Severe Weight Gain From Gabapentin

[Cactusgirl]

Has anyone experienced severe rapid weight gain from taking a large daily dose of Gabapentin?i was taking 4800 mg and gained a significant amount of weight in a short amount of time which the doctor did not make me aware.

Thank you

 

[Barberian]

I was on a very high dosage. Weight gain was not a prob, but withdrawal was NOT pleasant if I forgot to take it for more than 2 days.

 

[nomedic1]

Nardil made me put on considerable weight

 

[Cactusgirl]

Barbarian, thank you for responding.

May I ask what were your withdrawal symptoms?

Thank you.

 

[Cactusgirl]

nomedic1, is Nardil similar to Gabapentin?

Thank you.

 

[nomedic1]

Nardil is mono amino oxidase inhibiter where as Gabapentin works on GABA with a few affects on the mono amino oxidase, so that's were the weight gain might come into play

 

[Cactusgirl]

Nomedic1, I'm so glad I'm off of it now. However, the withdrawal side effects were horrible, as are with most medications :(

 

[nomedic1]

Yes withdrawals are the worst

 

[Ed Norton]

I am on neurontin but I have not gained weight. I found that neurontin helps with my anger but that maybe just a placebo effect. I had the doctor put me in it even before I was officially diagnosed with PTSD.

 

[Cactusgirl]

Thank you, Ed Norton.

I was wondering about this issue when I rapidly gained a significant amount of weight in a short amount of time immediately after my psychiatrist tripled my dose. I did a small amount of superficial research and discovered that one of the side effects was, indeed, rapid weight gain. But since he did not mention this, nor have anyone else I know on Gabapentin mention weight gain I wanted to post a thread on here.

As with all medications, I suppose we all experience different side effects, but sometimes we experience the same, too.

I'm happy to know you did not experience this. :)

 

[Ed Norton]

Even though I did not experience weight gain on neurontin, I am thinking of tapering off as my temper seems to be controlled now. I tend to feel more sad and depressed than angry nowadays. Plus I feel that I am on too many pills as it is.

 

[Cactusgirl]

Ed Norton,

I feel the same way about being on too much medication. I took a picture of all the bottle in my cabinet stacked like a pyramid and sent it to my friend. He responded by saying it looked like a chemist's! However, I do have a couple of foundation medications I know my body needs, for example, Celexa, and Clonipin for debilitating panic attacks.