Gabapentin and memory issues

[[Da...]]

Has anyone here tapered off gabapentin successfully and experienced an improvement in memory function or other symptoms afterwards?  I'm currently taking 1200mgs of gabapentin daily and have been for over 20 months since my c/t detox in a rehab facility.  My short-term memory is terrible and I'm wondering if the gabapentin may be causing some of it. 

 

 

I'm still not well enough to consider tapering it but I'm wondering just how much of my memory deficits and other weird symptoms may actually be caused by the gabapentin.  Any information would be helpful.

 

 

Thanks.

Dave

[[Kl...]]

I was on 900mg a day of gabapentin and now that I'm off my memory is so much better and I can think much more clearly. I've felt immense healing after stopping it (and getting through the withdrawals from it).

[[Da...]]

Hey I like your name, klonopinupgirl; thanks for the response.  How bad was your withdrawal?  Also, how long did you taper and how long were you on it?  Your info gives me hope because I've had a lot of weird symptoms and memory problems that got so much worse after my detox and don't even resemble the w/d symptoms I was experiencing before detox.

 

 

Thanks.

[[Ro...]]

I was on 3400mg of this med when I had terrible pain all over my body. It caused more anxiety for me. You are not healed enough but your memory will come back with time mine has.

[[Kl...]]

Hey I like your name, klonopinupgirl; thanks for the response.  How bad was your withdrawal?  Also, how long did you taper and how long were you on it?  Your info gives me hope because I've had a lot of weird symptoms and memory problems that got so much worse after my detox and don't even resemble the w/d symptoms I was experiencing before detox.

 

 

Thanks.

 

Sorry for the late reply.

 

I actually didn't taper my gabapentin and I don't recommend that as it was a very rough week when I did that. I was on 900mg a day for roughly four years.

[[Da...]]

Klonopinupgirl.  So when you c/t gabapentin, your withdrawals only lasted a week?  How bad did they get?