I experienced uncontrollable movements, especially in my arms, while taking gabapentin. I was also EXTREMELY depressed and felt like crying all the time. It also made me sleepy. Most of my doctors just wrote me off and said something like. "I've never heard of that. That's not gabapentin that is causing the depression, uncontrollable movement, and the somnolence." It's good to know that I wasn't just dreaming all of those side effects. I hope there is a special place in hell for those providers who wrote me off. Thank you for posting this video.

This stuff is a god send for me!! Stopped my sciatic nerve pain, herniated disc pain and fibromyalgia pain!! It's been absolutely fantastic for me. I guess it depends on the person. I wish everyone who suffers with some form of pain find the medication that best suits them and makes them live a happy and pain free life. Cheers.

As someone with MS, I really appreciate that you acknowledge that everyone's body reacts a little differently to these meds. I've been taking gabapentin for some time, and it alleviates severe neuropathy for me.

My physician prescribed it to me for pain in my neck due to bone spurs in C3. It worked great! After awhile I started to forget things, like misplacing keys, forgetting items at the grocery store. One time I went to the teller machine and forgot my pin code. The icing on the cake was when I had a doctor appointment, and when I forgot how to get there, I knew there was a problem. When I got there I told my doctor, and he immediately had me stop the drug, weaning it off of me gradually. Once off, my memory came back and all is well. It really worked for the pain, but the side effects were not worth it.

Dr. Reeves. Thank-you so much for this video. I appreciate hearing a Neurologist’s overview of the medication. Very helpful.

Yes gabapentin can help in certain situations with certain people. But it should NOT be used for a extended amount of time.

Been taking 15 yrs .. A GOD send for my anxiety and motivation issues.. I’m able to be out and apart of the world instead of being so afraid and worrying that I stay like a hermit and miss out on so much of life… anybody else feel it helps with depression as well to anxiety?

I went to see a neurologist at a concussion clinic. She prescribed me gabapentin 900mg daily for my migraines, and that was the end of it. She didn't explain any side effects, and said to book a follow up with her in 6 months. I'm really anxious after learning of the potential side effects - the cure being worse than the disease - especially since I won't see her again for a very long time. What happens if I have side effects - do I just suffer through them and keep taking? Stop, but then worry about withdrawal symptoms? Go see a regular doctor at the walk-in clinic? Or just not take the drug - but then live with the chronic headaches? I feel so overwhelmed, up all night, don't know what to do...

So far it has been my go to for opioid withdrawals. So far so good..hopefully peeps can get off it NOW without too much hardship. And for those that need it for ..all the power to them!

Excellent job taking the technical and making it understandable. On a side note, I love the "gag reel" at the end, and the chameo of Quinn. The Monty Python reference in the credits is pure genius.

Very good video. I've been taking gabapentin for a while, it is a godsend for my anxiety and motivation issues.

Thank you so much for this! This video was exactly all the info i wanted and explained in an understandable way! Thanks again! 👍🙂

I am on Gabapentin and have experienced uncontrolled movements. I worked at a textile company on ring frame spinning machines. The gaba made me 'jump' causing my arms and hands to go dangerously close to the dangerous spinning machines whilst I was working on them. On the plus side my life long depression has become bearable because the gaba makes me feel slightly doped up which numbs all the crushing symptoms of Generalised Depression. For this reason I want to stay on Gaba despite the negatives.

I so impressed on watching the video on Gabapentin, I was so scared on talking this tablet, thinking that it is a narco . First time when I took it I get high felt so relaxed very mellow and happy. Full sleep, no pain in legs and feet. People said it is not a narcotic , but I was always suspicious. Today I have a sigh of relief. All negative thinking turn to positive. Thanks a lot .

I’ve been on gabapentin for around 25 years, I really think I need to get off this medication. I have experienced so many of these side effects.The brain fog and sluggishness is a very big problem for me. A lot of times I can’t even talk right very bothersome.

When I first started taking it, it made me feel clumsy and uncoordinated. Not really dizzy, just klutzy. That has pretty much disappeared now, and the only effect it has now is it helps me sleep at night. They prescribed it for low back pain - sciatica- , but it doesn't do much for that. Nothing does.

I was prescribed this for 30 years of constant itching from hives on my arms. It helped a very little and causes 10-15 ponds of weight gain per year. My chiropractor said her mother had similar scars on her arms and stopped eating sugar and her hives went away within 1 1/2 weeks. It worked for me too.

