Had pain in neck due to a bone spur in the C3. Gabapentin worked great. Then I started memory loss, first with stuff like misplacing my keys, forgetting items from the grocery store. Then I forgot my pin code at the teller machine. When I had a doctor appt and forgot where the office was, I knew there was a problem. Told my doctor and he weaned me off the drug gradually. My memory returned and all was well. Great for pain, but bad side effects. Never again.
Wrong drug for u. So what do u take for your bone spur? If u had so much nerve pain, cerv bone spurs get worse, not better unless u had it removed surgically which is a new type of hell in itself.
Nice job doc I have had 4 spine operations over the past 18 years busted up nyc firefighter. And pain and not being able to walk with out meds is no joke and there is such a move to not give people pain meds now it making people who live with real pain not have what they need to live. Drug abusers will always get drugs taking meds from people that need them is like taking legal guns from upstanding people thinking criminals cant get them then. No criminals always get guns all your doing is making the people that dont abuse gun rights eady victims.I love all these doctors now that tell prople who live in real pain just take Tylenol that crap cant fix a bug bite. To the doctor tbat just says suck it up or just deal with it I would say how about you go a few rounds with Tyson and lets see what your looking to take, that is if one of his punches doesn't break your neck first. Good info and good attitude doc. Thanks for you compassion.
😢 swry u have chronic pain,I agree 💯 with you,I had to watch my oldest brother,who had served in Vietnam,then shortly after he was a passenger in car wreck,2 others died,,,but he had broken bones head to toe, punctured lungs and kidney,,,so he had suffered,tho worked sawmill & had family,,later he suffered horribly the last 12 years of his life,,,he went thru same issues with Dr s,, he like to tell them,,,it's not like I am ever going to recover,,,my heart is with you ❤
I have been taking gabapentin for years. Three times a day 400 mg. My pain is still there. My doctor lets me take a low dose opioid that helps a lot. I don’t abuse it. I really don’t think that gabapentin works for me. I have tried multiple drugs for years. Recently they wanted me to go to spine and wellness people. I refused because I had gone to them in the past and they gave me injections in the back that did nothing. I sure wish I could feel 100% better.
I don't take nothing anymore why take it if u still have pain so now I take panado your tylenol And the best cbd I take the drops with tumeric in an capsule
I’d be careful about taking Gabapentin and opioids. That’s a deadly combination. May want to ask about that. And if Gabapentin isn’t working for you, may as well taper off it.
Yes, everyone is different and 600 mg is not an unusual dosage for a lumbar radiculopathy. Just remember that the gabapentin is a pain medication and isn't fixing the underlying problem so ideally you could be working on fixing the underlying problem, for example via exercises, while using the medication to help control the symptoms. Thanks for sharing your experience!
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I stopped taking all the meds at the start of the year. I use Celebrex 200mg and paracetamol osteo some days but as little as possible. I still deal with the pain and issues daily. I'm trying to use exercise, stretching, muscle release techniques, and improve my posture, and then build more core strength. I'm looking into stem cells, peptides, and PRP options for DDD and OA. I'm focused on my diet to get good amounts of the vitamins and minerals my body and bones need." Not sure what else I can do. Not keen for surgery yet at my age. Just need to accept and adapt.
just got on medicine gabapentin i was really suffering quite a while crying alot this helped day one and so many doctors proceedures exercises test later nothing for pain...til this,my reg doc gave it to me i separate the 300 mg during day n will take 300 mg at night this may be my great help
I've been taking this drug for over 2 years with 3 times per day of 300 mg with no pain relief from my lower back spine. This stuff is over-rated but I continue in hopes that someday I will discover the arrival of some pain relief. This pain has ruined my "golden years" and makes death something to look forward to....no more pain.
Hi, what exactly is nerve pain.. I have pain in the back it my head at nights I think that is nerve pain I don't really know it's like stress and my back of head hurts when turning left or right???
I have never gotten to a therapeutic dose because this stuff just knocks me out, and I feel hung over if I do get sleep. And it’s super hard for me to get sleep, but this stuff knocks you out.
I have been on gabapentin for about five years and they do say that one of the side effects could be weight gain. For me, it starts about an hour after I take my nightly dose and I crave carbs. It can’t be a salad. It can’t be anything but carbs. I have gained, 15 pounds of the 70 I originally lost. So now I’m back to trying to lose the weight again. But, on the other hand, I sleep through the night without waking up in excruciating pain. For me, the trade-off is worth it.
Hello, this has been very helpful! My brother is on gabba due to severe neuropathy ! He has squamous cell carcinoma…Lyrica is horrible . He was switched to it but taken off due to horrible side effects, and back on gabba.. pls help us with a video on pain management. I heard soaking in Epsom salts . He has special shoes for neuropathy. My question is , what are some alternatives to help with neuropathy in the most functional wat for daily living in peace. It’s been very hard on him ❤ Ty
Have him see a pain neurologist who also is licensed to certify your brother for medical marijuana usage. This doctor will explain what product would help with his nerve pain.
My nurolgist is having a hard time diagnosing my nerve pain, cant feel my feet, the right side of my abdomen tends to tighten up, i urinate quie offen, i get a lot of brain zapp, and the right side kf my abdomen feels like im being stabed or it almost feels like a charlie horse..he siad this is some form of naralgja, he put me on gapapentin which helps but i get dizzy from it..ive been on it for about a month..i notice when i do work out or do things around the house i dont feel much of the pain..all my symptoms started because my anxiety was through the roof..im praying and hoping we all recover and get over this
I have persistent idiopathic facial pain almost two years after a traffic accident and the pain clinic just gave me this Gabapentin to replace Lyrica and some lidocaine pain patches, my condition is permanent and there is no cure for this long life chronic pain condition so I have no choice but to take these things to take the edge off
Great explanation of garbapentin! Dr, I am having severe allergies in my entire right leg, and also in my left calf down to my feet. I have been going to the clinic for treatment as it comes and goes fairly often.each time a different doctor would see me and most times their prescribed medication for me differ somewhat. I went to the clinic again today as the same allergy violently erupted. I was given two injections by a nurse at the request of the doctor who saw me: Prednisolone injection and hydrocortisone injection. The doctor was very abrupt and did not tell me what the injections were for, or if I am on any prior medications or even if I have had vaccines recently. My questions are: 1) what are these two injections for, and which by the way were administered in the same hole. Are there any risks involved? 2) I am currently taking Garbapentin 300 mg nightly for the last 7 years as I suffer with SEVERE BURNING, PAIN, FATIGUE, PINS AND NEEDLES IN MY ENTIRE UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS AND HANDS AND FEET, as I am told by the doctors in the Neurology Clinic that I have neuropathy ( without requesting any proper blood or other relevant tests to determine what is causing this 'so-called' diagnosis! Are there any reactions between Garbapentin and the two steroid injections mentioned earlier? 3) because of some memory loss I am experiencing, I personally, without consultation of my junior doctors who are the ones that always attend to me, decided to reduce the nightly dosage of 300mg I'm currently taking by cutting it in half and taking only 1/2 capsule each night instead. How bad is doing that. Thanks doctor.
