To answer your question about gabapentin... I was extremely Leary if meds and fought tooth and nail to not take them for over a year. I had to give in eventually. I tried ciprolex snd that gave me a crazy, vibrating ear and major jaw clenching. Nortriptiline gave me very blurry eyes and didn't help much. I'm on 1200mg gabapentin now and it takes the edge off the pain. I don't think I've had any side effects. I've only been on for 6-8 weeks. I also recently started marijauna and it helps the crazy sensations better than anything ive tried