Another thing my doctor said a person needed to have it in their blood stream all the time. I've got 9 ruptured/herniated discs from getting hit by a tree fighting fires 23 years ago. Oh what I would give for pain relief. I had laser surgery on the four worst, but it didn't help. I've tried numerous things, and I'm having to deal with the harassment by Federal Workers Compensation. I've had a couple suggest being put into a ketamine coma, and hopefully the pain signals in my brain would reset. Has anyónehax this done.

Amitriptyline, blocks nerve pain at low doses. 25 to 50 mgs. Also anti depressant, sleep aid.

why am I on1800 mg of gabapentjn when it Great INCREASES MY PAIN?. MY DOCTOR HAS IGNORED THE QUESTION? IM SO SICK OF DICTIRS WHO GUVE ME SO MANY DUFFERENT DRGS-6 NOW THAT CAUSE PARADOXICAL REACION OF SEVERE PAIN!!

Hello @eternityphysics1 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I understand you are frustrated with taking Gabapentin and the side effects you are experiencing.

You will notice that I have moved your post to an existing discussion with members talking and sharing about the side effects and benefits of Gabapentin. Also, since you posted this originally in the Neuropathy group, you will see that @johnbishop has also replied to you with some questions. I will let you start by answering those questions.

I took gabapentin and Lyrica for neuropathy for a number of years and found them both to be absolutely useless. I have however, gotten a great deal of relief by taking amitriptyline, 25 to 50 mg at 8PM in the evening. Talk to your doctor about amitriptyline.

Sorry to hear of your horrible pain. I've taken Gabapentin, it helps with the pain. It DOES tend to make me quite drowsy, and I fall asleep sometimes immediately after taking it. When I awaken, I feel woozy and disoriented, but pretty much pain free. My doctor switched me to Lyrica, in hopes of having a painkiller that doesn't make me feel so loopy upon awakening. I've been taking Lyrica for 8-9 days now. It helps with the pain in my feet and toes, due to diabetes, with very little wooziness and disorientation upon awakening. So, in closing, I prefer Lyrica over Gabapentin in fighting the pain in my feet and toes.

I have small fiber nueropathy I am to the point where I am in pain, sitting, standing, walking and exercising. I have tried gabapetin, nortriplin and cymbalta. They did not work for the pain they only added always being tired and not wanting to do anything. The pain I am experiencing is at the peak of all the pain I have had. I am interested to hear others stories and what has been successful. Thanks Richard

A pain pump is a surgically implanted pump with a catheter running up the spine to deliver tiny doses of narcotics or other meds directly to the spinal fluid. Search wsh66. I have written extensively about the pump on this forum. There is a process one must go through, at least there was for me, to first be accepted by a pain management clinic and then I had to be free of infections for one year before the surgery. I return every 10 to 12 weeks to have old meds removed and replaced as they lose their strength with time. This is considered palliative care which seems to be the magic word to unlock the access to narcotics. It doesn't mean that you are in the process of dying but rather that you will be in pain until you do die.

I have to ask those of you who quit narcotics: Did you start taking the narcotics because you wanted to get high, or because you had neuropathy? If you had neuropathy, what do you do about the pain instead of using narcotics? My doctor has told me that when my condition progresses beyond the level that gabapentin and lyrica can mitigate, I will have to segway into narcotics. I am scared of that ...Peggy

Stephen, thank you for describing the pain pump. I wonder if people can drive, work, etc. after they get a pain pump installed ... Peggy