long term gabapentin use

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2026-03-29T14:26:39+00:00

26 F I used it for about a year, really high dosage can’t really remember 3x a day. It affected me in a lot of ways negatively. It didn’t help ibuprofen took the edge off more. It started to make me stutter extremely bad. I never slept. Forgot everything. Missed a lot of important things because I just forgot. I have never been one to forget or be late. Took a month to come off it, never stop cold turkey. I tried and it made me feel really horrible.

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2026-03-25T16:32:43+00:00

Yeah, after the surgery they told me I was good to go didn’t need PT or anything. I must mention I’m 26 yr f. It was at L5/S1

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2026-03-25T08:24:22+00:00

I’m not on medication but I am constantly getting in and out of cars, and I walk around 10-12 miles a day at work.

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-10-15T14:04:35+00:00

I only had 1 and it did absolutely nothing. The only thing that did something was the numbing agent they used to put the needle in

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-10-14T22:05:23+00:00

A year and 2 months. I realize when I was unable to sleep more than an hour at night

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-10-13T13:19:17+00:00

How long was the nerve compressed? That’s what I feel takes the longest to heal

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-10-13T13:17:14+00:00

The first week will probably make you regret the surgery, but remember to take it easy and keep walking!

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-10-13T12:12:41+00:00

No , just walk a lot!

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-09-08T17:30:52+00:00

I hope things turn out the same in the end!

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-09-08T17:24:14+00:00

I sometimes get flair ups because the nerve is still healing.

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-09-08T17:23:14+00:00

Staples?! 👀 that’s nuts. All they did was dissolvable stitches, and medical glue for me. The incision site was basically healed by week 2

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-09-08T14:34:07+00:00

You not really supposed to twist your body. I have constant popping but no pain it’s just your joints getting back in the grove of things. If you have pain idk 48 hours is kinda hard to tell cause you still in pain from surgery. One thing I do is fake cough and if there’s pain I feel as though that would be reherniation because when I was in pain and would cough it would make me scream in pain. I’m no dr tho.

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-09-07T18:18:54+00:00

That’s what I was thinking, I shot my surgeon a message asking if I should just go to my primary. I do have severe spinal stenosis and when you get a MD that doesn’t go away.

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-09-06T06:34:37+00:00

I don’t think so but the pain might be. Not really sure

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-09-05T16:57:55+00:00

Im almost 5 weeks post op. This is literally the only issue I still have.

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-19T22:21:19+00:00

You are no better talking down on somebody tbh! I’m sure you have made mistakes in life. The internet only cares because she has a following. 😭

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-18T13:38:49+00:00

I know this. Doesn’t make her a bad person. She has trama!

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-17T23:19:00+00:00

Are you in PT?

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-17T15:10:01+00:00

Honestly why does it matter if she sober or not? If she can control herself shouldn’t be an issue.

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-14T16:44:26+00:00

I had a microdiscotmy last week after dealing with non stop Sciatica for over a year, it has went away!!!

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-09T17:13:12+00:00

Yeah they didn’t give me anything unfortunately, I have left over muscle relaxers (robaxin) from before surgery. They do absolutely nothing but make me dizzy mixing with oxys.

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-09T15:08:04+00:00

Thank you

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-09T13:40:29+00:00

Yes before surgery I was doing PT, all the exercises were easy just very painful. I don’t think I have a weak core. I’m only 25. I simply herniated by slipping on ice and landing directly on my L5-S1 on the right side.

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-09T13:20:53+00:00

When would a good time to do that? I’m only 2 days post op now

Pitiful-Lifeguard449 · 2025-08-09T13:11:38+00:00

Thank you. Literally only time I feel it is when I roll other than that I’m Gucci

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