I take 600 3 x a day for diabetic nerupothy and have pinched nerve in neck that has burning down both arms just don't run out I really suffer bad side effects
I get 300 mg in basically I'm not really enough because I still feel some other type of pains and other part of the body so where they treated with the pain injections and stuff like that those injections that they use on pain management which is both tops and all that stuff boxta
my nigge to also got pinched nerves in my neck and I got some other stuff in there that is is very uncomfortable to have those type of things and it it is very bad because you can lay and certain position and then the other problems you cannot lay the other way or this way or that way is always a problem because wherever you're going to lay or however you going to sleep at just going to hurt you and one part of your body whether your neck or your lower back or your side or your thigh or your back if you lame position to laying up is it does your body get tired too and it start hurting your back and everything else your neck tools it just hurt everywhere rhino because of cobe and stuff like that has been hard for me to general move around and go to places that I have to do things to get back to my routine now get going back to the doctor so yeah is being hard because of the Kobe and all the codes and stuff like that because I got to protect myself from that too so it's very hard for people to go out there without being worried about getting something else other than what they already dealing with
I had a stroke in 2018, I e xperenced a lot of nerve pain.. gabapentin he lps, but i am extremely tired, i live in my wheelchair with my head in my hand. Also, i do notice memory loss. I start a conversation forgetting most of my words.my words
Every time I get myself a doctor that knows what he is doing everyone wants to chime in and critique the prescriptions. I’ve been on gabapentin since 2010. I’ve had neck surgeries and without gabapentin my left leg will feel like a hot iron is stuck on my thigh. It’s ridiculous at the times I’ve been taken off just to be put back on. It’s not habit forming, there is no withdrawal. Mind your own business and leave others alone.
For you there’s no withdrawals. Doesn’t mean they don’t exist for others. If it works for you and you are not negatively impacted by side effects then lucky you. This medicine is unfortunately given out way too easily for people who don’t have what you have. Causes more harm than good.
Dry mouth, foggy/slow brain, no sex drive but my doctor says I have to take it because she'll get in trouble if she keeps prescribing me pain medication so we have to find an alternative. Tried anti inflammatory meds but those don't do anything for my nerve pain.
I just got a pinched nerve two weeks ago, out of nowhere, it seems, basic one in my upper neck going down my left shoulder to arm, wrist, etc., nothing mysterious, and the main orthopedist I got automatically gave me Gabapentin and a muscle relaxer. That's standard. The thing is I had acute night pain there, and he gave me nothing for that, even after I told everyone, ER MDs, nurses, and the orthopedist, about that. That's what led me to two ER visits last week. Anyway, nothing more than a pinched nerve was wrong with me. That's the good thing! The bad thing is how stupidly the whole thing was treated and prescribed by a supposed specialist. Not very well. I communicated just fine. I found that treating nerve pinch or pain with basic OTC painkillers is NOT effective, because, nerve pain is different, and stuff like Alleve that can get rid of low level muscle or ache pain, back pain, even, will not help nerve pain much, and, sometimes not at all. I never had nerve pain before so I had no idea. They gave me Prednisone finally, three days ago, and THAT automatically worked, and got rid of the nightly terrible arm pain from it within an hour of taking it, all night! So that's what the MD should have given me in association with the other two meds, in the first place. But I just didn't know to ask for it. Gabapentin takes days or weeks to be effective, also.
Since I stopped Gaba, I get little muscles flicks one time per day. It's some kind of withdrawal. I didn't really like Gaba, so drowsy. Maybe I will try Lyrica, hmm.
Thank you for your comment, Julia. I would just caution you to remember that Lyrica is the same basic class of medication as Neurontin. If you really need a nerve pain medication, it may be worth discussing with your doctor other classes of medication such as a tricyclic anti-depressant or something like Cymbalta. Both of those have their own issues to be sure but they are different classes of medication from Neurontin and Lyrica. Then again, trying Lyrica might be the right move as long as you do it slowly and watch it carefully. Obviously only you and your doctor can answer that question together. But I do wish you the best of luck with your path.
I was told to take 50mg at night for 14 days and rest as my pinched nerve is radiating pain all down my left arm to the point walking is an issue. C4/C5 disk degeneration. Can I just stop at that dosage after 14 days? I'm In a foreign country with language barriers so some insight would be amazing 🙏
Struggling with stiff knee walking after TKR after 2 years. They thought it was scar tissue, Chief of ortho thinks its neurological, CRPS. He prescribed Gabapentin 100mg, I am afraid to take it, because I have reactive depression and anxiety. Should I try it? Thank you
they were putting all these little holes things in my vein in through the whole leg inside and I will feeling the whole thing right there and my blood pressure and started going up so when I feel pain my blood pressure is easily will go up because of the stress in the end of the pain does unfeeling it will make my blood pressure goes I am high risk when I go to those places to do these type of procedures
but also I was gained operations in my veins in the it's a lot of pain that I was going through and also win because they don't use they don't know mew they do not put you to sleep they do that like we just know me nominus injection like they numb the area and they just go ahead and do the procedure where I want point on my body didn't take the medication and I was feeling the whole thing
It helps. Only thing is I started having brain fog really bad. So I’ve been weening myself off. I was on 1500mg. I’m down to 900mg. My doctor told me to ween myself off but did not tell me how much at a time so I’m doing it myself. My brain fog has eased up a lot. But my back pain has not. I’m 70.
