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Can Gabapentin make neuropathy pain worse?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Dec 14 4:29pm | Replies (374)

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Thanks for responding. I did have a skin biopsy that was negative for SFN, but positive for autonomic neuropathy (sweat glands). I just had another one taken at Johns Hopkins and am waiting on results. I did take Cymbalta with Neurontin, which may have helped, but I developed a bad case of tinnitus and I wanted to see if the Cymbalta was causing it. The tinnitus did get better, so I stayed off the Cymbalta. I am now taking Elavil with the Neurontin, but I haven't noticed any difference in symptoms. I am taking 1200 to 1500 mg per day of Neurontin - how much do you take? I have been told I need to take at least 1800mg, but I get very foggy with what I am taking now. Since I haven't really noticed a decrease of my symptoms (pain keeps spreading and getting worse, I thought maybe I should stop the Neurontin since it doesn't seem to help and maybe, just maybe, it has been making it worse. Maybe that is just wishful thinking, but I thought it might be worth a try.

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The BP medication; Metoprolol gave me tinnitus. I was given something else in it's place, but hasn't completely gone away. I've also read others reviews of taking Metoprolol and found that they also developed tinnitus while using it. I found that it may never fully go away. I did just order a supplement strictly for tinnitus sufferers; called Synapse XT and given an A+ rating. Probably wasted my money once again! I bought one bottle, but usually these companies want you to buy at three to guarantee that they will work.

I take 1800mg of gralise a day. I also take AMITRIPTYLINE. It knocks me out about 3 hours later. When increasing the gabapentin it took me a few weeks to get used to it. I was changed to gralise last year. I am going to ask for 300mg more. The bouts of serious pains have increased.