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In this video, Doctor Andrea Furlan reviews gabapentin and answers 10 common questions about gabapentin:00:00 Introduction 01:14 Q1 How does gabapentin work? Taking gabapentin with opioids (e.g., morphine, hydrocodone) can cause respiratory depression and sedation, and lead to fatal outcomes. Tell your healthcare provider if you are also taking opioids. Do not stop taking gabapentin without first talking to your healthcare provider. Stopping suddenly can cause serious problems. Has anyone had gabapentin stop working? I have taken it 1800-2700mg for almost 10 years. I managed decently well for about 5 years with little to no treatment on gabapentin, but am currently in a huge flare up. I bumped my neurontin back up to 2400mg from 1800, but I don’t feel like it’s working at all. Medication can stop working after a while because our body gets used to it and looks for more too get the same effect. Best to discuss with your gp, as if it's been helping then a higher dose might be needed I take 3 400mg or 1200mg total three times a day, or 3600mg daily. This is the maximum dose though. 300mg/daily is a low dose like another redditor said, and yes I take mine for anxiety but that's why I was given gabapentin. I started taking Gabapentin in late December 2021 on the way to receiving a fibromyalgia diagnosis. It seemed to work just fine for almost exactly two years and then suddenly, on 12/25/23, I started feeling symptoms again that had calmed down quite a bit (heightened nerve sensitivity, dizziness, anxiety, increased heat intolerance, etc). Edit: I should add that it sometimes takes many years before things really stop working for your pain even after tolerance starts to build, it all depends on the person. So if your in pain and it’s making your life difficult then it’s absolutely worth talking to your doctor and trying something else. i live in a (for me) very stressful house, where i have a negative association with. i've been taking gabapentin to sleep at night. lately, it seems to have stopped working completely (won't relax my legs), why is this?: : Not surprising that you have developed tolerance. Real question is When I initially started taking Gabapentin, I thought it didn't work either because it's not a traditional pain killer, it blocks the messages when the nerves fire and that seems to be where it ends in its effectiveness. Why is my Neurontin (gabapentin) Not Working? Many times we have patients that have tried neurontin and reported it does not work. However, they dont realize the normal minimal dose needed to get a benefit is 1200 mg/day. It’s annoying that gabapentin has that inconsistency. I had a bad day on Friday where I was hallucinating and I had work to do, so in fright I decided to lay off on Saturday. Then extreme restlessness and discomfort so I took 300 then another 300 later and back to normal. To summarize the classic reasons why Gabapentin has stopped working, we can narrow it down to a few causes. It could be prolonged usage, irrational doses, suppressed activity due to another medicine or food. Gabapentin works for some with anxiety. But after a while, it stops working. This medicine is meant for epilepsy and nerve pain. Yes: it is not FDA-approved for psychiatric use. Tolerance can build very quickly with gabapentin. Some people can become addicted to gabapentin. If this happens, you’ll have withdrawal symptoms after you stop taking the medicine. When you stop taking gabapentin, you'll need to reduce your dose gradually to avoid withdrawal symptoms. Do not stop taking gabapentin without talking to your doctor. It recently stopped working for me. I plan on coming off it (with my doctor's knowledge and taper plan) because the side effects suck and it's not even helping me anymore. Welcome to /r/gabapentin, here we primarily discuss issues pertaining to the medical, prescribed use of Gabapentin, Lyrica and Phenibut, as well as other Gaba related drugs. This IS NOT the subreddit for discussion of how to get high or otherwise abuse GP. Gabapentin is generally effective for RLS, but your experience of breakthrough symptoms suggests that your current dose or timing might no longer be optimal. The dosage you're taking—600 mg three times daily—is within the usual range for Gabapentin, which can go up to 2400 mg per day or even higher in some cases under a doctor’s supervision. Hi Violet, I stopped taking Gabapentin because I felt it no longer worked. I was on 2,700mgs daily (900mg x 3). They have told me that I suffer from CRPS - my left leg is swollen, and painful, touch sensative and has a numb sensation, I am currently having further tests to rule out everything. Yes it does! Gabapentin worked for me a few years; then it stopped working. It’s different for each person because we are different. I will be tapered off by mid to late summer. Can’t wait The anti-seizure drugs gabapentin and pregabalin can also be effective for certain types of nerve pain. Injecting anesthetic or steroids into injured areas. Doing surgery to treat the source of
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