Gabapentinoids Gabapentin withdrawal signs?

[idontremember]

How can you tell if you are going through gabapemtin withdrawal? What does it feel like?

 

[Antares]

Dizziness, anxiety, insomnia, headaches, can't deal with light, generally full of unpleasant mental feelings, maybe you'll get some non-headache pains, and some people seem to get straight up dysphoria but this seems very rare.

If you were taking it consistently for a medical issue, you might get rebound symptoms related to that particular issue (like if you took it for seizures, you're maybe gonna deal with seizures in withdrawal; if you took it for nerve pain, you're gonna have bad nerve pain; restless legs, that's gonna be back with a vengeance).

 

[paranoid android]

Severe restless legs and arms are the symptoms i used to get. That and just a general increase in pain

 

[idontremember]

I was diagnosed gabapentin for nerve pain and anxiety. It does help with the pain but lately it seems to not be working as well so I stopped taking it for a bit. I felt the same for several days/couldn't tell I had stopped taking. I then started feeling really shitty but I can't tell if it's from that or something else. I have heard some real horror stories about gabapentin withdrawal, so I think I also psyched myself out? I don't know. I started taking it again and don't feel much different? But I'm scared now that maybe by going cold turkey I did something dangerous? Maybe not. I really wish there was a non opiate pain medication that worked that didn't also destroy internal organs and mental health. Blah