Gabapentin Weird Side Effects (Skin, Psychological, Eyes)
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- Gabapentin Weird Side Effects (Skin, Psychological, Eyes)
Gabapentin is a medication used to treat partial seizures and post-herpetic neuralgia. It is a GABA analog, and since GABA is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter, it acts as GABA to inhibit neuronal activity in general. However, due to this mechanism, gabapentin can cause a wide variety of side effects, which we discuss in this lesson.
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It affected my eyesight, change my personality, and made me neurotic.
One has to weight the bad against the good as with everything. I am only taking 900mg Gabapentin daily so i don't have any side effects yet, luckily.
I’ve been on 3600 mg a day for seven years. It is for CIPN. Chemo induced peripheral neuropathy. I have slowly been weaning myself off and I am down to half a pill twice a day once when I get up, and when I go to bed.. I’m trying to control the pain by controlling my diet. Certain things make pain a lot worse such as alcohol, bread, and pasta, starchy, food, and any form of sugar. Alcohol will send me to the hospital in pain. So I have not had alcohol in eight years. I’m stating all this here in case others are looking for a way to help control their pain while getting off of gabapentin
THANK YOU.
I had multiple falls on my bike, bruised ribs, and fell down an escalator at a train station. I realized it was going to kill me from an "accident" and I stopped taking it. I am not sure that it ever helped my sciatica from a ruptured disc. The doctor was surprised that I had these side effects. When I stopped taking gabapentin I was fine again. I was also prescribed the related pregabalin, same problems.
Yeah, Falls/Accidents are more likely when on these meds i guess. So people have to be informed about this so that they can take precautions when for example attempt to climb stairs and so on. Guess most doctors doesn't Care enough for their patients to tell them these little "details".
I have been taking Gabapentin for severe anxiety for about three years now and it doesn’t give me a lot of side effects. I do have a tremor in my arms, but that isn’t too bad - I would rather have that than the extreme anxiety I was feeling. I was gagging before I went to work because of anxiety, I couldn’t even get the medications down my throat without almost vomiting. I was in fight or flight mode throughout the day, and every hour with students was a frightening experience for me. It has really changed things for me, but lately I have been eating the pot gummies and I have to say, those work better. Those are the best things I have ever had for anxiety!
Ditto.
It was given to me recently because I broke a thoracic vertebra. When I first went to ER due to extreme pain, the doctor said I needed pain management. I have been shoved through 5 doctors now and it has been 5 months. For the first 2 months, I was screaming in pain, and no one would address the pain. I finally got angry and decided I was going to figure out the homeopathy that would work. It took me 5 days, but finally, the severe pain was gone, but it was still aching and hard to move around. They also recommended Physical Therapy, but I still have not been able to get that because of the Medical System. They started me on Gabapentin, and it sort of works, but I wake up in the morning unable to see. It is very frightening, and it is also wobbly walking. I am 70 and was worried about my memory being affected by this drug. I usually avoid these new drugs. I need to get off this stuff.
I actually fell a few times whilst on it and stopped taking it. It made me dizzy.
Yes you do
@@infinitejest441 me too.
What did you find worked for the severe pain?
Why no morphine?
Yes I was given gabapentin and I recently wend myself off of the medication I was taking it 100mg three times a day. It was given to me for restless leg syndrome. And I took it over ten years. At first it was helping with my restless leg syndrome but over time I started to have problems with my balance, blurred vision, dizziness, and I had constipation and pain in my left side of my abdomen. I had fatigue and pain in my feet I couldn't put my feet on the floor with our having pain. I have lost of memory and back pain . Muscle pain and aches, sore throat, runny nose etc. I have been off of gabapentin for two months now and my body has totally improved. I feel so much better and I 'm moving better .and my memory has improved.
I already take a seizure medicine and I didn't know that it was used for seizures and I was having more seizures because of this medication I had swelling in my right foot 🦶🏾. I even had tingling in my feet
Take turmeric. It help me so much with planter fasciitis. After 2 month in it I felt the different it is a miracle.
I was on it years ago. Took it for 30 days and did not renew it. Then I was on Lyrica. I liked it better than Gabapentin, but I’d rather not have to take that one either.
Years back I was prescribed Gabapentin for several months. Wierd things I noticed: twitching in my face, especially when trying to speak. Can't remember the other things but It was not helpful at all.
Some meds do more harm than good. I was in pain and this was the first thing my doctor wanted to put me on. I immediately said no and went home.
It made my blood pressure and heart rates go up, I felt hyper and was out of the normal “Gabby”. I could not shut up. Just talk talk talk. I was aware I was babbling but could not make it stop.