I just started this. Im suppose to take 200mg three times a day. I only take 200mg at night. I have not seen a difference. Been taking it just over a week now. Could be the low dosage. I do not like meds. If i see no difference in a month, I will stop it.
I asked the doctor for some Gabapentin and they gave me 300 mg pills that could not be cut in half. I called the doctor back to get 100 mg to start off as I never taken it before and I'm sensitive to Medicine. The doctor never called the pharmacy within 100 Megs request and at 3:00 in the morning I was in so much pain I took the 300 mg. it did nothing for me but give me a headache that lasted for 4 days upset stomach and dry mouth. I heard they made a Gabapentin cream so I requested that from my dermatologist for my shingles rash. They have to mix it up and I won't get it till Monday but I will update when I get it.
Im 44 in good health for the most part. fit. I developed a weird nerve pain 3 years ago. It only happens when I turn my head to the right and talk. happens maybe 1/100 times. when it happens its a intense shock pain in right neck from jaw, ear area down to bottom neck. comes and goes in 2 seconds but it really hurts and scares me. The mri showed a very small spur on c5 . I get anxiety with this even tho it doesnt happen all to often. I find myself avoiding talking when I turn my head to the right to avoid it potentially happening. Neurologist advice was to gain some weight as some fat may help insulate nerve?
Me too dude. Holy shit I thought I was the only one who walked into walls on this stuff. People thought I was drinking and an alcoholic but I never touched alcohol. Slur my words, literally didn’t k know I was in my own house. But Oxycodone is the real culprit. Drs are the dumbest people on earth.
so can the problem go away, if your working on the underlining problem while taking gabapentin . so by the time you wanna get off gabapentin the issue wont be there any more?? can you give me your thoughts on this technique ?
Thank you for your question, Ethan. 100% I would agree with what you wrote -- the best way to think of pain medications...or maybe I should say that the ideal way that pain medications can be used is to control the pain while the underlying condition is being addressed. There is a quote that I like that I have seen attributed to Voltaire who apparently said: The art of medicine is entertaining people while nature takes its course. I'm not sure I agree with that sentiment but like any good quote, there is a kernel of truth. Time does heal a lot of problems and so sometimes the best thing is to control the pain while nature heals us. Ideally, we take a more active role in getting ourselves better and work on the underlying issues with a doctor and with exercise, etc. The only caveat I would offer with something like gabapentin is that when it comes to nerves, you want to make sure that you aren't covering up a problem while the underlying problem gets worse. That is, if you are taking gabapentin (or any medication) and the nerve pain is much better but then you start noticing numbness and weakness, then this is a big problem as it means the nerve is getting worse even though you have the pain controlled and so that nerve needs to be urgently addressed in a different way. Remember, gabapentin doesn't do anything to the underlying condition, it just makes the pain better. So a nerve can feel less pain while it becomes more impinged and less healthy. I think this is generally unusual but it does happen and it's important to keep in mind, particularly when thinking about nerve issues.
@@PrincetonSpineJointCenter thank you for the reply . That helped . So you don’t think that by taking gabapentin that by having a calming effect on the nerves and even for anxiety. That by feeling more relaxed or it possibly even helping with improved sleep. That by sleeping better and feeling less stressed that it could help the body recover faster from the nerve damage or any of the issues that I’m working on?
@@ethancowart6765 Ethan, that is a very interesting point. You raise the question if by reducing pain and allowing for a more normal quality of life with sleep, etc, as well as better movement because of a lack of pain, could that in and of itself be therapeutic? That’s a fair thought and we guess my response would be it seems plausible, particularly in an acute episode of pain. What’s important to realize, when it comes to gabapentin, is that the medication itself isn’t “curing” the nerve of anything. With that said, not sleeping makes things worse. Not moving well makes things worse. So a medication that helps with those things could in an indirect way offer a therapeutic boost, I think. But I think it’s a bit dangerous to rest to heavily on that idea to the extent that it allows us to become complacent and “rely upon” the medication. However, as an intellectual exercise, yes I think it’s plausible.
If the Dr's really cared abouts us they would quit letting us suffer and give us our pain medication back and quit letting us suffer surgery can make you feel worse
Stroke pain?I have pain after a stroke, I was prescribed gabapentin as well s opioids, I was not crazy about opioids because I have seen many folks with opioid issues.
Hi there, two questions here. Is there withdrawal if you taper off the drug carefully? And I had a form of epilepsy disorder as a child and stopped having siezures when I was 10. I was prescribed this drug to help treat my sciatica. And I am nervous to take it as I’ve read about people having siezures when getting off of it.
Doctor weaned me off it gradually when I started getting side effects (memory loss) explaining that cold turkey has bad side effects. I suggest you speak with your physician.
I have only been on Gabapentin for about six months, 300 mgs at night. I’m finding that it does not work for my idiopathic neuropathy. Yes you can get neuropathy that doctors can’t explain , even took a trip to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona to try and get answers. Went thru test after test for six days, and when the neurologist came in the room to give me results of all the tests, I could tell by his expression on his face the he found no reason for me having neuropathy, and I was right! I just starting crying because I now know that I will have the terrible disease for the rest of my life.😢🤬😭😭😭
My dad is in the same seat😢 He complains of burning in his feet and tingling all the time. Hard for him to sleep or do anything. Literally nothing is helping. I hope you like my dad can get relief
Will Gabapentin lower the red blood cells? My wife's doctor told her not to take it any longer because that drug could be the cause for her low blood count. It went from 100 to 30 in a matter of a few months. I think it has some effect but to be honest i think is something more serious.
I'm not a doctor but I think her doctor doesn't know what he's talking about 😅. I think you're correct, it's likely an actual condition or another drug she may be taking.
Hi! I've had Type 1 diabetes for over 40 years and I also am in 3rd stage CKD & I take Gabapentin twice a day for chronic neuropathy so yes it's fine for that.
I've been on gabapentin for many, many years now Is that normal? Mine is from a very bad car accident and when I tried to go off, nothing works right and of course the pain increases. The nerve pain gets so bad that I can't function at all. I can't get my body to cooperate, my hands, my legs. So gabapentin really helped me. But is it a life time thing?
