I recently had a friend tell me that her mom and aunt were both taking gabipentin for nerve pain and developed early dementia. I’m going to speak with my doctor about weaning off of it. For me when I’m taking so many medications it’s hard to tell where side effects are coming from, and what is working and what isn’t. The weight gain , shortness of breath, and a brand new heart murmur made me decide a more health conscious route. I was in a viscous cycle! Wake up pain, take Vicodin, prednisone, gabipentin, methocarbamol, Diclofenac, and two Advil and in a half hour I could semi function. With swelling Lasix and potassium were added on top of my enalapril HCTZ, Lexapro, bursar, and folic acid.