Hi I’ve hadn’t had any pain for 3 years and I was taking Tregatol and recently I’ve been getting small surges of pain and it looks like it’s trying to come back. I been prescribed Gabapentin and only took 100 mg for 3 days and it appears it gave me some side affects. I was with my girlfriend and I went through a emotional breakdown. I seemed to be really overly sensitive and I got very emotional and started crying. I felt very confused and disoriented and I just wanted to run and hide. Has anyone experienced this before? I’m assuming it was the meds because I’ve never ever experienced that before. I was a wreck and very embarrassed.
Any input would be helpful in regards to Gabapentin
Hi rav6962
I take Gabapentin also. At first i was up to 3600mg and basically was a zombie. I am currently on 900mgs. I do think my emotions are in a hyper sensitive mode but nothing like what you are describing. People dont always react to meds the same and it can take awhile to get used to a new med. Hang in there and tell your doctor what you are feeling, they might have something to help what you are feeling.
Scott
I hope your girlfriend understood
You thought you had something horrible under control and now it is back.Even without a new med ,you could be crying over everything.If it becomes an everyday thing-best to talk to your doctor.
So sorry to hear your story. Many of us react differently to gabapentin. It boggles my mind that people can tolerate thousands of mgs. Like you, I had trouble with even 100 mg dosage, although my reaction was feeling drunk and being unable to think. I had an incident of being overly emotional, crying at the least little thing and being extremely paranoid from Keppra (I was so paranoid I had a security system installed in my house). After about three months of escalating side effects, they finally D/C’d it and I went back to my normal emotions after the drug was out of my system. Don’t know if Keppra is related at all to gabapentin, but I would definitely discuss the abnormal reaction with your doctor. Hope you girlfriend was and continues to be understanding. Best of luck with taming the TN beast.
I looked up side effects of Gabapentin because I’m having many of the same symptoms. I have definitely gained weight, fogginess and a depression I can’t seem to shake, even though I am mainly pain free except for a twinge now and then. I am taking 300 mg a day now. I see the neurologist on the 13th of Feb and hopefully I’ll know more.
Be careful with Gabapentin, my husband and I both tried it and had bad experiences. It has a high suicidal side effect. It made my husband very on edge and snappy and he is a teddy bear. I wanted to hurt myself and was emotional like you said. We both told the dr we refused to take it.
I’ve had some crazy intense emotional breakdowns but I also am a mama with intense kids and life is crazy plus perimenopausal so hard to know if it’s the meds. I am having a bad spell (just got a crown which has triggered a big reaction from my Trigeminal nerve) right now and having to take more and it definitely makes me a bit loopy. The shocks are intolerable without it though. I would discuss with your doctor. I am taking 600 a day now but was taking 300 until recently so am also not excited about the side effects. This disorder really sucks.
Thanks for everyone’s input! I appreciate it very much. I decided to stop taking the meds until I can see my doctor. Fortunately the pain hasn’t come back yet full blown. I’m getting small surges on the right side of my face but nothing major. I’m praying that it stays that way and I’m doing my best to not irritate that side of my face. I just don’t want to have anymore side effects from the Gabapentin. I don’t ever want to feel that ever again!
Yes Katherine it really does suck! I will pray for healing and comfort for you. I decided to stop taking the meds for now until I can see my Doctor. Maybe go back to tregetol. Thanks for your input