Thank you for this video
I knew someone who went on it and her whole behaviour changed, she screamed at me (her best friend) in a way I had never seen before that scared me. Shortly after that she started hitting her partner, I would come by few times a week and he started to have cuts and bruises on his face. She admitted she hit him and that she had been changing since the new medicine and I ultimately had to drop her as a friend because it was starting to scare me.
I knew one other person who also was more prone to fits of rages after being put on this "medicine".
It also really does a number on your stomach so I would not recommend if it were up to me
Thanks, very useful information, I had couple of these side affects myself and another side affects I had it was swelling my hands and my feet, also I started to have a bavk pain years ago when I started Gabapante, they should phase it out with so many side effects, I had memory problems , cognitive issues, suicidal affects, I totally stopped them and everything is gone.
Thanks for sharing this.
My aunt stopped taking it after realizing gabapentin was what was causing her legs and feet to swell up. Unfortunately, my mom is still on it despite warnings from me (after much research on it) and my aunt. It seems to me she may have many side effects from it, but she has tried to stop taking it before and the pain and increase of restless leg syndrome activity is just too much for her to bear. She has ocassional leg and feet swelling, cognitive and memory issues, trouble walking and with balance. Possibly even the 'target' shaped lesions shown in this video appearing on her legs.
It just does not make sense to me that doctors don't have structured cessation procedures for certain medications, or that pharmaceutical manufacturers don't have smaller dose packets available for those who choose to stop taking certain drugs. Well, I know why things like this don't exist. It's just sad, and so wrong.
I was on 3600mg/day for a couple years, now down to 300mg. My legs have been so damn swollen on multiple occasions that I could barely walk and thought I was going to die. I even had tests done on my heart, an ultrasound on my legs to look for a bloodclot... NOT ONCE have any of my docs ever mentioned this as a side-effect (or any adverse effects for that matter...)
I recently had 4 hours of memory testing because I've been telling my docs for years that I feel like I have dementia since getting on gabapentin. They told me it's because of "my depression" and dismissed any possibility of the massive amounts of drugs they were giving me that are proven to cause memory damage...
After few months of using Gabapentin in some people causes essential long term memory Wipeout, that is all your atm pins, login passwords. Scary experience might last for few days then comes back. Worse scary is one can't access atm, log into accounts thinking about backup of the pin numbers & passwords !!
This happened to my doctor himself & once to myself. Strange F☆up side effect & GABA from vitamin stores maybe don't do that.
That was the last straw for me, when I couldnt remember my PIN.. Plus the gambit of other things! A year post now and thank God there is improvment.
It's so hard to get off of. And you just can't stop taking it suddenly.
There was another comment about someone quitting after 10 years of use and they stated that within 2 months they felt amazing. I stopped taking opiates, Adderall, Benzos, and antidepressants seven years ago and have yet to fully recover. I am still way better than I was on them.
Yes, weaning is very important.! I'm a nurse and havecseen people not offered so taper with shingles treatment and ended up in hospital.
Gabapentin has been a life-saver for me for diabetic neuropathy. Only side effect I've noticed is myoclonus sometimes
Get real stop the carbs and bad food.
@@quake2u I'm type ONE diabetic. It's caused by genetics and is an autoimmune disease. It has NOTHING to do with weight or diet. You're thinking of type 2 diabetes
@@quake2u wow what an assumption on your part. And with only a mere sentence from MarkAlexander! There are those who do everything right and still battle health issues; who are any of us to judge what relieves them & eases their individual journey??
MarkAlexander - so glad for you, that you find relief in any way. I've known many with various forms of neuropathy who are grateful for Gabapentin's benefits, esp when nothing else improves their quality of life like it does.
@@joan.nao1246 Thanks :) I also have type ONE diabetes, which is completely unrelated to diet or your weight.
SUCH A DANGEROUS DRUG-I REFUSED TO TAKE IT.
Great description images and clear explanations to explain vocabulary.
You were absent for a long time
Is everything okay ?
You're not making comments on Medicosis channel anymore
Hi Wael. I'm still here!
@@alanwaterman1328 great 👍
thanks for sharing
I was given this for pain because what are they going to give you if they don’t like to prescribe opioids. Over my long life, I have been on a lot of medications and by far, this one was the most terrifying. I know some people say it “saved their life” but I will not ever take it and I will not give it to a dog (there is a dog version to this). The worst part of this medication is that it made me so mentally out of it that I had no self awareness of all of the physical stuff it was doing to me. Never ever ever again. If anything is illegal, this crap should.
