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I had a spinal fusion and laminectomy back in 2010, and after about 2 or 3 months, I started experiencing numbness in my feet; neuropathy. It has progressively gotten worse, extremely bad now, and I've been on Gabapentin for 13 years for it. I was on 300 mg 3 x day, and then was increased to 600 mg 3 x day about 3 years ago. I had no side effects until late last year. I began to be extremely nauseous, throwing up occcasionally, so I went to my gastro doctor. He looked at all my medications, and told me he'd bet it was the Gabapentin causing it. I had tests run, and lo and behold, I was not digesting my food, and it would make me sick. I had develped Gastroparesis. I spent 3 months being very sick. I was put on a very bland "white" diet, anything easy to digest. I backed off of some of the Gabpentin, taking 300 mg x day. That's what I still take, but my feet hurt SO BADLY!
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I am so sorry to hear of your distress, and yet I am relieved to hear your experience with Gabapentin, because I have recently experienced a similar situation. I have been taking Horizant (gabapentin enocarbil) for 3 years for neuropathy pain, ( with accompanying side effects of fatigue, balance issues, and brain fog) and was just recently diagnosed with gastroparesis! Now I am in a dilemma, not knowing if Gabapentin has caused the stomach issue. If I go off the Gabapentin, there really isn’t anything else the docs say that will help with the nerve pain. And yet the dietary restrictions for gastroparesis are pretty severe. Let me know if you come up with a solution.
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That sounds so awful! I am so sorry you went through that. I am on 600 mg three times a day currently. It feels like I am losing ground. But from what you said I'm not sure I want to increase my dosage. I appreciate your information and wish you the very best with your feet.