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Anyone have good - or bad - expereince with gabapentin?

Do you have experience with gabapentin?

  • I have never tried any form of gabapentin (lyrica, neurontin)

    Votes: 7 22.6%
  • It did not have any effect on me

    Votes: 9 29.0%
  • If improved some of my symptoms a little

    Votes: 5 16.1%
  • It worsened some of my symptoms a little

    Votes: 3 9.7%
  • It improved some of my symptoms moderately

    Votes: 4 12.9%
  • It worsened some of my symtpoms moderately

    Votes: 1 3.2%
  • It improved some of my symptoms a great deal

    Votes: 4 12.9%
  • It worsened some of my symptoms a great deal

    Votes: 1 3.2%
  • I currently take some form of gabapentin regularly

    Votes: 5 16.1%
  • I currently take some form of gapapentin on occasion

    Votes: 1 3.2%
  • I had to discontinue gabapentin due to unwanted side effects

    Votes: 4 12.9%
  • Discontinuing gapapentin caused undesirable withdrawal symptoms

    Votes: 3 9.7%

  • Total voters
    31

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"Deal with it"
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Glad to hear that for multiple reasons. Do you find it helps anything else? better sleep? less overactivation? help with other pains besides the fibro? any sense of wellbeing?

its really great that it's still working after all this time.

so i wonder in what ways were are similar metabolically to both be helped. Do you know how your dopamine levels are? (mine are high) and do you tend to have sympatheitic over activation and alot of norepinehrpine? (at least before you wrere on the med)

I do not think it has any effect on my sleep since I take it 4 times a day. Overactivation? Don't think it helps. Does NOT help with my arthritis pain - ortho in knees and newly in hands.

I unfortunately do not know what my dopamine levels are. What test finds that? I am also on Venlafaxine (Effexor) which is a SNRI. So that probably affects things also.