Stuff was never ment for pain. It causes some to have thoughts of suicide. You become dependent fast and the withdrawals are murder. Doctors use it as a blanket drug. Do TONS of research before using this stuff. I'm a cancer patient and wish I'd never taken it. I took it for nerve pain after having my lung removed. Going on three years later and found out after stopping the med that it actually did nothing for my pain. It did however hurt like hell when I missed a dose.
I searched decades for something to put me to sleep and found gabapentin.It energizes me until I lay still then it will putt me out.This will go well for a 3rd month until I go cold turkey you can barely breathe or get out of bed.Your joints hurt and thoughts come from parallel realities(you don"t feel you're in this life,you missed the last train and now you can barely breathe move or eat.Your teeth grind in your sleep caused by the muscle relaxant.You get severe depression that's biggest problem.Just minus one pill a day till you only take 2or3 at a time.Then you can quit without much agony.Just zero sleep for 3days then you have to find a similar drug to keep their tolerance levels down.If you stayed on gabapentin long enough twitchy sensations.yawning cracking Jaws,etc Would just increase.The slower taper off the longer the withrawls.If you go cold turkey after having been taking 8at a time you be on the verge of an ER visit.You need to be down to two pills before you quit.Otherwise you'll be in that nightmarish state watching infomercials all night till you can get another prescription and give the other a break.
my name mandy I am on 9 gabapentin what can it do to me as I have very bad nerve pain very serious pain my doctor told me to stay on the drug for other pain what is your answer as I had a trippleheart bypass in 2018 also type 2 diabetic that gos very high too
I was given this right off the bat with my cervical pain. Was never told about the side effects nor withdrawals. It was 100mg at night. After doing my homework, I decided I am not taking this. All I read was horrible stories and people being worse off than before. Pile that on with withdrawals even with a low dose like mine and a huge NO THANKS!! I’m honestly disappointed how doctors hand this out like candy and they either don’t care or uneducated about how bad a rep this medicine has.
I have neuropathy from stenosis in my back, and I was given gabapentin as a way to relieve the pins and needles, shooting pains and ants in my pants feeling. In short, I stopped after a couple of months. The side effects are not nice for me. “ I’d rather have my brain and put up with a little pain” what’s my answer to the physician. Remember medications are not beneficial potions with some bad side effects, but rather poisons with a few good side effects
So doctors wont prescribe a medication to specifically treat pain (opioids), but they'll push medication to treat pain that was never designed to treat pain in the first place... Absolutely insane.
@@DickGazInYaThey are trying to avoid getting people hooked on opioids and narcotics, that's the main thing, but, it's a bit stupid that they haven't come up with drugs a bit more benign (maybe) than that, to just treat basic nerve pain, or a pinched nerve. It's very frustrating. And most OTC meds don't do crap for it.
I have had a bad neck and back pain since I was little... I'm 60 now. Pain is my life 😭... This medicine 💊 helps me a lot....
Good to hear thanks for sharing!!
Had pain in neck due to a bone spur in the C3. Gabapentin worked great. Then I started memory loss, first with stuff like misplacing my keys, forgetting items from the grocery store. Then I forgot my pin code at the teller machine. When I had a doctor appt and forgot where the office was, I knew there was a problem. Told my doctor and he weaned me off the drug gradually. My memory returned and all was well. Great for pain, but bad side effects. Never again.
How long did you take it and at what dose.
Glad you were able to reverse the effects.
@@scarface548 Was taking 600 mg's twice a day for almost a year. Weaning off it took about two weeks.
Wrong drug for u. So what do u take for your bone spur? If u had so much nerve pain, cerv bone spurs get worse, not better unless u had it removed surgically which is a new type of hell in itself.
@@l.e.6263 Epiderals. Had a total of three. Pain gone. Very lucky and blessed, no surgery.
I've been on Gabapentin for several years, it's helped me cope so well with my Fibromyalgia pain. I don't have any problems with it.
So good to hear!!
Nice job doc I have had 4 spine operations over the past 18 years busted up nyc firefighter. And pain and not being able to walk with out meds is no joke and there is such a move to not give people pain meds now it making people who live with real pain not have what they need to live. Drug abusers will always get drugs taking meds from people that need them is like taking legal guns from upstanding people thinking criminals cant get them then. No criminals always get guns all your doing is making the people that dont abuse gun rights eady victims.I love all these doctors now that tell prople who live in real pain just take Tylenol that crap cant fix a bug bite. To the doctor tbat just says suck it up or just deal with it I would say how about you go a few rounds with Tyson and lets see what your looking to take, that is if one of his punches doesn't break your neck first. Good info and good attitude doc. Thanks for you compassion.
Kratom works well for the agony
😢 swry u have chronic pain,I agree 💯 with you,I had to watch my oldest brother,who had served in Vietnam,then shortly after he was a passenger in car wreck,2 others died,,,but he had broken bones head to toe, punctured lungs and kidney,,,so he had suffered,tho worked sawmill & had family,,later he suffered horribly the last 12 years of his life,,,he went thru same issues with Dr s,, he like to tell them,,,it's not like I am ever going to recover,,,my heart is with you ❤
Ive been using it for one week, 100 mg three times a day. My neuropathy pain is gone. I'm very happy with it
Lucky you. After two months mine is still as bad as before
I've had my dosage bumped to 300 mg three times a day because the pain was coming back
Hey, did the pain come back if you stop consuming it ?
@@allbird3792 Sadly, yes.
@@allbird3792 I wondering the same thing
I have been taking gabapentin for years. Three times a day 400 mg. My pain is still there. My doctor lets me take a low dose opioid that helps a lot. I don’t abuse it. I really don’t think that gabapentin works for me. I have tried multiple drugs for years. Recently they wanted me to go to spine and wellness people.
I refused because I had gone to them in the past and they gave me injections in the back that did nothing. I sure wish I could feel 100% better.
I don't take nothing anymore why take it if u still have pain so now I take panado your tylenol
And the best cbd I take the drops with tumeric in an capsule
I’d be careful about taking Gabapentin and opioids. That’s a deadly combination. May want to ask about that. And if Gabapentin isn’t working for you, may as well taper off it.
The answer is YES! At least for me, personally, it works very well for the diabetic neuropathy in my legs.
Glad to hear!!👍
Thank you! This video and your others on spinal stenosis have been extremely helpful!
Where is the video on spinal stenosis?
I would love to learn how to treat my pain with exercise and or stretching or something like that.