I have MS and trigeminal neuralgia, Gabaoetin really helps with my pain. But I used to have a photographic memory, I don't anymore.

I got infected with necrotizing fascitis 2 years ago. It almost killed me and almost took my left leg. 2 months in the hospital and 11 surgeries on my leg left me gratefully alive but def my leg wont ever be the same. After being out of the hospital i still had some pain in my leg. I was taking up toi 2 aleve a day. After about a year of this my doctor suggested we try a different medication Gagapentin was his prescription. The Aleve I had been taking was damaging my liver. I was shocked after my first dose to feel the relief of pain in my leg!!!! Its a medicine that you must respect and monitor for yourself. Strong stuff and some people it is good for and others not. I am careful with this drug...and we all need to monitor the use of this amazing drug.

If your using these to get off of other substances I recommend taking them right before you go to sleep. (‘When your ‘passing out’). It’s the only thing that allowed me some sleep while weaning on klonopin. This advice is worth a small pile of gold to me, I hope it helps you too. It’s the sleep withdrawal that has been so insidious with respect to repairing and recovering.

Was near crippled with back pain, bladder and bowels stopped working. A single dose and results were immediate. A few more pills and I was able to leave the hospital. Four months of this medication and I feel near normal. How long does a person have to continue this medication?

Thank you for not harming the llamas.

Loved your credits!!

Thank you for helping us Doctor. I wish you were my doctor. Neuropathy I s quite painful 24 / 7.

Amazing video. thank you

Gabapentin really helps with my newve pain and fibromyalgia. I don't notice any negative effects but I do find that I need to focus more when driving. I just worry about getting addicted to it. Are there any risks of becoming physically addicted to it?

"Drunk, tired & stupid." Yes sir. That's part of my problem with it. Isn't that enough?

I’ve had a good experience with Gabapentin in its ability to reduce painful numbness in my toes and feet. No side effects so far that I notice.

I have memory recall while taking this for back pain. Vivid recalls of passed experiences.

Gabapentin has helped my chronic Fibromyalgia pain, Flare-Ups and Planters Fasciitis. But two things that are negative is the Brain Fog and it messes with my menstrual cycle. The Brain Fog seems to get worse as i go along and I find it very frustrating because I'm usually one who remembers everything.

I have a question if I was put on Gabapentin for restless leg system can the Gabapentin also help with Epilepsy seizures at the same time

Another question can you take gabapentin as needed? Without answering for my specific situation, as I will discuss with my psychiatrist. Here is some background. I have been started on Modafinil for my TRD, it is the first medication that has had a positive effect in 14 years. Yet it has triggered burning, prickly pain in my lower lip that previously only had numbness and tingling, from jaw surgery. This is severe and yet does go away over night. Only to start up with the next modafinil. So I was wondering if the gabapentin, can work on an as needed basis? Just to cover the day time? Advil did take the edge off but not something I want to take daily.

I was on this medication from late 2007 to 2020. From 2013 to 2020 I was only on it because of when trying to get off of it I would have auditory hallucinations (fine, can deal with it, the things aren't real), visual hallucinations (fine, can deal with it, the things aren't real) and tactile hallucinations (yeah, not able to deal with this one as they felt a little too real). The only reason I was able to get off this drug was cause I was placed on methadone which was actually something that helped control the pain better (CRPS from C4 down and also affects my face and mouth, central pain syndrome, hyperalgesia and allodynia). The weird list of side effects were a bit embarrassing for me. The worst of the two were occasional bladder incontinence and occasional bowel incontinence. I'd also go through random periods of vomiting for no rhyme or reason. Like sure, at first it helped with the pain, spasms and some of my sleep issues, but then it didn't and my doctor would have to increase the amount. By the time I was able to actually get off of it I was on 800mg 4 times a day. Now, the majority of my pain is controlled by dilaudid (from pain management) and inhaled nicotine (vaping it, and it's helpful with much more than just pain such as my vertical intolerance and migraines). No, I would NOT recommend vaping nicotine for health conditions unless you are either already vaping for cutting from the smelly cancer sticks or unless you have a medical provider who is at their wits end trying to figure out what can help your issues and figures that a mild stimulant (which is what nicotine is) would be of benefit for your specific issue(s) and they don't want to put you on a prescription stimulant for various reasons.

The first side effects you talked about, Uncontrollable movements.. are you referring to TD?

