I've heard several people on here have had good results from Neurontin, but I did not. I felt very lethargic, and then my stomach started really hurting, so I would not take it again. It really helps others though.

Susan

My head felt very cloudy and i felt like i couldnt focus on it my vision was very blurry. I didnt like the side effects of it. This is when i was on 300mg a year ago. Now im currently on 100mg and will be moving to 200mg. I still feel cloudy but its not as bad.

I started taking it last month for migraine prevention. It's been good for that for the most part. I haven't noticed any negative side effects yet.

Neurotin helped a lot with my pain. I didn't notice any side effects.One of those meds that has very few. It did occasionally make me tired, but that's it.

I have been on it for at least a year. It's not a miracle pill for me, but it does help. I was taking 300 mg 4x/day at first, but it made me way too drowsy to function, so now I take it all at once before I go to bed. It takes my pain down from a 10 to about an 8, and I can especially tell if I've forgotten to take it.

On Neurontin, my fiance had hallucinations and memory loss. We took him off of it as the hallucinations were causing increased anxiety, and interfering with his ability to function.

I have been on a slew of meds for the fibro for the past few years, and a combination of the Gabapentin with some Tramadol has been a lifesaver. I currently take about 900mg a day, but when the winters would get really rough in Ohio I would sometimes get up to 3600mg. I have never had any side effects from this med. (And for me that's saying something, as I usually get all the weird ones.) ... I think it's worth considering, especially as it's one of the meds that can be dosed very high or very low, and doesn't give you the side effects of the SSRIs, SNRIs, or narcotics.

My fianc tried Neurontin and had an adverse reaction to it -- He's allergic to a lot of medication so at the moment I don't remember which reaction was to the Neurontin. It was either muscle spasms in his eyes or severe tinnitus, and I know it was accompanied by seriously bad mood changes, made him feel excessively agitated by everything to the point where he couldn't function. Wish I knew what he could do instead, I know it's been helpful for others with FMS but it definitely made things worse in his case.

This is the same as Gabapentin. I took 100 mg and improved 80%-90% the next day (in terms of pain) and 100% or more for energy. My side effects were being hyper, anxious to the point of not being able to sleep, feeling angry, and constipation.

But since the benefits were so tremendous for me, I decided to stick with it and fiddle with the dosage. I then took 50 mg (1/2 the original dosage), but that did not help with the pain. Upon reading that this med has a short half-life (6 hrs), I decided to take 50 mg in the AM, and 50 mg in the PM. That's still as effective in terms of pain relief, but the side effects lessened.

The doc and pharmacist said side effects has a tendency to dissipate after awhile. Now, after being on it for a month, the side effects indeed dissipate.

This med is working well for me so far. I haven't had this much energy for years!

I think the success or lack of with neurontin/gabapentin depends on your ability to tolerate it. Like any drug, some people have adverse effects and some have milder or no adverse effects. I am like Courtney and am on a high dosage (2400 mg) daily and sometimes more during flares. I didn't start with that high of a dose though. My initial effects were nausea and sleepiness but they faded after a few weeks. In general though, I am lucky to be able to tolerate most meds. All that being said, I notice that it helps keep my pain level from getting too high on a daily basis, but it certainly doesn't stop it altogether. It may be worth a try.