I would track your hydration levels to see if you are experiencing mild dehydration.

Best wishes.

Hope you feel better soon.

funny you should mention dehydration. i'm very dehydrated most of the time but no one wants to find out why. my primary care says it's psychiatric, the psych doc says it's not and i'm drinking 150+ oz of water a day and still dehydrated. guess i can't blame the neurontin then, huh? thanks for redirecting me :)

I've been on Neurontin for about 3 yrs. It works well for the burning and stabbing pain but doesn't do much for muscle pain. It doesn't cause dehydration for me.

Have you been checked for sjogren's?

I found that neurontin stops working after while and you need to increase the dosge. I now just use it along with my sleep medications several days a week. Be aware to note the neurontin can cause you to have suicidal thoughts. It's really weird if you never experienced them before.

It also has made me thirsty when taking in combination with other medications.

What you are experiencing may be part of the fibro cycle? Sometimes it's hard to know what causes what.

thanks for all the input. i worry that w/a diagnosis of fibro everything will always be blamed on that. guess that means i gotta step up and know myself well enough to know what's what.

oh yeah, i'm being checked for sjorens now and also am already depressed and on meds for that.

Yes, I took Neurotin for about 6 months, a few years ago. While my pain levels were down, my fatigue was horrible.

I currently take 1800 mg of neurontin a day. It does cause some fatigue but I have so much already that I am not sure if it makes a difference. Tomorrow I am seeing a cardiologist about postural orthostatic tachycardia which mimics cfs.

I tried it and it seemed to work for a while, then the suicidal stuff and black depresson hit and I got off of it in a hurray!

Neurotin is a funny pharmaceutical creature in alot of ways but yet the time that I have been on it has really only helped with the heat/cold sensitivity. Not to say that Neurotin/Gabapentin doesn't work it does. Everybody processes and metabolizes differently from each other. The fatigue part is "normal to" Neurotin/Gabapentin. That is just one of the "not so serious" side effects. The only thing is that with fibromyalgia is that it too is a very strange creature because there are so many different complexities. Without being information overload let me just suggest that you find a "comfort" level and think about trying a different prescription medication(s) and or combinations but use tools such as http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CGIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livestrong.com%2Farticle%2F173560-seven-tools-for-fibromyalgia%2F&ei=Eff8T96gJs7E2QWi8LnJBg&usg=AFQjCNGuDdXOYWeKS4Ac6uHS-fu0VKStvA -Hope this helps and keeping you in my prayers as well.

thank you everyone, i appreciate that you shared your experiences and wisdom :)

With all that dehydration, I would suggest that you look into something called Sjogren's Syndrome (or disease? can't remember). I have a friend who has both SS and FMS. Sjogren's can be quite dangerous, so be sure to rule that out with your doctor.

yeah, my doc ran some blood work looking for sjorne's antibodies to rule that out.