• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for difficulty sleeping)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for epilepsy)
• Side effects

  Severe (for Overall) (heartburn, muscle twitching (fasciculations))
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 3300 mg All the time (24/7)

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: heartburn, muscle twitching (fasciculations)

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (weight gain, anxious mood, dizziness)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 600 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: weight gain, anxious mood, dizziness

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 100 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: weight gain, anxious mood, dizziness

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for pain)
• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for anxious mood)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2400 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Starting to titer down on the gabapentin to see what, if any, affect it's still having on me. Taking one 300mg pill out of my daily dose each week, starting in the mornings.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: blurry vision, tired eyes, dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness

• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for pain)
• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for anxious mood)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2700 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: I'm at the point now with the gabapentin that I'm wondering if it's doing anything. I've switched around the dosing schedule during the day and nothing happens. I thinking about doing a drug holiday to see what, if anything, it's doing for me anymore.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: blurry vision, tired eyes, dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for pain)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for anxious mood)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (dizziness, blurry vision, drowsiness, tired eyes)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2700 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: When I first started taking Gabapentin, I felt a little groggy during the day. I started at one 100mg cap three times a day, and told to increase to 1200mg/day spread out in 3 equal doses. I didn't feel "loopy" as my doc thought I might, so I titered up pretty quickly. It seemed to be helping a little with my mood, so I increased up to 600mg 3x/day (1800mg) over the next week. Every time I increased my dosage I felt a little tired/groggy but nothing too bad. Eventually I ended up at 2700mg/day (3 x 900mg/day) and that's where I've been for months. If I forget to take one of my doses, I can tell; I get very achy and sort of this "impending doom" feeling in my chest. In the beginning of treatment I experienced a significant improvement, but now sometimes I wonder if it's still working. I can miss a dose in the middle of the day, especially if I'm involved with something, and not notice -- but what reminds me is that my overall pain increases until I take it. One side effect that I noticed in the beginning was that food tasted so GOOD! I ate a lot, especially sweets, and gained about 20 lbs before I realized what was happening. Now that I'm aware of the tendency to overeat I'm watching it.

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: blurry vision, tired eyes, dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for pain)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for anxious mood)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 2700 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: blurry vision, tired eyes, dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for pain)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for anxious mood)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (dizziness, blurry vision, drowsiness, tired eyes)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1800 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: blurry vision, tired eyes, dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for pain)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (dizziness, drowsiness)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1800 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: blurry vision, tired eyes, dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for pain)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (dizziness, drowsiness)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 1200 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: blurry vision, tired eyes, dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for pain)
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 600 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: blurry vision, tired eyes, dizziness, drowsiness, drowsiness

• Effectiveness

  Major (for nerve pain (neuralgia))
• Side effects

  None (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 300 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  None (for restless feeling in legs)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (restless feeling in legs, tiredness increased)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 1200 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

Side effects: restless feeling in legs, tiredness increased

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 300 mg Daily

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for numbness and tingling with pins and needles)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 600 mg Daily

• Effectiveness

  Major (for pain)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness)
• Adherence

  Never taken as prescribed
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 1200 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Taking gabapentin has significantly alleviated the severe nerve pain i have in my neck and shoulders. this along with I.M.S. treatments are a God send. I eliminated the evening one as I felt to tired during the day. taking one in the morning and one at supper time seems to work for me. I very seldom have the nerve pain, sometimes when i'm on the computer and sometimes when i wear my jacket or a sweater even, a little pressure is sometimes to much pressure on my neck and causes pain.

Cost: $50-99 monthly

Side effects: sleepiness

• Effectiveness

  Major (for pain)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 1200 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: it is such a relief to have relief from neck and nerve pain

Cost: $50-99 monthly

Side effects: sleepiness

• Effectiveness

  Major (for pain)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (sleepiness)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  A little hard to take

Dosage: 1200 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: THE IMPACT OF TAKING GABAPENTIN AS MUCH AS I HATE TAKING ANY MEDICATION, HAS BEEN HUGE FOR THE NERVE PAIN IN MY NECK AND SHIOULDERS

Side effects: sleepiness

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for fibromyalgia)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 300 mg Daily

Cost: < $25 monthly

• Effectiveness

  Slight (for cannot tolerate most ssri or snri)
• Effectiveness

  Can't tell (for depression with anxiety)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall)
• Adherence

  Always
• Burden

  Not at all hard to take

Dosage: 200 mg Daily

Advice & Tips: Could only tolerate 200mg per day, after that "lost" my brain. Like SSRIs or SNRIs. I take too many other meds to truly evaluate side effects of just this one, other than the max dosage.

Cost: < $25 monthly