I know that pressure - works . My relative uses a special pressure ball on his feet for neuropathy and it’s been helping a lot !
Try cbd
@@stevenhutton241 tried it all! ;) ty!
Gabapentin has worked well for my Trigeminal Neuralgia, 300mg 2x per day reducing now to 200mg 2 x per day
I have mild lumbar radiculopathy pain from a herniated disc. 600mg seems to do the trick for me and really eliminates the pain.
Yes, everyone is different and 600 mg is not an unusual dosage for a lumbar radiculopathy. Just remember that the gabapentin is a pain medication and isn't fixing the underlying problem so ideally you could be working on fixing the underlying problem, for example via exercises, while using the medication to help control the symptoms. Thanks for sharing your experience!
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How r u doing now? Did this medicine help your pain in long term?
So good to hear!! I hope it helps my nerve pain!
Gabapentin 75mg 2xday worked for my sciatica.. if we are taking any meds take it after heavy meals one at a time to avoid side effects..
Hey i have a question, did the pain comes back if you stop consuming it ?
Very helpful, thank you!
Thank you for your comment, Robin!
Gaba works for me. I have what feels like spastic nerves mostly in my face but occasional twinges in other places on my body.
I stopped taking all the meds at the start of the year. I use Celebrex 200mg and paracetamol osteo some days but as little as possible. I still deal with the pain and issues daily. I'm trying to use exercise, stretching, muscle release techniques, and improve my posture, and then build more core strength. I'm looking into stem cells, peptides, and PRP options for DDD and OA. I'm focused on my diet to get good amounts of the vitamins and minerals my body and bones need."
Not sure what else I can do.
Not keen for surgery yet at my age.
Just need to accept and adapt.
just got on medicine gabapentin i was really suffering quite a while crying alot this helped day one and so many doctors proceedures exercises test later nothing for pain...til this,my reg doc gave it to me i separate the 300 mg during day n will take 300 mg at night this may be my great help
I've been taking this drug for over 2 years with 3 times per day of 300 mg with no pain relief from my lower back spine. This stuff is over-rated but I continue in hopes that someday I will discover the arrival of some pain relief. This pain has ruined my "golden years" and makes death something to look forward to....no more pain.
Important info, especially while I’m contemplating asking my ortho doctor if I should go on this med for chronic pain and/or nerve pain. Hmmmm
Hi, what exactly is nerve pain.. I have pain in the back it my head at nights I think that is nerve pain I don't really know it's like stress and my back of head hurts when turning left or right???
I have never gotten to a therapeutic dose because this stuff just knocks me out, and I feel hung over if I do get sleep. And it’s super hard for me to get sleep, but this stuff knocks you out.
Have trouble getting to sleep too from cervical issues Thinking of trying this drug but the reviews are scary
Theyre saying weight gain is not common but ive read MANY people have gained weight
I have been on gabapentin for about five years and they do say that one of the side effects could be weight gain. For me, it starts about an hour after I take my nightly dose and I crave carbs. It can’t be a salad. It can’t be anything but carbs. I have gained, 15 pounds of the 70 I originally lost. So now I’m back to trying to lose the weight again. But, on the other hand, I sleep through the night without waking up in excruciating pain. For me, the trade-off is worth it.
@@lindaelliott1653 weight gain in pets also as a side effect
Very helpful video!! i wish you were my Doctor :)
Hello, this has been very helpful! My brother is on gabba due to severe neuropathy ! He has squamous cell carcinoma…Lyrica is horrible . He was switched to it but taken off due to horrible side effects, and back on gabba.. pls help us with a video on pain management. I heard soaking in Epsom salts . He has special shoes for neuropathy. My question is , what are some alternatives to help with neuropathy in the most functional wat for daily living in peace. It’s been very hard on him ❤ Ty
Have him see a pain neurologist who also is licensed to certify your brother for medical marijuana usage. This doctor will explain what product would help with his nerve pain.
@@crystal01681 perfect 👍🏼 ty so much !
We need to stay comforted in our times of struggles / one never know how long our creator will keep us here 💞
All the best to you
My nurolgist is having a hard time diagnosing my nerve pain, cant feel my feet, the right side of my abdomen tends to tighten up, i urinate quie offen, i get a lot of brain zapp, and the right side kf my abdomen feels like im being stabed or it almost feels like a charlie horse..he siad this is some form of naralgja, he put me on gapapentin which helps but i get dizzy from it..ive been on it for about a month..i notice when i do work out or do things around the house i dont feel much of the pain..all my symptoms started because my anxiety was through the roof..im praying and hoping we all recover and get over this
Hello. How are you now?..
I have nerve pain and muscles cramping helps me so much neuropathy has gone down also
Good to hear you must be relieved
I have persistent idiopathic facial pain almost two years after a traffic accident and the pain clinic just gave me this Gabapentin to replace Lyrica and some lidocaine pain patches, my condition is permanent and there is no cure for this long life chronic pain condition so I have no choice but to take these things to take the edge off
I have severe pain from oral surgery and burning in whole body. Will 100mgs help? I'm to the point I can't take it anymore.
Neck pain pinched nerve and arthritis in joints and discks messed up diabetic nerupothy in feet and arms
see because of my cholesterol in my my nerves sciatic nerves and the blood clots and everything else that's why it has to be taking that medication
because I asked accidents and stuff like that and basically all my bones and my nerves and my back is not straight so high school scoliosis to
It works for any off label use your doctor says it can be taken for, unless there is any neurontin litigation that says he or she can’t
Great explanation of garbapentin!
Dr, I am having severe allergies in my entire right leg, and also in my left calf down to my feet. I have been going to the clinic for treatment as it comes and goes fairly often.each time a different doctor would see me and most times their prescribed medication for me differ somewhat. I went to the clinic again today as the same allergy violently erupted. I was given two injections by a nurse at the request of the doctor who saw me: Prednisolone injection and hydrocortisone injection. The doctor was very abrupt and did not tell me what the injections were for, or if I am on any prior medications or even if I have had vaccines recently. My questions are: 1) what are these two injections for, and which by the way were administered in the same hole. Are there any risks involved? 2) I am currently taking Garbapentin 300 mg nightly for the last 7 years as I suffer with SEVERE BURNING, PAIN, FATIGUE, PINS AND NEEDLES IN MY ENTIRE UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS AND HANDS AND FEET, as I am told by the doctors in the Neurology Clinic that I have neuropathy ( without requesting any proper blood or other relevant tests to determine what is causing this 'so-called' diagnosis! Are there any reactions between Garbapentin and the two steroid injections mentioned earlier? 3) because of some memory loss I am experiencing, I personally, without consultation of my junior doctors who are the ones that always attend to me, decided to reduce the nightly dosage of 300mg I'm currently taking by cutting it in half and taking only 1/2 capsule each night instead. How bad is doing that. Thanks doctor.
