Can gabapentin cause muscle pain and cramps in arms & legs?

I took Gabapentin for quite a while and had my doctor up the dosage. You go on it in steps and come down off of it in steps. The higher dose made my breathing difficult and I called my doctor about it. She had me come down off of it and then I decided to go off completely. I don’t think it ever really helped me. I took CBD for a while with good results for my pain issues but that didn’t last. I’ve tried everything and now the last and final is going to be meditation. This is something that makes a lot of sense. I was on oxycodone for a couple of years and that worked great but you have to up the dosage every few months and of course that eventually kills you one way or another.

Look at a meditation site. People have had good results. Doesn’t work for everyone but worth a good try. I am on, curablehealth.com Just started last week and am taking it slowly so as to understand throughly. Good luck and let me know.

My husband was on Gabapentin and Lyrica both for chronic and acute pain both due to pathologic rib fractures caused by malignant pleural mesothelioma. He was also on several other medications so it was always hard to pinpoint which medication was causing problematic symptoms. But he did struggle with weakness, coordination issues, foggy thinking and a whole host of terrible side effects during the course of his treatment. If I could redo the last year of his life I would have opted for NO drugs that cause any known side effects but rather treat his symptoms as naturally and healthy as possible. I believe 110 % that the traditional treatments lead to his early and painful death and made the last months of his life not worth living. Very disappointed in western medicine right now.

Gabipentin/Lyrica overstimulated my nerve endings causing my pain to intensify. It also caused my antidepressant to stop working.

Ugh I feel like it isn’t working either as I lay here in excruciating pain

ME TOO...I learned to sleep a couple of hours even with the pain. GABAPENTIN is NOT HELPING at all..My son got me TIGER BALM from CHINATOWN and I rubbed it all over the pain spots, it did help a little, I can now walk but the pain is still with me. GOT ADVIL and ALEVE maybe two of those will help....got an appointment with a NEURO DR. on the 11th. Five other NEUROLOGISTS ARE FULL UP and not taking any new patients here. I heard they don't do much anyway....Who else wants to talk to me? WE MUST FIND SOME SOLUTIONS ON OUR OWN....M.

My neurologist tells me to go to pain mgmt doc or the sirgeon

YES .I suffer from Neurophathy in legs and Restless Leg Syndrome.Nerve conduction tests confirmed the Neuro.I have taken Gabapentin for years. On and off. Last evening I took 400mg for the RLS. I woke up screaming in pain with cramp from knee to foot. I have suspected the Gabapentin but now I k now. I will stop it. Another thing that causes muscle cramps is Chlorthalidone for high BP. I have stopped that and my Doc is going to give me something else.He said he is not a fan of it.I have CKD so must be careful. I am 85 yrs old. and if I have learned one thing its. Research Research Research.I am new here as Feb 3,2020. Nice to meet you all, and lets help each other with all these meds.

Aleve. nasty drug. my son ended up in ER. daughters friend broke out in hive.I had a back problem. before surgery I took Aleve for 8 months ended up with Ulcerated stomach, The drug is Naproxen. Read warnings on box

What pain are you taking Gaba for.maybe its the wrong Med

don't know why you were given both. they are the same thin g. always look it up on PC Sorry your hurting. I know the pain. I have Fibromyalgia Neuropathy. Arthritis in almost every joint.I will send good thoughts your way.Talk to a different t Doc. You must be your own advocate. don't just blindly take what they say. Ask what the RX is and get it in your Han d, then google it. then if you think its for youfill the RX. NONE OF US CAN GIV MEDICAL ADVICE. only suggestions from our own experiences. Stay Safe