Tapering off of neurontin does SUCK! Plus I am sure now that I did it too quckly (based on neuro's instructions). I was up to 2700 mg and the burning feeling on the top of my head returned. It has been 2 1/2 weeks without any neurontin and I still am going through withdrawl. I may try lyrica in the future, but I am going to try to survive without it for a few months first. Be careful in increasaing it to much I went from 900 mg to 2700 mg in a two year period. I just did not want to increase it again. It is a highly addictive drug.