HI Everyone!
I am taking Gabapenin right now for ATN. I am working my way up to 3600mgs per day. After I started taking 2700mgs I started getting bruises for no reason. It seems every night I find a new one. They seem to stay on my right thigh. I just found one on my back last night. My doc sent me to have my platelet count checked but he hasn't called me back yet. Does any one else experience this? It is really freaking me out!!
thank you!
i was on a very high dose which caused a weight gain. not much pain control, ditzy. My neuro did this wih lamactil also. also did not react well. this is why i have a narcotic mix. i can get out sometimes. it has been the most effective method for me. the patch as worked well. everyone reacts differently. keep the neuro informed and if you want, keep a journal.dont get stressed but do csll the neuro. Reds wife uses neurontin. so he knows the side effects. send him an email.
the med is helping me with the pain which is great! But the side effects are scaring me. I hope it is nothing. I am not too keen on the current doc I have so I am going to find a new one. I have some weight gain from it but only a couple of pounds. I watch what I eat and I go to the gym 3-4 times a week now so that is helping a lot!
Is there a chance the side effects are causing you to bump into things and you don't remember or realize it at the time? I haven't heard of that side effect, though I didn't take it for too long. If you don't want to call your doctor, your pharmacist should know if that's normal. Or perhaps someone here will chime in.
i get bruises all over, I had a big one on my arm last week that looked like i had been grabbed!! My colleagues were asking me questions about it and i answered them by showing them all my tablets!!
I'm on 800mg of Tegretol, 75mg Amitriptyline and 4000mg of solpadol (codeine phosphate hemihydrate 30mg/paracetamol 500mg), and i also get the hot sweats, the headaches, I forget words mid sentence, forget names, have the dizzy spells, every time i up my dosage my lymph gland on my right side swells up for a few days.
I would just get your doctor to hurry up and give you the results, and make sure there is nothing else that could be causing it.
He called back and my tests were normal. So, I am either just a complete clutz or something else is going on. I am going to see my reg doctor tomorrow to have it checked out.