I had some of these symptoms before starting gabapentin, now im not so fatigue, helps my pain in feet , legs, hands and actually has helped my balance problems,along with my essential tremors. Guess im the unusual.

I wanna know what is exactly the effects of it in the brain I wanna know and what does inhibitor of calcium channela

dang, i already deal with the mood switches, depression and suicidal thoughts smdh

Does it raise bp? I was proscribed 100mg 3 x a day but sometimes my bp is a lil high so I haven't started the gabapentin yet.

Started three days ago for sciatica. No strong side effects yet. Take 200 mg three times a day. Might work up to 300 mg. Has none nothing for low grade nerve pain at. All, nothing. Might help at night since sciatica is worse at night for me. I wonder if it takes time to work?

Was just put on 600mg morning and night. Took many weeks to break my body in to take this stuff. It was very difficult 😕. Now I just have dry mouth, unsteady on my feet sometimes. Afraid I will fall and I have Osteo. I don't think I should be on this long term.

1800 mg. per day is an excellent mood stabilizer helping me to focus with concentration abilities achieving 4.0 in school. neurontin alleviates P.T.S.D. symptomology.

Hi . I have tried it but it makes me feel dizzy and sick. Is this normal? The same happens with amitriptyline. Please advise me . Thank you.

Took this medication,almost went crazy with insomnia gave up after 3 months people were commentating how I'll I looked

Gabapentin helped me sleep. The doctor used very high doses on me to ween me down from highly, highly addictive, Klonopin. Very addictive !! I was dizzy on Gabapentin, tired. It really helped the insomnia. It did ruin my vision. Everything became blurry. Especially in bright light conditions. To ween off benzodiazepines, is almost impossible. Gabapentin made it much easier, even though I could not get completely off of Klonopin. 😢

I saw this video about 2 months ago, I then decided I wanted to wean myself off this Greg. I did wean myself off and I’ll tell you my mind is so much clearer. I’m remembering more things and just a clear mind. Best choice I ever made.

Dr, is right on track for what im experiencing... tremors, sensation of falling backwards, anxiety attacks almost going to panic attacks all hot and sweaty, no sleeping to escape, cant remember annnnnything! Brain just “ poof “ mid sentence clears its data. But! If you have fibro - try it? It def helps pain but makes me stoooooopid!

I take gabapentin and tramadol together. It's been 4 years now. Will be any brain damage of any kind if used long term? It as worked for me with only one small side effect. I do take both together every 6 to 8 hours. That routine only works if I don't walk, set, or stand for longer than 10-15 min. I have to lay back down and wait for about 30min.and than I go to it again. Anyway it's taken a lot shit before I was able to do that routine. I just recently straighten out me insurance issues so now I can start going regularly to a physical therapist and pain management. I hope pray that will work. If can to any advice I would appreciate it . Thank you for reading,

It heps me tremendously with pain and i feel like i become my self again. BUT I have noticed that I am beginning to fall a lot and recently I had a bad fall from a horse, (first in 10 years) - as well as other falls. Its not good for me to go and fall so much and I am beginning to suspaect the med. What is your opinion on this ? I am prescribed 3 x 300 a day, but have only been taking 1 x 300 . x

Appreciate the information. I had blurry vision.

I’m on 1200 of this daily for neuropathy and restless legs/ anxiety. I guess. The psychiatrist loves to happily tout it as very safe, no problem whatsoever, and verbally told me I could take a couple more 400’s if I needed. But didn’t tell the pharmacy and I ran out and raised some eyebrows with my own history of addiction issues. I don’t think it does much for my fingers and toes but it does seem to calm me. I can get sometimes 7hrs of sleep a night without kicking all the blankets off. I suspect it renders my aDHD meds useless somewhat, which is not fun. I can read for longer but really have to spur myself to be physical. Tire easily. I personally think they give it out like candy and (in Canada anyway) it’s a stop-gap for people like me who have been waiting over two years to see a neurologist in hopes of finding out WHY my hands don’t work anymore.

I've just started taking gabapentin nt 300 mg for my polyarthralgia.Drowsiness, dry mouth, tastelessness ar some common side effects.Bit of headache in the morning.Head feels heavy.

Been on it a few years. Side effects giddiness and can suddenly fall asleep without warning, when say, watching TV. Prescribed for back pain.

