I tried gabapentin and could not tolerate how it made me feel.
I'm totally with you on the gabapentin, Jaha. Since they up'ed me to 1800mg/day, I've been feeling terrible -- dizzy, light headed, and a little foggy. I still have good reactions and I'm thinking clearly, but feeling terrible. Today, I decided to go back to 1200mg/day and see if I feel any better, but with tolerable pain. If I feel better and still have a bit of pain, I'll up my tramadal and see if that helps. Another option is to go back to hydrocodone. I don't like to do that because, thanks to the druggies, the gov't made it very difficult to get even if prescribed. So, I hope the tramadol works.

I'm a little leary about changing my dose of gabapentin, because I've been feeling pretty decent for the past 3 days. I started the higher dose of gaba about 2 weeks ago, so that would be about right. We'll see what happens.