Hi everyone, i deal with constant headaches and pressure in my head and my doctor prescribed me Gabapentin in hopes for it to help, but I’m scared to take it because I don’t want to experience any negative side effects.
Does anybody take it and it helps with headache or head pain or just general anxiety help? Thanks a lot.
I use to take it and I didn’t have any side effects.
Okay thanks for letting me know. Did it help you with anything or help the reason you took it?
I took it for my back but didn’t help.
Dang, okay. Gotcha.
I take a low dose for sleep, 200mg. I also used it at 600mg once to stop a episode and it worked, so it’s my go to in case of emergency as well.
Not much side effects. Some tingling behind the eyes the first few days I used it, but this passed. And ofcourse there’s drowsiness which is why I use it for sleep.
Gabapentin is considered a relatively safe drug, and it has a low dependence, so it’s easier to quit it than many other drugs.
Okay great to hear, thanks for commenting. When you say to stop an episode, what do you mean? To stop strong positive symptoms? I don’t really have “episodes” , I’m just in a constant mid-grade psychosis/delusion that I can’t get out of yet.. just waiting until my mind lets go of it.. 
Tingling behind the eyes doesn’t sound fun either lol 
Yes, stopping positive symptoms. The tingling bit was just the first hour after taking it, and not very uncomfortable. Lasted the first 3-4 days I think.
It’s a low risk drug so wouldn’t be afraid of trying. Ofcourse there’s always the risk of rare side effects with any drug, so monitor yourself.
For sure thanks for all the info and replying to me.