Thank you for the explanation Dr. I tried a single (!) dose of gabapentin 42 days ago and it's caused pretty bad fatigue/somnolence till now. Up until some days ago, it was also causing anorgasmia like some part of my brain was inactivated. I don't take any other medications, and the effect followed the dose, so I can't possibly attribute it to anything else. My doctor is on maternal leave, so I asked the PA to order some blood tests (12 days later) and the only thing that was abnormal was my thyroid. Last time I had checked some months ago my TSH was 3.11, which is around where it hovers. Now it was 4.54, the highest it's ever been. I checked 3 weeks later at the same time in the morning and it was 4.24, which I hope means it's going down. I do have some residue of mild epilepsy (some lights/aura for like 30min every few months). Not sure if that was a factor in causing this reaction. I suffered a concussion when I was 10 years old and they had me on Tegretol for 3 years for mild epilepsy (which my mom said made me sleep like 13 hours a day). Anyway, I guess there's nothing else to do but wait ah?

Took gabapentin ok but has many side effects and long withdrawal period. Took paracetamol instead for safety and went to a good chiropractor for my low back pain. Had shingles before my lower back. Now I am better with a few trips to the chiropractic clinic.

I was given gabapentin for nerve pain with shingles, it did help me. Having disintegrating hip and spine pain now, Dr give tramadol. It doesn’t last the whole eight hrs at night. Would cortisone shot help me more than pain pills? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

This is really helpful I am starting pregabalin for nerve pain. Could you do a video on now to mange the initial start up side effects that on so many medications create? I know the neutral language that these effects are common, but that was not enough to prepare me for the migraine, nausea and the “trippy” feeling. “Drunk, tired and stupid …” Thanks your video I will contact my doctors office on Monday as I have noticed my irritability has been magnified and for me that usually is a sign my depression is going to intensify.

I have had two strokes. Its hard for me to realize the stroke brain issues or is it the gabapentin...its hard for me to deal with this .

It allows me to sit down as i have pudendal nerve entrapment. Otherwise i would be able to drive anymore even. Also - at the end of the vid, was that the bloopers or had you taken a high dose yourself and got confused? 😂😂

This drug was great at first. I was suffering anxiety and agoraphobia and it really helped. Helped too with my stomach and bowel condition and pain. But if you try getting off it, that is where I had major problems. I tried to quit quite a few times, once cold turkey, and other times by reducing with the doctor. I was off it for 6 weeks and although my anxiety came back I felt better off it. I went back on it because I was waking every night with my heart racing and sweating immensely. My bed sheets would be soaking, my hair was so drenched is sweat that it was like I'd just washed it, soaking. Wish I'd never taken it.

Will this help with muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis

My mood is regulated, I’m always in pain and before gabapentin I was sometimes in pain. Mood stable 😳

After several years of Valium, I was prescribed gabapentin for anxiety, and while at a VA appointment with PM&R for pain a Doctor pointed out helps with pain. It works well!

We are all so different and different things work for some but cause problems for others, we are very unique individuals!

I want more videos 😭 your the best ☺️

Just saw my doctor and she continued my Lyrica. Yeah , I started on gabapentin over 12 years ago now 450 mg of Lyrica.

I felt like my skin was crawling when I tried to go off of it. Horrible!

I was prescribed 300 mg 4 times a day for restless legs syndrome. After 8 or 9 months I decided to stop taking it, holy hell broke loose. Panic attacks, cold sweats, restless body. I decided to taper down then quit but that wasn't easy either.

Helped me I have fibromyalgia is a god send helps so much with the pain

This medication, taken at night, has completely erased my severe RLS (Restless leg Syndrome). It is one of only a couple of medications that can actually help RLS. Since I started taking it, I have not had an episode and I used to suffer w it several nights a week. If you have RLS, I suggest asking your Dr. about it. My dose is very low.

I have to take 1200 mg. three times a day to control my pain from fibromyalgia. Smaller doses did not control the pain. No weight gain from Gabapentin but used Lyrica before (pregabalin) and it caused constant hunger causing massive weight gain.

Thank you for responding to my previous question. Is one more toxic than the other ? Cause more long term consequences ? Pregabalin vs Gabapentin ? Are there any other options for nerve pain in feet natural or chemical ? I know -- too many questions.

I've been on this since 2014 , I feel like gabapentin has slowly destroyed my brain , I used to be way more social on it, now if I want to be that way I have to take more , I need to stop this asap

I have constant back pain and my doctor put me on gabapentin. I've noticed that I sometimes have blurry vision. However, it's helped me with relaxing my jaw which I tend the clench.