I take 600 3 x a day for diabetic nerupothy and have pinched nerve in neck that has burning down both arms just don't run out I really suffer bad side effects
Why are you allowing these people to inject you with god knows WHAT?
I take alkaseltzer plus cold it seems to help some.
I get 300 mg in basically I'm not really enough because I still feel some other type of pains and other part of the body so where they treated with the pain injections and stuff like that those injections that they use on pain management which is both tops and all that stuff boxta
my nigge to also got pinched nerves in my neck and I got some other stuff in there that is is very uncomfortable to have those type of things and it it is very bad because you can lay and certain position and then the other problems you cannot lay the other way or this way or that way is always a problem because wherever you're going to lay or however you going to sleep at just going to hurt you and one part of your body whether your neck or your lower back or your side or your thigh or your back if you lame position to laying up is it does your body get tired too and it start hurting your back and everything else your neck tools it just hurt everywhere rhino because of cobe and stuff like that has been hard for me to general move around and go to places that I have to do things to get back to my routine now get going back to the doctor so yeah is being hard because of the Kobe and all the codes and stuff like that because I got to protect myself from that too so it's very hard for people to go out there without being worried about getting something else other than what they already dealing with
Thank You
Hello doc , does 50 MG per day of gabapentin cause any side effects.
Taking it for nerve pain ( cervical spondylitis)
I almost lost it due to shingles on the back of my scalp. Felt like liquid fire. Gabapentin helped at 600 mg a day.
3️⃣❤️🔥💟HOW LONG CAN GABAPENTIN BE TAKEN.? What can be the normal dosage? I suffer from spinal stenosis.
Thank you
Ramadurai
Is there any effectiveness in using gabapentin in the treatment of complex regional pain? Thank you.
I had a stroke in 2018, I e xperenced a lot of nerve pain.. gabapentin he lps, but i am extremely tired, i live in my wheelchair with my head in my hand. Also, i do notice memory loss. I start a conversation forgetting most of my words.my words
I tried gabapentin and it made me cry with suicide thoughts only i NEVER would do it!!!!!!!!!!!
Every time I get myself a doctor that knows what he is doing everyone wants to chime in and critique the prescriptions. I’ve been on gabapentin since 2010. I’ve had neck surgeries and without gabapentin my left leg will feel like a hot iron is stuck on my thigh. It’s ridiculous at the times I’ve been taken off just to be put back on. It’s not habit forming, there is no withdrawal. Mind your own business and leave others alone.
For you there’s no withdrawals. Doesn’t mean they don’t exist for others. If it works for you and you are not negatively impacted by side effects then lucky you.
This medicine is unfortunately given out way too easily for people who don’t have what you have. Causes more harm than good.
@@MrInbetween969 you are completely full of B.S.
I have a degenerating disc, L5-S1 still won't take this drug. Too many bad things associated with it imo. Thank you for the great vid though.
My doctor gave me this drug and I started having feelings of extreme hatred of my wife and kids. I threw it away. No thank you
300mg was very weak 900mg seemed perfect. 1200+ got me high af. i was given this med for withdrawals coming off a years treatment of Methadone.
I just got my tonsillectomy taken out doctor prescribe this and oxy and its works wonder...
Dry mouth, foggy/slow brain, no sex drive but my doctor says I have to take it because she'll get in trouble if she keeps prescribing me pain medication so we have to find an alternative. Tried anti inflammatory meds but those don't do anything for my nerve pain.
I just got a pinched nerve two weeks ago, out of nowhere, it seems, basic one in my upper neck going down my left shoulder to arm, wrist, etc., nothing mysterious,
and the main orthopedist I got automatically gave me Gabapentin and a muscle relaxer. That's standard. The thing is I had acute night pain there, and he
gave me nothing for that, even after I told everyone, ER MDs, nurses, and the orthopedist, about that. That's what led me to two ER visits last week. Anyway,
nothing more than a pinched nerve was wrong with me. That's the good thing! The bad thing is how stupidly the whole thing was treated and prescribed
by a supposed specialist. Not very well. I communicated just fine. I found that treating nerve pinch or pain with basic OTC painkillers is NOT effective,
because, nerve pain is different, and stuff like Alleve that can get rid of low level muscle or ache pain, back pain, even, will not help nerve pain much, and,
sometimes not at all. I never had nerve pain before so I had no idea. They gave me Prednisone finally, three days ago, and THAT automatically worked,
and got rid of the nightly terrible arm pain from it within an hour of taking it, all night! So that's what the MD should have given me in association with
the other two meds, in the first place. But I just didn't know to ask for it. Gabapentin takes days or weeks to be effective, also.
It caused me to have hallucinations and as for pain relief, it was like taking a sugar pill.
Hallucinations ? Seems highly unlikely .
Since I stopped Gaba, I get little muscles flicks one time per day. It's some kind of withdrawal. I didn't really like Gaba, so drowsy. Maybe I will try Lyrica, hmm.
Thank you for your comment, Julia. I would just caution you to remember that Lyrica is the same basic class of medication as Neurontin. If you really need a nerve pain medication, it may be worth discussing with your doctor other classes of medication such as a tricyclic anti-depressant or something like Cymbalta. Both of those have their own issues to be sure but they are different classes of medication from Neurontin and Lyrica. Then again, trying Lyrica might be the right move as long as you do it slowly and watch it carefully. Obviously only you and your doctor can answer that question together. But I do wish you the best of luck with your path.
@@PrincetonSpineJointCenter and a of those medications 💊 have a side affect of weight gain...along with a myriad of others.
I was told to take 50mg at night for 14 days and rest as my pinched nerve is radiating pain all down my left arm to the point walking is an issue.
C4/C5 disk degeneration.
