neurontin works for my painful tingling nerve pain!! have not felt anymore loopy then I already do with memory issues I have had before neurontin... not gained any water weight or such. I could not handle the lyrica side effects but I think that each body is different, where some can do the neurontin but others prefer the lyrica... the cymbalta... oh wow.. they tried that recently for me... for pain... yucky.. few days and my body always felt like it was RACING ... could nto take it... good luck, sarah