This is one of the worst drugs ever prescribed to me. The damage done to my stomach has me on a bland diet for the rest of my life, even hospital food is too overly seasoned. PS it did nothing for pain and the thought for suicide was constant along with 24 hour stomach upset.

I'm waiting for the Psychiatrist appointment to give me a prescription. I had good results years ago but not tried it for a long time. Now Anxiety is attacking my nerve damage I'm hoping this will help me again. Is someone able to respond to my comment please.

I was prescribed gabapentin in low to moderate doses first to make my valium work better and keep my benzo tolerance as low as possible. I was prescribed it this last time by some "addiction specialist" when I gave up zubsolv. I explained this to my current doctor but he keeps me on it. tbh it isn't even prescribed FOR anything anymore. I just tell him it works for me at 400mg 3x/day and he gives me 6 months worth of refills. I'm not complaining, just explaining how easy it is to be prescribed this medication. I stopped using it daily a while ago however and try to keep it to a few days per week at most. I'm also prescribed wellbutrin 150mg s.r. in the morning and valium 5mg 4x/day for anxiety. I've been on and off benzos for a decade now and even after abstaining for months I still function much better on them than without so I don't need any lectures on how they're addictive and only intended for short term use, lol... I'll shut up now and listen to what this doc has to say cause I've heard some horror stories about gabapentin causing brain damage

Hi I was just prescribed this medication 100mg I’m kinda afraid to take it but the pain I’m in is excruciating is this safe sorry if I sound stupid I don’t take medication an have a 18 month old daughter who I take care of when her dad is ad work can someone tel me whether I should ask for something not so strong or is this medicine fine

My dog cut her paw pretty badly and the vet sent her home w 300mg of Gabapentin for pain. Weird. It makes her stoned so I stopped giving it to her.

I've had seizures for 15 yrs, i started on gabapentin like 5 yrs ago and it seemed to help my seizures, but i still had them, but this seemed friendlier than the previous meds i was on. Then the doc changed me from capsules to solid pills, since then i've been seizure free, and that is for 2yrs and 9 months. With the pill form i find i have more of the side effects. ugh.

I went through a period with gabapentin that at times I couldn't control my body. I would be eating or something and my arm would involuntarily fling my fork and food across the room. The worse thing was temporary black outs. That happened a couple of times at the top of stairs and I came to at the bottom with carpet burns and such. It happened once when I got to the store and got out and hit the ground and got right back up. Had to lower the dosage. The medication is a godsend to a lot of people even me. It's just one of those medications that too much or too high of a dosage can be a nasty thing as well. Also it is one of those that when mixed with tramadol can be a really bad combination. Not all opiates but specifically with tramadol

very dramatic & effective xreaction when taken for head/neck/face pain from shingles.....

Thanks for sharing

Does taking gabapentin affect dopamine activation or reception? I know that with DRD, my tremors and spasticity worsened while I was taking gabapentin.

Tried the Gabapentin a lot of strange things went on , so l weened myself off! and too l think the older you are the worse it can get ,you are so right everyone is wired differently it may not bother some and in my opinion it may even be a dangerous problem for some 🙏🙏🙏

​ @Nitroblast I am very familiar with the ion channels, sodium, potassium, calcium as I have "Action Potential" meaning my sodium channel is always sending a damaged message to my brain. All I am suggesting is when your system is bombarded with meds that alter serotonin/dopamine, high doses of Neurontin/Gaba(same thing), which is ALSO a KNOWN Serotonin elevator, shit can go sideways. If you think Neurontin/Gaba does not elevate serotonin, you are mistaken. "National Library of Medicine 1998 PMID: 9551785 DOI: 10.1016/s0920-1211(97)00084-3 "Gaba is associated with an auxiliary subunit of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels... gabapentin inhibits voltage-activated Na+ channels... Gabapentin increases serotonin concentrations in human whole blood, which may be relevant to neurobehavioral actions." These are DIRECT, unaltered cut and pastes! I have a degree in physics, not medicine. However, I kill it when it comes to research. I would not, to the best of my ability, try to mislead anybody suffering pain, as I am a brother in pain as well. All I want to do is help, not trying to "One-Up" another person on social media. I am not trying to bash you. However, I stand behind what I say as I actually read as much as I can, being as many papers written on a subject I understand very well.

