After lower back surgery I developed neuropathy in my feet and ankles especially at night. Gabapentin takes away the pain and cramps. I only need 300 to help. No problems.

No side effects from day one?

Well - I increased my dosage of Gabapentin back up to 300 mg/day (from 200 mg/day) for FOUR days - and have decided to cut back down to 200 mg/day and see my doctor for a change of meds. Last night I experienced a series of dreams that are most unsettling - very dark dreams that I attribute to Gabapentin. This experiment is over 🙁

@iceblue Hi everyone is different about drugs and there system I take 4 at night but lately being nauseated

Don't stand fro it. Get Lawyer and sue.

i have been on gabapentin for years . This is used for nerve damage (pain)

It's on label use is for controlling seizure disorders. The reference to off label uses means Doctors prescribe it for other purposes but it has never been double blind tested for the off label uses. There is only anecdotal evidence that a drug may have other uses. It's how many of our drugs get to market for many different uses. It's also how minors end up being given drugs that have only been tested on adults. The latter situation is very common with antidepressants. If neurontin and Lyrica are really effective pain meds why haven't the manufacturers conducted the research to demonstrate that? I wonder...

I take Gabapentin and Metanx for a week now and have not had any serious side effects yet. EVERY SIX HOURS...Also INSULIN two or three
times a day....so far the pain has subsided somewhat and will have an MRI on FRIDAY next....will eat very small meals my stomach is NOT THE SAME.

Are you sure it is the GABAPENTIN that caused you the pain?

You are taking an anti seizure medication. Do you have seizures? If not you're taking something that has only been tested for controlling seizures. It's called "off label uses" and is a total scam.