I take 1600 mgs of Nuerontin daily. It is similiar to Lyrica but less expensive.
Only side effect is severe dry mouth. My stomach bloating comes from (undiagnosed) IBS for me.
Hope that helps a bit.
Be well...:)

starting at 300mg seems like a lot. my doctor started me at 100mg, i was supposed to do that for a few days, then up it to 100mg twice a day, stay there for a week or so (until i had no side effects) and then up it to 3 times a day and then he would adjust it from there until it started working.

I never got past the 100mg once a day b/c my side effects were horrible and my body couldn't adjust to it.

Maybe if you start lower (talk to your doctor first) then you wont' have as bad of side effects.

My rheumo started me on 100 mg a day, then 300 mg a day. I now take 300 mg 3 times a day.He tried to up the dose but i cant do it. I was having stomach pain and cramping. It also was not helping my pain so i am now back to 900 mg 3 times a day.
I wonder if maybe he is starting u on too high of a dose. Not sure as i am not a medical expert but my rheumo slowly worked me up to the dose im on right now, i wont go any higher. I cannot go to work with stomach cramping and stomach pains.

It was horrible for me. I had terrible brain fog and sleepiness on it.

there is a big huge lawsuite with neurontn. Peole are attempting suicide on it. I have been reading a bunch on it and an attorney I know is taking cases in our area.

Gee I started out at 300 mg three times a day with no side effects at all and today it is inceased to 1200 a day marilyn

I am now up to 1800 mg a day, and my rheumy is working me up to about 3600mg in the next few months. The only thing that is bothering me, is the dry mouth. I remedy that by having a drink with me everywhere I go. When I walk into a store, the first thing I do is get a coke, and drink on it while there. I actually get my daily recommended amout of water, though, and I have lost 3 lbs. since starting it! Yeah!!

Thanks for the input. I will probably talk to my doctor. I am working up to 1200 mg a day but for the meantime, I already feel sick to my stomach and I am so tired, maybe I'll lose the 10 lbs I gained.

I have been on Neurotin and haven't had any real side effects besides a little diarrhea but I take 300 mg x3 a day and while it doesn't really help a lot with my pain it does help.

Geez, I was just prescribed Neurontin earlier this week but have not started taking it until I see a different dr. on Monday. YOU'RE SCARING ME WITH ALL THE SIDE EFFECTS!! Are they worth it?

I was on 600 mgs a day and gained 10-15 pounds on it. Had doc switch me to Lamictal instead. everyone is different tho so even tho you ask what our experiences were or are on a certain med yours may be different good or bad.

I was on 2400 mg Neurontin a few years ago - I couldn't tell any difference - good or bad - so they took me off of it. I tried Lyrica - that was a NO GO for me. Good luck!

Thanks God for neurontin. I take 800mg 3 or 4 times a day, depending on pain level. I tried lyrica, but felt like a zombie. I stared with 100mg at night and worked up to my present level. Sometimes neurontin gives me a feeling of being high, but it's worth not having the pain. I sleep 7 to 8 hours at night and take 5mg of Ambien. Also take an antidepressant and anti-anxiety (buspar).

I've been taking Neurontin for about 5 weeks now. I've had no side effects that I can think of.

I only take it at night - 900mg., so I might be sleeping through any substantive side effect...lol.

I did miss part of my dose one night (I posted about it previously) and I sure woke up in some terrible pain.

It's funny, I've heard from others that they are not sure it's working, then if they miss a dose or stop taking it, they sure can see a difference.

I think it helps a lot with my morning pain, but I think it's also helping with sleep issues.

So, in a nutshell, I have absolutely nothing negative to report. I hope the lawsuits don't prompt them to remove it from the market like the other arthritis/pain drugs.