I dont mean to criticize but ive had those “involuntary movements” and i would describe them better as toe curling and muscle flexing. Not necessarily spasms but more like, i get the uncontrollable urge to start flexing and releasing my muscles

I finally quit taking it a few weeks ago after 5 years on it for anxious depression after watching a couple of these videos saying how problematic it is. My memory is back, I was beginning to worry I was pre-dementia! I now have a new VA doc, I hope they're a bit more reasonable about priorities.

Hanks doc for advicing. Actually i am suffering from spondelities and neuro problem. Ink doc advice me this medicine.

Since I started gabapentin I started to have severe dry mouth and dermatitis around my mouth could that be an allergic reactions?

Has anybody had what I got,I took 1 for 4 days,and my fingers,mainly index and middle ones swelled up and went very dark,they felt very very tender and itchy,I stopped taking them but now in the cold I get chilblains,red lumps which are very tender

I have multiple sclerosis since 2003. Now I just got diagnosed with pots syndrome what the heck..

I was put on neurontin about a month ago. I take 100mg twice daily. It's not really helping. I have difficulty walking, pain in my left lower back, also down my left leg some. I have pain on my right hip and back when sitting. I had an MRI and L3 to L5 are not bad, but there's a lot of big words. I have this feeling of a barrel around my midsection, and it is numb on my back. My legs get all weird, like they aren't my own. I feel off balance and have to concentrate to walk ( forget doing something else at the same time!). I'm seeing ortho, gastro, and neuro soon. I hope they can help!! Neurontin and flexeril are doing nothing!!! I want to just cry the whole time at my job. I'm a server at a restaurant and there is so much I am not able to do. Or I do it anyway and hurt myself. I apologize for the fussing. It's just been a hard few months.💜🙏

This is an account of my gabapentin experience (bit long sorry) I had two discs in my neck push out of place and put pressure on my spinal chord,this resulted in awful pain and paralysis to left arm. I was prescribed gabapentin and told to start on a low dose increasing dosage daily until I had noticeably less pain, this I did and by the second week I still had no improvement. So the next day I took one more as advised 20minutes later I had a huge seizure, I couldn't focus my eyes or make them point the same direction my heart was irregular and I struggled to breath. With all of my remaining strength and will power I dragged myself across the floor to the bathroom and slumped in the bath fully expecting to die (I figured it would be less mess to sort when found 🤔) I happily recovered after about 2 hours of hell. It took two weeks reducing dosage to wean off as I was advised by my doctor that stopping immediately would certainly increase the risk of seizure. Be careful with gabapentin it can really mess you up so keep dosage as low as you can and get off it asap. I have had fantastic surgery (metal plate and screws to partly fuse my neck and my left arm when I woke from surgery my left arm worked perfectly). I just wanted to share this for anyone in a similar situation so they get a broad view of experience and can plan meds accordingly 👍

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Several of us are having severe issues with our teeth such as crumbling, decay, breaking, etc. We're not being heard.

I want to take it for insomnia. I hope it will work.

Thank you for this video! I've used gabapentin (lowest dose available 100mg) once a day for past five years. I now use 300mg/day because that is what is available in Africa. I've gone off of it for months at a time too without any noticeable repercussions. After a while, when I start having off-base thoughts, I go back on it. I've felt some small side effects from time to time, like slight finger twitches, VERY SLIGHT vertigo and it does distend my belly some, but the net gain of the mood stabilization outweighs the negatives for me. It calms the chaotic mind. Honestly, I could say that it helped save my life.

Amazing for alcohol withdrawal or even curing alcoholism. I've watched a few videos on it, mixed reviews but nobody talked how about how effective it is for detoxing and staying sober. I realize benzos are the gold standard for withdrawal but they won't cancel the cravings like gabapentin does.

Thanks

My wife had chronic pain when gamma globulin (an anti-biotic cocktail) injection infiltrated her sciatic nerve. Since she is allergic to narcotics, the doctors tried gabapentin to help her sleep. The next morning, she fell out of bed as she tried to get out of bed. Now, she has chronic vertigo (persistent-chronic (24-7 silent migraine). It took her a month to re-learn how to walk; can't stand for longer than 15 minutes at a time; can't discriminate between speakers in a crowded room; and can't drive anymore. She used to be a master website programmer. Today, she only plays 2D games, and crochets; on total disability from the Army. Big pharma swears it's not the gabapentin; (bullsh*t).