If they gave you instructions to increase once a week, then you're just going to have to give this more time. I don't see you getting much relief until you get into a higher dose. We ALL understand how frustrating it is to deal with the pain as you find the right med to help you.

As for Neurontin/Gabapentin, yes many people can only take it for a few years before they have to change to something else. I took it for almost 5 years before maxing out on the dosage. But that gave me 5 years of fairly good pain relief. After that, I was jumping from one med to another trying to find something that works...Cymbalta, Lyrica, Lamictal, Namenda...the list goes on and on. I could not get relief or the side-effects were horrible (Lyrica made me a zombie and some others made me violently ill).

Everyone is different and you have to find something that works for YOU. Don't put much stock in what you read online...just see what helps you and what you can tolerate...one at a time.