Gabapentin withdrawals

I've been told. So please don't think I'm advocating quitting. My experience has been that since taking it, I've had a decline in vision that went to complete blurriness in one eye. I didn't have vision problems before starting and lost vision in one eye once increased. I would suggest no one stop this medicine without weaning. I only shared my ordeal. Please do not wean without a doctors order and supervision. My doctor did warn me of further withdrawal issues that were possible.

Diane

yes, it is a crap shoot! The longer you are on it, the worse and more severe the withdrawal effects and the longer they will last. I have reinstated twice now because the withdrawal was so horrible. I was taken off them too fast and my body has never recovered. I can have a couple of days where the withdrawal effects don't seem as bad, then the next few days are absolutely horrible. I was started on it July of 2016. I was put on it by a neurologist (headache specialist) 300 for 10 days, 600 for 10 days and then 900 for 10 days. Couldn't handle it so back to 600 for a couple of weeks then 900 again. I tried 1200 but couldn't do it so was told to go back to 900 and stay there. I  felt so awful I couldn't eat a lot, was dizzy and light headed, I ended up in the hospital. They said to go off the Gabapentin since it wasn't helping the headaches and I was cut down too fast. It started with horrible waves of heat every morning that lasted for a couple of hours, and this is on Estrogel for hot flashes. But I kept cutting back. Then the skin crawling started. I got down to 100 then stopped for a few days but felt so awful I was told to go back to 200 but that didn't help, I ended up going back to 600 again and still I suffered from the same symptoms. Determined to come off of it I started going down again but slower. I couldn't function so I am gradually going back up again to see if it helps with the withdrawal. I am back at 500 and still suffering from the same withdrawal effects. Sometimes during the day I will also get short waves of heat and nausea. I hate this drug. I have other health issues as well and combined with this I feel so awful at times that I rarely get out of the house. I am a retired phys. Ed teacher and used to being very active. I hate my life and I hate this drug. 

So to make a long story short, yes you can suffer from withdrawal symptoms that change daily or weekly. Since you were only on if for the 3 months, hopefully the withdrawal will not ne as long. This is actually the second time on this drug. The first time I was only on it for a few months. I was fine until I went from 300 to nothing, then woke up and had horrible waves of heat and nausea. It was the same the next morning too. Since it was the only thing I had changed, I took 300 that night and the next morning I was fine! I stayed on it for a month, then 200 for a week, no problems. Then 100 for a week, no problems, then off of it with no issues. This time I was on it for  6 months and down too fast and have never recovered. I wish I had remembered what had happened the first time I went off, then maybe I wouldn't have agreed to take it a second time and tried to come off it too fast.

Hang in there, I hope things improve for you soon. It sounds like you definitely came off it too quickly.