Can I just stop at that dosage after 14 days? I'm In a foreign country with language barriers so some insight would be amazing 🙏
How'd you make out?
Please respond
Human to Human contact helps when Doctors don't listen
Struggling with stiff knee walking after TKR after 2 years. They thought it was scar tissue, Chief of ortho thinks its neurological, CRPS. He prescribed Gabapentin 100mg, I am afraid to take it, because I have reactive depression and anxiety. Should I try it? Thank you
300mg few hrs before bed helps me slep that's all I can tolerate. It doesn't help my pain much
they were putting all these little holes things in my vein in through the whole leg inside and I will feeling the whole thing right there and my blood pressure and started going up so when I feel pain my blood pressure is easily will go up because of the stress in the end of the pain does unfeeling it will make my blood pressure goes I am high risk when I go to those places to do these type of procedures
I almost understand what you're yet it to say .
but also I was gained operations in my veins in the it's a lot of pain that I was going through and also win because they don't use they don't know mew they do not put you to sleep they do that like we just know me nominus injection like they numb the area and they just go ahead and do the procedure where I want point on my body didn't take the medication and I was feeling the whole thing
I steer clear of these Seizure drugs.
It helps. Only thing is I started having brain fog really bad. So I’ve been weening myself off. I was on 1500mg. I’m down to 900mg. My doctor told me to ween myself off but did not tell me how much at a time so I’m doing it myself. My brain fog has eased up a lot. But my back pain has not. I’m 70.
Had hernia surgery and the doctor caught a nerve when he sutured the incision. I was in excruciating pain, and the gabapentin didn’t help at all.
boxto was helping
Works for my MS "leg tingling"...
I just started this. Im suppose to take 200mg three times a day. I only take 200mg at night. I have not seen a difference. Been taking it just over a week now. Could be the low dosage. I do not like meds. If i see no difference in a month, I will stop it.
I asked the doctor for some Gabapentin and they gave me 300 mg pills that could not be cut in half. I called the doctor back to get 100 mg to start off as I never taken it before and I'm sensitive to Medicine. The doctor never called the pharmacy within 100 Megs request and at 3:00 in the morning I was in so much pain I took the 300 mg. it did nothing for me but give me a headache that lasted for 4 days upset stomach and dry mouth. I heard they made a Gabapentin cream so I requested that from my dermatologist for my shingles rash. They have to mix it up and I won't get it till Monday but I will update when I get it.
Im 44 in good health for the most part. fit. I developed a weird nerve pain 3 years ago. It only happens when I turn my head to the right and talk. happens maybe 1/100 times. when it happens its a intense shock pain in right neck from jaw, ear area down to bottom neck. comes and goes in 2 seconds but it really hurts and scares me. The mri showed a very small spur on c5 . I get anxiety with this even tho it doesnt happen all to often. I find myself avoiding talking when I turn my head to the right to avoid it potentially happening. Neurologist advice was to gain some weight as some fat may help insulate nerve?
At 300 mg I was foggy, running into walls, gained weight. Took myself off.
I know someone having the s e issues. Thanks for your info. 🙏🏼
Me too dude. Holy shit I thought I was the only one who walked into walls on this stuff. People thought I was drinking and an alcoholic but I never touched alcohol. Slur my words, literally didn’t k know I was in my own house. But Oxycodone is the real culprit. Drs are the dumbest people on earth.
Exactly, I cant wait till they admit the damage
Had the same reaction but it got progressively better and passed after a week or so
Do you mean 300mg per day, or 300mg caps for (say) 3x per day?
so can the problem go away, if your working on the underlining problem while taking gabapentin . so by the time you wanna get off gabapentin the issue wont be there any more?? can you give me your thoughts on this technique ?
Thank you for your question, Ethan. 100% I would agree with what you wrote -- the best way to think of pain medications...or maybe I should say that the ideal way that pain medications can be used is to control the pain while the underlying condition is being addressed. There is a quote that I like that I have seen attributed to Voltaire who apparently said: The art of medicine is entertaining people while nature takes its course. I'm not sure I agree with that sentiment but like any good quote, there is a kernel of truth. Time does heal a lot of problems and so sometimes the best thing is to control the pain while nature heals us. Ideally, we take a more active role in getting ourselves better and work on the underlying issues with a doctor and with exercise, etc. The only caveat I would offer with something like gabapentin is that when it comes to nerves, you want to make sure that you aren't covering up a problem while the underlying problem gets worse. That is, if you are taking gabapentin (or any medication) and the nerve pain is much better but then you start noticing numbness and weakness, then this is a big problem as it means the nerve is getting worse even though you have the pain controlled and so that nerve needs to be urgently addressed in a different way. Remember, gabapentin doesn't do anything to the underlying condition, it just makes the pain better. So a nerve can feel less pain while it becomes more impinged and less healthy. I think this is generally unusual but it does happen and it's important to keep in mind, particularly when thinking about nerve issues.
@@PrincetonSpineJointCenter thank you for the reply . That helped . So you don’t think that by taking gabapentin that by having a calming effect on the nerves and even for anxiety. That by feeling more relaxed or it possibly even helping with improved sleep. That by sleeping better and feeling less stressed that it could help the body recover faster from the nerve damage or any of the issues that I’m working on?
@@ethancowart6765 Ethan, that is a very interesting point. You raise the question if by reducing pain and allowing for a more normal quality of life with sleep, etc, as well as better movement because of a lack of pain, could that in and of itself be therapeutic? That’s a fair thought and we guess my response would be it seems plausible, particularly in an acute episode of pain. What’s important to realize, when it comes to gabapentin, is that the medication itself isn’t “curing” the nerve of anything. With that said, not sleeping makes things worse. Not moving well makes things worse. So a medication that helps with those things could in an indirect way offer a therapeutic boost, I think. But I think it’s a bit dangerous to rest to heavily on that idea to the extent that it allows us to become complacent and “rely upon” the medication. However, as an intellectual exercise, yes I think it’s plausible.
If the Dr's really cared abouts us they would quit letting us suffer and give us our pain medication back and quit letting us suffer surgery can make you feel worse
Stroke pain?I have pain after a stroke, I was prescribed gabapentin as well s opioids, I was not crazy about opioids because I have seen many folks with opioid issues.
