Neurontin and headaches

My doctor put me on Neurontin for nerve damage to my foot related to heel spur surgery. I started taking it on the 17th of this month with it having no effect on the pain (I was only taking one dose a day at 300 mg). He has since upped me to 300 mgs twice a day. I am now having problems with bladder control, infrequent headaches, sleeplessness, inability to climax and horrible bloating and gas. If I hadn't been on other pain meds for the past 8 months, I would stop taking it. Any suggestions?

I have been on Neur for 7 yrs. I take 4800mgs. a day for severe headaches. I recently have developed a bad muscle like pain in the back of my head, near where spine goes in. Its getting quite unbearable. Anyone else have this?

This isn't about "Neurontin", even though one of my Doctors put me on it back in April of this year. I just need to know if there's a website that may provide some answers. I find myself or I've been told that I stare out into space with my mouth a gape. I can hear people and I know that I'm staring into space but I can not answer or really move my head good. I always have headaches. Please, Is there an helpful website for me to go to????

i have been on neurontin 4 6 yrs cuz of fibromyalgia and at one point i tried 2 stop it and i tappered off slowly but i started getting very depressed, confused, panic attacks. i was in emergency almost everyday, i jus sat there in a daze with a feeling that somethoing bad was about to happon 2 me, i lost alot of weight from diarrhea everyday. my dr said i think u should go bac on it so i didbut something else i noticed was that when i was off of it my hair was growing in thick and fast but when i went back on it my hair is now falling out, not growing and very damaged no matter how many treatments and or trims i give it!! when i was on it b4 i noticed my hair wasnt growing correctly but i didnt no it was from the neurontin, i thought it might have been but its not listed as a side effect. then i came online and looked it up and hesrd from other people and they all were saying the same thing, that there hair was a mess and falling out or not growing!! i hate this med so much but it helps with my headaches like no other. i recently went on cymbalta and im tappering off neurontin i dont know how it will go but im gonna try.im also finding out that alot of other meds im on could b contributing to this hair issue 2. please feel free 2 send me mail i would love 2 hear other peoples comments bout meds, and 4 anyone with questions bout neurontin i have been on it long enough 2 no the answer.

I,ve had a stroke, I,ve been on Gabapentin (neuronton) for 3 years. I take 600mg 3 times a day. I have memory problems; I feel weak most of the time. My daughter says I stare out into space lots. Ihave alot of headaches. I don't go a day without getting sick!!!

Since starting on Neurontin for headaches, a little over a year ago, I've been diagnosed with: IBS, Colitis and High Blood Pressure. I have also had swelling and pain in my ankles and legs and constant debilatating abdominal pain and bloating. I tend to go from constipation directly to diarreha. I never had trouble with my blood pressure (other than with my first pregnancy) until I started taking this medication. It always ran about 115-120/75-80. I've started looking at info. on the web regarding Neurontin. I've learned a lot. It has many more side effects and medical causes than I was first informed about. The makers are also being sued for having their Reps. lie about it's uses and "cures". I've also read that it has terrible side effects when trying to stop. It has helped my headaches, but I feel I've paid a price for them to stop. I think that my headaches were not as bad as the abnominal pain that I'm experiencing. I'm going to see my Dr. and find ou how to stop taking it.

I've been on neurontin for about 3 years. I take 2400mg per
I have all of the ill effects mentioned above plus one more. My vision is impaired 40 % worse than when I first started this medication. I would have to say that I too am very frustated with this medication now. I have short term memory loss, weight gain, chest pain, constipation, swollen extremities, no sex drive, headaches, excessive feelling of euporia, depressed, and much more. The one thing I can say is that it did help the problem for which I was prescribed. Chronic neck pain/spasms. Go figure!

I don't know if this is a new one or not, but my 8yo daughter is taking Neurontin as a last-resort medicine for intractable Complex Partial Seizures. She is on 800mg 3x/day. It has been like giving her speed--she can't sit still, can't concentrate, and runs through the house flapping her arms like wings or jumping up and down and flapping. She has experienced the trembling legs, the dizziness, the headaches.

To the mother of the child for whom Neurontin acts like speed:

Neurontin takes away irritability (or nerve-firing threshold) of the involuntary muscular system, and it sounds like the physical phenomenae is just another manifestation of the seizures for which she had the drug prescribed.

Poor kid, those side-effects sound TERRIBLE, and as her mother I would immediately talk to her doctor about change of dosage, or something else -- anything else -- the effect N has on her shows it's either not the right thing for her problem, not enough dosage, or another not-yet-understood indication of inappropriate treatment. The fact that she has headaches indicates it's not just her Mom's unwillingness to deal with a hyperactive kid. Having-headaches means it's poisoning her system. Please act as her advocate and protector in this matter.

And it's NOT the last-ditch treatment for seizures: ask her medical team about surgeries. If they won't do that, then either find new doctors who will give you access to everything possible that modern medicine can provide to help seizures, or explain the trade-offs of living with medicinal side-effects and the risks of surgery.

Jan S. Kauffman, Neurontin userid, parent and grandparent, Masters in Counselling, certificate in elementary education, survivor of decades of fighting the American medical system

I TAKE NEURONTIN FOR SEIZURES FOR 3 MONTHS(300MG-3XDAY)NOW, AND I GOT 20 POUNDS ON THOSES 3 MO. I HAVE A TERRIBLE APPETITE, HEADACHES ARE BETTER, BUT SWELLING ON MY KNEES,LEGS,THIGHS,HAND,FEET,MUSCLE PAIN, CONFUSED,NUMBNESS OF TIP OF FINGERS,TONGUE,AND ONE SIDE OF MY FACE,PAIN OF THE BACK OF MY NECK,MEMORY LOSS, LACK OF MY CONCENTRATION,AND INSOMNIA OR DIZZYNESS....BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE NEURONTIN HAVE BEEN WORKING SO GOOD FOR MI SEIZURES THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I SOULD DEAL WITH THE SYMPTOMS FOR A LITTLE BIT UNTILL MY BODY GET USE TO IT OR JUST TELL THE DOCTOR AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE...FANTAXYAMODELO4U@aol.com