Can you Please do a video on Topamax / Topiramate…
Thank You 🥰
I only take one 100 mg when my lower back pain is preventing me from walking, sitting up or moving. It works for me. I get rare debilitating lower back pain once or twice every 6 months. I only take it when needed not every day as a prevention but when needed.
What a dangerous drug I thought it was only for cats my cat was given this by the vet now I know why the cat lost the ability to walk. was put down after she lost the ability to walk.
I'm so sorry about your cat. I am realizing how much these drugs have damaged our lives.
Gabapentin gave me nystagmus. 😢One eye
Now because there are support groups with people openly discussing like CZcams platform people are not keen so it’s now been thrust on animals for nervous cats and dogs who “need “ to be calmed down …. Yep they need to make money …. Not anyone I know will take it nor their pets !
I had a neurologist who said I could take unlimited amounts of it without side effects.
For a torn brachial plexus from a broken arm.
Wow 😮
Wow, just wow. Need high dose for pain management 😮
I was put on this for nerve pain and it started cramped up my kidney on my right side and I peed alot of blood I stopped taking it and then no more cramping and no more blood when I would pee!!!
I asked my Doctor about my tremor and he told me that he doesn't have another drug that can treat my diabetic neuropathy. I get dry skin and anxiety also thin skin.
I Love your Kliban kitty. I just Love them.
How about Benfotamine ?
I was prescribed gabepentin with baclofen and something else in vaginal suppository. Can it have same affects if not un pill form? For pelvic floor dysfunction. Any advice appreciated!
Ask your gynecologist for a pessary for pelvic floor dysfunction. It provides support.. They are made of silicone and come in many sizes and shapes. The right one will maybe enable you to get off the gabapentin.
Yeah, I had the misfortune to be prescribed Gabapentin. What they don't tell you about the nystagmus side effect, is that it is both sides, and the movement is so rapid that it is the equivalent to being blind, but as I'f that wasn't enough, it hits without any warning signs, and induces immediate disorientation, nausea and vomiting, and loss of balance, so injuries from falls are common side effects of the side effects. Or if you are unfortunate enough to not be informed of the possibility of this occurrence, and happen to be driving a car, well, you may be lucky to even survive.
This is not a drug, it is a toxin.
This stuff should be illegal.
As long as people don't report ill-effects that are not listed in the pack's label to the MHRA (yellow card system in the U.K.), nothing will change! A dermatologist (-idiot) once precsribed it for off-label use with regard to skin pain: On the 3rd day I thought to get a heart attack in the office. I lost the wide angle view, saw only the focus area and the rest sight stayed very foggy. Later I learned that this is called 'Tunnel vision'. Never again!
TOTALLY AGREE!!!!! It was recommended for my mother in law in her 80’s. She did NOT like it, took it a short while. We all told her she needs to STOP taking it and ask her dr for something else. This is ALSO recommended for knee replacements by some surgeons. I have one coming up and already told them I will absolutely NOT take this for pain!!!!!!!! There are others MUCH less dangerous!!!!!
It worked for me at first. I was given this to counteract my neuropathy. I have rheumatoid arthritis and people with this also get neuropathy without having diabetes. Was doing fine, then about a year in, I developed swelling and skin condition. The doctor discontinued this therapy. And the side effects went away. I think I'm particularly sensitive to a lot of things. My list of medications I cannot take is rather long. About 17 different medications. So I'm used to medications that either don't work or I develop some kind of problem. But I am aware of people that take this medication and have no problems and it is helping them. You just have to be careful and diligent when being prescribed some of these medicines. I would say especially new ones where they have no background on the different side effects. Gabapentin is a rather old medication. Sorry the people that have been greatly affected by this. I hope your side effects went away when you quit taking it.
It’s dangerous
This stuff saved my life bruh just cuz it dont work on u doesnt mean it should be illegal, and i was almost killed by topamax grow up
Gabapentin has helped to save my life. I take 700 mg 4 times a day along with having a spinal cord implant. My doctor wanted to try something different and after a month I was begging her to put me back on Gabapentin.
Hmm. I haven't had any side effects and have been taking Gabapentin for about 4 years.
it never affected me menally because I really focaced on it to work for me pain wise
My side effect. Was boils of the skin. Taking a med that gives me a infection.
It made me and my daughter in law have muscle spasms! My fingers would twist up and i could not move them .
What is Gabapentin used to treat what illnesses? No idea what you talking about but interesteding
Nerve pain, shingles , degenerative disease
Pain & anxiety & more ...
MS relapsing/remitting
I was put on it when I herniated 3 discs in my neck with nerve impingement. I went from pain level 20 worst pain I’ve had wouldnt wish on my worst enemy to 0
Gabapentin is prescribed for me to eliminate tremors. But it is not working! I’m having double vision. I already have anxiety and the Gabapentin is just making it worse. I want off of it! I have a poor memory. I think my doctor is trying to destroy me! 😮I have a runny nose quite often. Yikes!
