Gabapentin and losing weight

Just a quick question. Why are you taking 10mg Oxy's and 10mg/325mg Percocet? You may be better off with just taking a 20mg Oxy, cut out the acetaminophen. I currently have 3 protruded discs in my back ranging from my L3-S1 with terrible sciatica and i was on Oxy's for months. I first started with 10s, then within 2 weeks was bumped to 20s. slowly but surely i winded up on 60mg 3xday to control my pain. Oxys made me feel great, but i would binge eat like a champ, not to mention smoking increased dramatically. I also had issues sleeping while on Oxys, so my GP prescribed me Zopiclone, which worked wonders at first but i would need a minimum of 7-8 hrs if i took one, as i would literally be in a coma. After about 5months i wanted off the oxys because i was gaining weight. So he weaned me off them over the course of 2 months. The final withdrawals were non existent because i was put on tramadol 37.5/325 which literally masked every W/D symptom associated with Oxys. I was then put on Gabapentin and right from the get go i noticed a huge difference in the pain reduction. It made me a little more groggy but Gaba has worked wonders for me so far. My only issue is that i find my dosage isn't high enough and I'm going through my script faster than normal. Im also afraid to have my dosage upped because i keep reading about terrible weight gain associated with high dosage of Gaba. Im currently 29yrs old, 180lbs and 5,10.

I have also been on Gabapentin since October 2013 for cervical spondylosis and fibromyalgia. I have gained 24lb even though i have always ate healthy, of course when my pain was at its worst i couldnt move let alone exercise. I have been taking 1800mg a day, 2x300mg morning, afternoon and night. It deffo increases the appetite.
Now that my pain is under control and i have realised im better off being on my feet moving around ( which helps greatly with the neck pain) i have been weening myself off them and now down to 1 x300mg in the morning and 1 x 300mg at night. I have done this now for 4 weeks and have lost 4lb so there is deffo something connected to this drug.

I am going to reduce to 1 x 300mg per day from next week in hope that i can still manage and also get some of this horrible flab off . Also all the weight i have gained seems to be from the waist down

I put on quite a lot of weight when I was taking gabapentin and found it very hard to lose. I asked to be switched to Cymbalta in the end (this was for neuropathic pain) which has fewer weight-gain side effects.

hi .. I know this is an old post.. but I take gabapentin and I've put weight on

Had a pretty bad car accident where I got thrown 50 from the vehicle at 100mph. I have nerve avulsion at my L4/L5 vertebra which left me with dropfoot and unbearable neuropathy. After a long time in the hospital (3months+) on a cocktail of opiates that put me in a coma for literally 48 hours straight my 3rd doctor decided to try nerve meds. Even on the opiates I was screaming for more. Gabapentin started working but I was sleeping a ton from it at first. That went away when my body got used to it. Ive been on it now a little over a year and in addition to 300 mg Gaba 3x daily, I take 10 Mg of Baclophen 3x daily for foot cramps, and 1/2 a 100 mg of Elavil at night. That combo got rid of all of my pain in the day and still have a little at night but its bearable. As of a week ago I've been off all opiates. I gained about 40 lbs in 1 year. I am not able to hit the gym yet but I've been on a super strict diet. I feel like I eat healthier then a self-sustaining organic farmer. Over the past 6 months I've managed to drop from 189 to 165. I've been stuck here for about 3 months now. Haven't quite figured out if taking dosage down will do the trick or if Lyrica would have the opposite effect and help me lose weight. I'm about 5 10"/ 5 11" and still got about 20 lbs to lose. Will keep posted if the status quo changes.

Thanks dracarys - I just started taking it and this thread scares me!

I have been prescribed Gabapentin since early July for arthritic pain, I have had no ill effects. My weight loss has slowed but I don't put that down to the drug. I think it is a natural occurrence after losing weight fairly quickly in the first six months of the year. I take 6 x 300 mg spread throughout the day.

I've been taking 300 mg Gabapentin at night for restless leg syndrome. I've been dieting and working out and the weight is not coming off as I would expect from past experiences. I think I'll stop taking Gabapentin when possible and see if I can't lose some. I've gained 25 pounds in the last 8 months! That's pretty ridiculous.

I’m on a similar drug, pregabalin and find that I can lose weight without any problems. It did cause water retention when I first started taking it, but that doesn’t happen anymore.

I have been on it for one year for Restless Leg. I have not gained any weight but I do take it at nighttime.