Hi there, two questions here. Is there withdrawal if you taper off the drug carefully? And I had a form of epilepsy disorder as a child and stopped having siezures when I was 10. I was prescribed this drug to help treat my sciatica. And I am nervous to take it as I’ve read about people having siezures when getting off of it.
Doctor weaned me off it gradually when I started getting side effects (memory loss) explaining that cold turkey has bad side effects. I suggest you speak with your physician.
I cold Turkey from 300mg and fitted for 2 days, foaming at mouth horrible then gone
Does it help with itching from nerve damage
I have only been on Gabapentin for about six months, 300 mgs at night. I’m finding that it does not work for my idiopathic neuropathy. Yes you can get neuropathy that doctors can’t explain , even took a trip to the Mayo Clinic in Arizona to try and get answers. Went thru test after test for six days, and when the neurologist came in the room to give me results of all the tests, I could tell by his expression on his face the he found no reason for me having neuropathy, and I was right! I just starting crying because I now know that I will have the terrible disease for the rest of my life.😢🤬😭😭😭
My dad is in the same seat😢
He complains of burning in his feet and tingling all the time. Hard for him to sleep or do anything.
Literally nothing is helping.
I hope you like my dad can get relief
Does it work well other hydracodene for chronic pain?
Will Gabapentin lower the red blood cells? My wife's doctor told her not to take it any longer because that drug could be the cause for her low blood count. It went from 100 to 30 in a matter of a few months. I think it has some effect but to be honest i think is something more serious.
I'm not a doctor but I think her doctor doesn't know what he's talking about 😅. I think you're correct, it's likely an actual condition or another drug she may be taking.
Doc can it be used by one with stages 3a and 3b CKD ? Thanks.
Hi! I've had Type 1 diabetes for over 40 years and I also am in 3rd stage CKD & I take Gabapentin twice a day for chronic neuropathy so yes it's fine for that.
@@hiccupsngiggles505 tks
I get the same medication 300M is for the nurse it's not because I'm always because what I have in the past injuries so get that straight
Thanks.This helps.
Talk more about the after effects and coming off that
I've been on gabapentin for many, many years now Is that normal? Mine is from a very bad car accident and when I tried to go off, nothing works right and of course the pain increases. The nerve pain gets so bad that I can't function at all. I can't get my body to cooperate, my hands, my legs. So gabapentin really helped me. But is it a life time thing?
900mg just makes the pain bearable.
How long does it take to wear off
Doctor, have you come across pinched nerves causing burning mouth syndrome?
my wife has been on it for 3 yearsand 3pills a day she says it isnt working she wanrs to go off irnow
Stuff was never ment for pain. It causes some to have thoughts of suicide.
You become dependent fast and the withdrawals are murder.
Doctors use it as a blanket drug.
Do TONS of research before using this stuff.
I'm a cancer patient and wish I'd never taken it.
I took it for nerve pain after having my lung removed. Going on three years later and found out after stopping the med that it actually did nothing for my pain. It did however hurt like hell when I missed a dose.
I searched decades for something to put me to sleep and found gabapentin.It energizes me until I lay still then it will putt me out.This will go well for a 3rd month until I go cold turkey you can barely breathe or get out of bed.Your joints hurt and thoughts come from parallel realities(you don"t feel you're in this life,you missed the last train and now you can barely breathe move or eat.Your teeth grind in your sleep caused by the muscle relaxant.You get severe depression that's biggest problem.Just minus one pill a day till you only take 2or3 at a time.Then you can quit without much agony.Just zero sleep for 3days then you have to find a similar drug to keep their tolerance levels down.If you stayed on gabapentin long enough twitchy sensations.yawning cracking Jaws,etc Would just increase.The slower taper off the longer the withrawls.If you go cold turkey after having been taking 8at a time you be on the verge of an ER visit.You need to be down to two pills before you quit.Otherwise you'll be in that nightmarish state watching infomercials all night till you can get another prescription and give the other a break.
Can you take gabentin with supplements?
not at same time and especially not alongside magnesium
YES…. ENDOC STORY
my name mandy I am on 9 gabapentin what can it do to me as I have very bad nerve pain very serious pain my doctor told me to stay on the drug for other pain what is your answer as I had a trippleheart bypass in 2018 also type 2 diabetic that gos very high too
Me to
Can it make you sweat. I’m 66.
Yes, I’m a swearer also, 58
Sweater
I was given this right off the bat with my cervical pain. Was never told about the side effects nor withdrawals. It was 100mg at night. After doing my homework, I decided I am not taking this. All I read was horrible stories and people being worse off than before. Pile that on with withdrawals even with a low dose like mine and a huge NO THANKS!!
I’m honestly disappointed how doctors hand this out like candy and they either don’t care or uneducated about how bad a rep this medicine has.
Stuff prescribed by a bad nurse practitioner nearly killed me, ambulance to hospital. Thanks nurse - NOT!
Brain DAMAGED 😮
I have neuropathy from stenosis in my back, and I was given gabapentin as a way to relieve the pins and needles, shooting pains and ants in my pants feeling.
In short, I stopped after a couple of months. The side effects are not nice for me.
“ I’d rather have my brain and put up with a little pain” what’s my answer to the physician.
Remember medications are not beneficial potions with some bad side effects, but rather poisons with a few good side effects
Informative video but it needs to be edited.
GABApentin did not do much for me, so I stopped it.
No it doesn't, it's side effects, respiratory problems, aren't worth it.
I crying BULL CRAP!! DONT DONT DO THIS FUTURE LAWSUIT
I was prescribed this medication due to me gaving seizures. I don't like taking it with my keppra. U feel like a walking zombie smh.
I think I’ll just find me a dope dealer rather than a doctor
Can can you smoke marijuana with gabapentin
Gabapentin is a disaster drug
Horrible drug
It works for me
It was not approved for nerve pain it was only approved for severe seizures only
So doctors wont prescribe a medication to specifically treat pain (opioids), but they'll push medication to treat pain that was never designed to treat pain in the first place... Absolutely insane.
@@DickGazInYaThey are trying to avoid getting people hooked on opioids and narcotics, that's the main thing, but, it's a bit stupid that they haven't
come up with drugs a bit more benign (maybe) than that, to just treat basic nerve pain, or a pinched nerve. It's very frustrating. And most OTC meds
don't do crap for it.