I swear I had a near death experience. I left my bed floating up and up until I finally woke my self up and fell back to my bed. Not sure what happened I will never try it again ..
This is dangerous... I've seen someone use it and withdrawal and its scary..
Gabapenten is literally a death sentence!!! I was on the lowest dose for about a year and I ended up in the hospital. The effects it had on me were too many to list on here. I got almost every side effect on here, especially the severe ones. It’s taken my body from 2017 to present 2024 for these issues to heal. Still a few lingering issues, but humongously better.
Please don't spread misinformation. Yes it has adverse effects like any drug, there are those who tolerate it better and those less, but if it is prescribed it is for a reason, it is not given randomly. It's not "literally a death sentence"
@@Roudjde I lived it! You can say whatever you want. I’m sure some people do fine on it. But the side effects I had and several people I know had very bad reactions. But like I said my symptoms nearly killed me. As a nurse I would never recommend it.
@@sherryroberts1821 As a doctor I often prescribe it, even my dad uses it for a neurodegenerative disease. Even aspirin is not tolerated in some, medicine is a statistical science, not anecdotal
@@sherryroberts1821 i hear you. It is way over prescribed for random ailments. The only predictable quality of it is sedation, a sedated patient is easier to control and possibly manipulate. Our personal testimonies are NOT spreading misinformation. Silver lining is all the side effects will be taken seriously and not given willy nilly by the medical corporations. I remember the huge lawsuit of neurontin, hence why its only called by generic now.
@@sherryroberts1821If you "lived it" then that means literally it was not "a literal death sentence".
Words have meanings and literal IS LITERAL. You wouldn't be alive to post about it. Just stating facts.
Gabapentin was really bad for me. Actually most pharmaceutical drug have bad to server side effects on me. No thanks!
I almost died from Steven's Johnson Syndrome
No problems for me just a relief in symptoms.
However, did have Angioedema after being prescribed Ramipril and taking 2 doses.
Congratulations. You are the one of twenty that the treatment actually works for. Realize the power of your mind.
@@edie4321 🤣
Weird that this vid showed up for me. My dog just started taking this yesterday. He's 15 with a brain tumor and takes 50mg at night. Does anyone know if these side effects could happen to him?
Yes, there is another comment where a woman said it caused her cat to lose its ability to walk.
Did zero for me, supposedly helps with shingles pain. Nope. Made me feel awful. Zero pain relief
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It makes me tired and blurs my vision. It's supposed to help my back pain, but it doesn't. Thinking of going off it. Surgery is in two weeks anyway.
Bad news it throw me from wall to wall totaly alegic to it
F ...k
Over years of possible experience in drugs given in prescription medication for treatment purposes of extremely
Difficult circumstance .
I have been much better off not taking a drug with side effects unhealthy to recover 😔 😕
The side effects of prescription drugs can be worse than the symptoms of what we sort help to get some relief for.
Especially in drugs used for medical treatment of mental health problems 🙃 😮
There is a non negotiating relationship between those whom give us medication 💊
If we say I didn't like the side effects when I researched, they will not like 😤 or not treat you anymore
Because you didn't take the poisoning
Can we discuss all of the comments from folks mentioning that they are "weening" themselves off this medication? DO NOT DO THAT! You must consult with your psychiatrist or doctor. You shouldn't do it with any medication, but gabapentin (Neurontin) can be dangerous to withdrawal from without medical supervision.
You are correct!
I had surgery on my back a few years ago and was given Gabapentin to take.
After being on that for about two-three weeks after the surgery I knew I didn’t want to be on this long term.
EFFECTS, not AFFECTS.
What the heck do you take for pain that's legal?
You can see my other post. I mention control your diet and cut out any alcohol sugar, starchy, food, pasta, bread, rice. As soon as I eat any of these things, I have pain that’s increased. This is for neuropathy by the way.
Try Kratom. M. Speciosa
What a terrible drug.
Stay away from this poisoning
I took one tablet…
Woke up 19 hours later.
NOPE!
Drugs are nothing but chemicals! We have to find better ways !
Works great if it doesn't kill you.
Criminal
Never again.
“GABAPENTIN” WHEN TAKEN, GAVE ME BAD NIGHTMARES. STOP TAKING YEARS AGO!
So much Side Effects it should be Banned as it has tremendous Potential Side effect over it’s Benefits ….
Horrible toxic drug.
From my experience, I doubt Gabapentin has any effects side or outer-wise.