@mccamankk
I don’t claim to be an expert on anti-convulsant or any other types of medication, however I have taken them for over 50 years and have been on many of them. I have talked to thousands of people who have taken all sorts of seizure meds gabapentin included. Many people I have talked to If they have any side effects they are usually mild (usually but not always.) I’m not saying yours aren't serious. You may indeed be be a more rare case but generally cases requiring medical intervention are the rare exceptions. Admittedly not everyone processes medication the same. I took Neurontin the brand of gabapentin at the maximum dose which was at the time 3,600mg. Also my brother takes 3,600mg and neither one of us of ever had side effects from it. I once knew someone who took 7,000mg a day and although I don’t remember if he had side effects I doubt he would continue the medication if they were in fact serious.The fact is gabapentin actually has fewer side effects than many of the other seizure medications. However I am not saying that there aren’t people out there who do in fact get the more rare and more serious side effects. Just trying to say they are not common. I had no problem whatsoever discontinuing, there is a lady on this forum who had a horrible time discontinuing it. She said it was the worst drug ever tried to stop. I don’t buy the way get my information from social media. I hope you were able to decrease your dose or discontinue this medication without medical intervention and I wish you the best of luck.
Best of luck,
Jake