conversation with someone. Even napping I will. I just wonder if anyone else has this.

Gabapentin and legs?

I would like to know if taking gabapentin will help with the creepy crawling feeling I get in my feet and legs and so far I have no pain and good balance.I've had this since 2009.

Would gabapentin be effective for tooth pain?

Gabapentin. Impatience, anger and uncontrollable rage?

Has anyone e else experienced these side effects? My husband has been on relatively low doses of gabapentin for almost a year. It was prescribed by a podiatrist - rather cavalierly, I thought, for minor neuropathy in the feet. I had a feeling this wouldn't end well. Originally it was only 300... read more

Is Gabapentin appropriate for sciatic nerve pain caused by spinal stenosis?

Gabapentin - have just doubled my dose, side effects bad, do they decrease with time?

started on 300mg 3xday - just doubled (per dr instructions) to 600mg 3xday. Having chocolate cravings, get agitated easily, feeling blah most of the time, hot flashes and have eye floaters... do the side effects decrease as your body stabilizes and adjusts to the medicine?

Anyone taken Gabapentin and xanax xr, how did you find it?

I have been prescribed 1mg xanax xr twice a day, and 300mg gabapectin twice a day. I am a little nervous about taking it as i saw there were drug interactions on eppocrates for cns depression and addiction. currently i have only been taking 1mg xanax xr twice a day and 300mg, but am supposed to up... read more

Just started taking gabapentin 300mg a few days ago. First time it worked, then not so much?

The first time I took this was in the morning, and it worked wonders immediately, and I took it as a trial run to see how I would do before taking it in any big situations. The last couple of times I have taken it, I have not felt affected by it. Yesterday afternoon I took the dose again, and... read more

Are you allowed to drive once on gabapentin?

I read alot of people mention several different side affects, and I know all medications affect people differently; but CAN you drive or are you ALLOWED to drive if you feel ok on this medication. I just started with 300mg for 3 days, increases after to 600mg, and then 900mg. Just curious Thank you

Gabapentin withdrawal, can it cause nausea and headaches?

What can I take for these headaches? I can't take aspirin, it causes more nausea, and I don't really want to take tylenol if at all possible as it does nothing, ibuprofen makes me super nauseated, too. I've gone from twelve, yes TWELVE 300mg tabs a day to two 300mg tabs. Could this... read more

Peripheral Neuropathy - I have hair loss from taking Neurontin. Does it slow down and are there any?

... other treatments for hair loss? I have been taking about 600 mg of Gabbapentin since August of this year (about 3 months). I have significant hair loss. Does this stop or slow down with time and are there any other options?

Is most of the weight gain caused from Gabapentin a water weight gain?

I've read a lot of the questions and answers about the weight gain caused from Gabapentin and some said it was a water or bloating reason, and I was wondering if it is a water weight gain, can your physician prescribe a water pill like Lasix, and would that help with the weight gain. The... read more