I have severe neuropathy in my left foot due to an anesthesiologist damaging my nerves with a nerve block during surgery. The pain is intense. They started me off with 300mg of Gabapentin three times a day and that wasn't doing anything. Doctors increased it to 600 and now 900mg three times a day. This had to be done gradually. We may have to go up to 1200, but I have to give the 900 dose two weeks to see if it's helping. The only side effect that I have had with the current increase is being very tired and especially groggy at night, but that does help me sleep. This is supposed to go away after your body adjusts so I will see how it goes. Is it helping? It is a little bit but the pain is always there. It has decreased the frequency of the sudden pain that feels like shocks through my foot. I also have a lidocaine patch on the bottom of my foot.