Hi, I can't speak for your situation but I do know that when you treat with anticonvulsants(neurontin), once you reach a therapeutic level of pain control, and you stop, you quite often have to increase the meds the next time you use them, as is illustrated in your case, to achieve the same pain control. I have trigeminal neuralgia and sadly I have experience with this. If it were me, I think I'd stick to the six months, even though the side effects really @^&#, and then try going off of them. I'd be interested to hear what happens if you are still inclined to post your experience.

Take care