I had the same experience loopy didn't help enough to warrant continuing. Took Lyrica too helped some. Doctors say if helps 50 % that is success. Not for me it is not worth it.
I weather the storm. Last night had a terrile flair with bad pins and needles in feet continued on too numb lips. I could hardly walk it worked it self out with the help of acetaminophen and bengay and massage with a Xanax chaser. An hour later subsided and fell asleep.
I do massage my feet in the evening a few times seems to help
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Gabapentin I couldn't tolerate. I was on Lyrica at carying doses for almoat teo years when I noticed it was losing wffectiveness at a dose that had worked for close to half a year (off the top of my head, I'll verify via journal later).

I was told there are no diminishing returns which means- 1- that is not true or 2. getting worse. When I missed two doses and noticed my cognitive gain I was convinced to get off it.

I have rough patches, but for me it is not worth the trade off. I think everyone needs to decide for themselves.

I agree KnownothingJon Every one decide for self. I'll weather the storm too. with me it is diabetic related not to say have not had flairs but not as often when sugar up.


Uglogirl

I've been on gabapentin for about a year. It does help me a great deal. The down side for me have been the memory problems, the weight gains, and having to go up in dosage every several months. It works better for me than Lyrica did. I think both have the dizzy adjustment period. As others have said, it depends on the person. Good Luck.

Hi COW109,

We have a very active and interesting PN Forum here:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum20.html

I can assure you of a warm welcome there if you have issues with your SFN.

Dave.

Hi Pam,

I tried so many medications for my nerve pain. Most of them either did not help or I got side effects and had to go of them.

I hope the gabapentin works for you and helps your pain.

I'm on 2700 mg Gabapentin. I have heavy duty nerve pain over most of my body. I think as others have said it's a really individual thing. For me it has reduced some of the nerve pain so it's worth it. It does affect me cognitively and I've had to lower the dose recently. Very few meds help me so I'm happy to accept a little help even if I may not be quite as alert as before. Good luck in your decision making ( :

I am taking Gabapentin 300 mg 3x daily, with good results. At night I have break-though shooting pain in my left leg\foot.

Is the Gabapentin for your teeth problem or something else ..... I took for a little while and gained a lot of weight so got off of it . it did help with nerve pain but not weight gain.. I then changed to Keppra for nerve pain..

Yes there seems to be several common themes -
-Every person has a unique experience
-Physical and mental side effects that can't be predicted
-Dosages generally increase over time.

My experience is that my doc and I have to switch meds every so often (~15-24 months) to get the same effect. Side effects vary from dizziness and even "visual effects" to depression, and muscle spasms.