Gabepentin for burning feet/Neuropathy/nerve entrapment

Hello, I have a lot of nerve pain in my neck and shoulder I was diagnosed with chronic pain almost 4 years ago now and I'm still going through test been through a few MRIs now tried many different medications Gabapentin I was on 800 mg three times a day they put me on 200 starting out or it was 100 starting out and I slowly just work my way up to 800 mg three times a day because once my body got used to the milligrams the pain started coming back. I then was put on Lyrica and that made me have a nervous breakdown my anxiety was so bad with it I stopped taking that and got right back on gabapentin then I found out I was pregnant so I stopped taking all my medicines. I haven't taken any medicine for my nerve pain because I feel like it doesn't even work. I learned that I have to pace myself with things and can't go full force anymore I'm 32 years old and used to work like a Workhorse I can't do that anymore my advice to you would be pace yourself try to use ice for 20 mins. And then soak in a hot bath or get a hot shower use dr. Teal's Epsom salt if you can soak in a bath that will calm your mind to I know it's frustrating. I hope you get your problems figured out!

Richelle

Hi Burnfeet, I'm empathetic for you and what you are dealing with. I hope you get a positive diagnosis soon. ( my neuropathy pain) is due to sciatica and neuropathy affecting the peripheral nerves.  My Neuropathic pain is originating from my degenerative spine condition. I've had three spinal fusions with laminectomies so for the burning and pins/needle pain my neurologist put me on gabapentin too, it did work for my neuropathy pain ”but” the side effects from that drug were not worth living with.  In my opinion, gabapentin should not be on the market. I went from starting on 300 mg a day to 3600 mg XR a day on a trial basis.

I couldn't walk, I began falling more from the severe dizziness it caused, my vision started getting very blurry worsening every single day,  I've been off gabapentin for about a week and a half and still suffer from blurred vision. I was seeing spots flashing around me and wanted to sleep all day even several days since stopping.  As you see on this forum there are many many horrible stories being told referencing gabapentin.  I also suffer from essential tremors since having epidural injections into C2-C3 of my neck and we hoped gabapentin would help with that as well but they were increased. Again good luck with the neurologist if anything you can always seek a second opinion.  Neuropathy pain is real it is debilitating as time goes by, from what I understand there is no cure. 

Hi there, I can so identify with what you shared. I had my last Gabapentin pill last Wed but when on it and now too I have burning feet. Even the calf's of my legs are burning today. Doc says will take a while for Gabapentin to get out of my system. I was only on 200 to 300 mg at night for 14 mnths , pre and post surgery. Some people have shared on this web site not to have surgery while on it because you could get an infection. A couple of weeks after surgery my scar got infected. Little did I know.

I wanted to wish you luck. This stuff is a trip.

Marie