Gabapentin 3000 Mg Side Effects

I'm on 3000 mg a day and have been for 6 months for back pain. It affects me in various ways...forgetfulness, agitated but it helps with pain, is anyone else on this dose?

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That's the highest dose I've ever seen. I'm on 1200 mg and have a lot of forgetfulness that it worries me. I'm also very " whatever " about things. Don't care to workout. Just sad.

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Hello, Lisa! How are you?

Yes, doses this high are not commonly used, anymore… though they were back when this medication was new to the market and the reason the higher ones aren't used much anymore is due to the issues you and Heather have stated.

There is also a risk of your experiencing a seizure, if you miss a dose or stop it suddenly.

Other typical side effects, as listed by the FDA may possibly include nausea, dizziness, irritability, weight gain and mood swings.

Is anyone else taking that much?

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My neurosurgeon had me on 3600 mg of gabapentin a day. I have had 2 back surgeries. I took it forabout 1 year after my last surgery and it stopped working. I am s person who has a problem with building a tolerance medication quickly.

I still have sciatica and back pain. I have spinal stenosis and degenerate disc. I also have migraine, bipolar II, fibromyalgia, hypothyroidism, insomnia and plantarfacitis.

I take topamax, lamotrigine, cymbalta, flexeril, Valium, restoril, amphetamine, levothyroxine and hydrocodone.

Hydrocodone makes me sick. So I also have to take an anti nausea pill with it, zofran. It is the only thing I can take with out getting really sick! My doctor has tried me on every pain med out there and they all make me violently sick and I puke my guts out even with zofran.

I am allergic to lyrical. I have encountered many other drugs I'm allergic to!

With all my conditions and medications I take, I stay tired and have memory problems! I take the amphetomine to help give me a little more energy and helps me focus a bit better through the day.

I woke up 6 days ago and my back was out and my sciatica kicked in. It felt just like it did before my surgeries. I was only getting about 2 hours of sleep a night because my pain level was through the roof. I didn't do anything to injure my self, I just simply woke up that way.
I tried ice and heat with no improvement,?so I went to the doctor. He gave me a shot of cortizon and put me on gabapentin again. 300mgs 3x a day.


I took all my meds plus the gabapentin and actuallyvgot 6 hours of sleep. I have taken 3 does of gabapentin. I don't know if it was the cortizone shot or the gabapentin, but one ore both of them have already taken a slight edge of my pain. I was able to walk to the kitchens without my cane!

I do feel super groggy and a bit off balance but I feel a bit better! To me it is worth it!

My doctor told me if I wasn't feeling bettet in 5 days then He wants to do an MRI.

I have dealt with the fatigue and memory problems from the anticonvulsant I was already taking. I am worried that taking another one is really going to make it worse!

Chronic pain sucks but so does all the brain fog! I haven't taken the amphetomine since I was having such a hard time sleeping. I plan to take it tomorrow since I finally was able to sleep. I'm hoping it will still work for me. If not he will have to up the dose.

I have so many health problem and take so many pills. I have been dealing with this for 20 years! I'll be 49 at the end of the month!

I keep wishing for a magic pill to fix it all! If I'm this bad at 48, how much worse will it get in the next 20 years?

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I have taken gabapentin for seven years. I started out with 600 mg 2 x day, but was recently increased to 900 mg 3 x day. On label and off it is prescribed for neuropathy, restless leg syndrome and fibromyalgia. Thankfully, there have been no side effects.

Just as you say, Mousey, I have so many conditions and take so many medications, if I were to have a side effect I wouldn't know which one to attribute it to.

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I am on 3,000 mgs for MS with zakafillan. I also forgot the other reason which is from a 20 year old car crash herniating 10 discs. I have said I haven't noticed side effects, but it does affect my short term memory and my ankles do swell.
I get aggitsted, but I am also on 90 mgs of percocet a day too, which could be causing that.

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I am at 3,500 mgs per day. Purportedly, noronton and Lyrica are all of the same compound. The difference is price. Sure I get occasional forgetfulness and double vision, but is it from the drugs or my M'S? Or old age? I am 65 with 10 herniated discs and MS. All i know is that I cannot concentrate in pain! I am also on 250 mgs of verflaxin and 90 mgs of percocet. It's hard for me to differentiate if they are side effects or part of my body breaking down from the MS and the herniated discs and old age. Who knows?

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On 1920 milligrams of gabapentin a day for a bipolar illness. I have back pain leg pain from a bad accident and it helps with my pain. Also it makes me quick minded. I'm hyper. I have a lot of energy. I eat always. I'm always hungry. You have an increase in appetite evidently with neurontin but I drink constantly glass after glass of water and tea. I prefer pepsi but I try not to do that much because it's not good for your kidneys. I drink a lot of coffee so that probably helps keep me hyper. I like being up moving. I've always seemed to have to have a project to be working on and once I start I do not stop until it is finished but I do have ocd so I don't know if that comes into play. You know I've got everything organized incessantly but it doesn't interfere as far as being neurotic about my ocd. I've been able to learn how to keep them in control to where if it starts getting out of control to where I'm getting erotic I usually catch myself within a day or so and I realize what I'm doing and then I could knock it down a bit. My psychiatrist put me on that much neurontin because I had 1,000 things going on in my mind at the same time and I could not bring anything into focus which is normal with bipolar disorder and manic behavior but it was a miracle drug to me. Everything come back into focus. So I will not give it up for nothing. So I've been on it for a year that way now and I don't want to give it up for anything. I have no medical problems from it so far but I have a high tolerance to drugs. So in my past I've done a lot I don't like to admit but that's the way it is. You know I don't do that now. I only take my medication that I need for my physical health, but I hope this helps you not be so fearful. Everyone's different. You be good and god bless.

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I am on 3000mg a day and it has helped so uch with back pain and has helped with pain due to interstitial. Cystitis. I have very little side effect of drowsiness and some weight gain.

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I was n two car accidents in 2000 leaving me to Yo Yo in pain for six yrs. Finally I started on Oxycontin. It was wonderful to be pain free. Then the formula of Oxycontin was changed n became useless. I've detoxed at home off of Morphine n recently Oxycotin n Oxycodone. Never will I touch Opiates again. About four mos ago I started on Gabapentin n I'm now starting to increase Gabapentin to 3000 mg a day. When my L5, S1 acts up I'm back in bed. Yes, I'm ditzy (forgetful) but question increasing the dosage further. Oh, my Inversion Table helps too. I'm wondering if anyone out there on 3000 mg of Gabapentin a day is experiencing side effects that would be detrimental to their health... seizures, heart problem and etc. I'm fortunate not to have multiple health problems. God bless those in pain n their spouses.

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Re: Heather (# 1)

I am on this dose and I have many problems!! Blurry vision, brain fog, muscle aches, pins and needles, more depression,cry!! I wish O would have never taken this!! It's not for me!!

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Yes I am also on this dose 3,200 mg and I been very forgetful to the point of it’s scary I can take off my shoes and 5 min later forget I’m also very agitated/aggressive more so then Ever I’m always afraid of running out does anyone else have this problem

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