I have had chronic pelvic pain since I got shingles on the sacrum in 2018. Started gabapentin one year ago, and am hoping to wean off if this DRG spine stimulator works. 600 mg * 3 times a day. I lost a lot of hair in first month. The hair came back in, and I’m still on the medication. Also, I gained 10 pounds that month. Since then, I slowly gained another 10 pounds. Now, I have to watch everything I eat. When I had the shingles in September 2018, I took off from work for a month, took gabapentin for just that month. When I went back to work, I just stopped taking, and was shocked how tight all my work clothes felt; weighed myself and realized I gained 15 pounds, but that came off without even trying once I went back to work. The post herpetic neuralgia just continued to get worse so hence, the gabapentin was re-prescribed last year. It takes the edge off.
I know there will be a weaning period when I’m physically ready as I know I will have a physical withdrawal. It has made me more tired and it has given me a little bit of forgetfulness. The forgetfulness is not as bad as it was.