Gabapentin 300mg

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Hi i was diagnosed in January 2021 had my first relapse in March still having it i finished my 5 day of 500mg steriods now they want to pop me on Gabapentin 300mg has anyone taken this and what was their side effects if any please

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hi

i was on it but got constipated and bloated therefore miserable so i came off it, expecting to need a different painkiller.

there was no difference which makes me wonder why i was taking it in the first place!

laugh

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It made me feel very light headed and spaced out. I could tolerate pregabalin better which is a similar drug. Both medications I think you titrate up and down to find the dose that best suits and if/when you come off them you have to taper off slowly.

Hope you feel better soon

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We all react, or don’t react, differently to medication. Ask yourself why they want you to take it and ask yourself if you need to try it. I took it for years before it stopped working for me so went on to something different.

nest wishes

Jan x

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Like MS that can affect us all different yet in similar ways medications can affect us differently. Just a casse of trying it. If you get side effects you don’t like try something else.

I’m on 900mg 3 times a day. Hard to say if I get any side effects from it though as I’m on other medications. The only time I know for sure that I got any side effects was light headedness and feeling sick when we tried increasing it to 1,200mg 3times a day. Did that for 2 weeks then reduced it back to 900mg and tried something else.

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I take it (600mg per night) to help with sleep. No side effects at all.

Apparently helps relax muscles especially in my legs. Stops them twitching (restless legs).

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I found Gabapentin made me a zombie. There but not there. I’ve reduced it down and use CBD oil ease with stabbing pains. Works for me.

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I’ve been on gabapentin for some years now, and it certainly works for me with no side effects. It stops all those sharp shooting pains. At first I tried amitriptyline, but that turned me into a right zombie.

If one drug doesn’t suit you there’s usually another to try.

Ben

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Hey, I have been on Gabapentin now for over a year. No side effects what so ever!

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I have been using CBD oil to treat the pains myself and its so far working very well.

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