anyone take gabapentin?what side effect do you suffer?

[alanrob]

[billw91]

After I started it I sometimes lost my balance, but it got better after a couple of weeks.

[Court]

Yes, I take Gaberpentin for acute sciatica. Initially, I found I kept falling asleep, but this has eased now, though the tablets are not lasting as long as they initially did. I have slight balance problems, but cannot directly attribute these to Gaberpentin. I spoke to my pharmacist and GP before taking them, but cannot really say that the list of side effects have affected me, at least not so far.

[alanrob in reply to Court]

i,v heard this is a common problem having to increase them,what dose do you take?,i,m only on a small dose at the moment 100mg three times a day.

[Court]

I am on 300mg, one 3 times a day. Do you take them for pain relief?

[alanrob in reply to Court]

I do,i have pain in both sides which i,v had for over 6 months and despite seeing various specialists they cant seem to get to the bottom of it and as yet the gaberpentin are having no effect and i,m wary about increasing the dose even though my gp said they arent addictive.

[Court]

I found that whereas other pain killers never touched the pain, Gaberpentin worked very quickly. It gave me 100% relief from the pain, whereas now it gives75%

[alanrob in reply to Court]

I spoke to a friend who took them for neck and jaw pain and he eventually got up to 3400mg a day.

[Court]

That is a high dosage. I won't take such a high dosage. They were prescribed by my Parkinsons Consultant, though the pain is not connected to Parkinsons.

[MGirardi in reply to Court]

Gabapentin is a very good drug. My Neuro. has written me an RX for 2 four times per day, but that's crazy, so I take them as needed along with my Sinemet. I have had no bad side effects, maybe sleepy, that's ok. I would

suggest this drug for nerve pain and any PD patients.

[LauraL]

I tried but had the most vivid nightmares so it went into my overflowing bag of tried medications,