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Hi Not The Same! Welcome to this site. It sounds like you belong on this site on the forum's site. Sounds like you'be had a very rough life. There is no justice in the justice system, just Kharma--what goes around comes around! Reading all your posts to get a better picture, sounds like you were w/Mr. wrong all along. Thank God you're still alive.  What level was your surgery at? The numbness & tingling you are experiencing sounds like a medical condition. The neurontin just escalated it worse. What other meds are you on? Any antidepressants? Anxiety meds? I'm just rying to get a better picture of what has happened to you before giving advice. You mentioned your Mr. A aka Mr.wrong, is the father of your son and you're still married to him, & he has a great job, along w/ a younger girlfriend. Abuse will sadly happen to her.  
Let's focus on YOU. :-?  Please let me know the surgery details & your meds. It sounds to me that you might have RSD, as I . Neurountin @ 4800 mg. is a sucide in itself. I'm glad you weened yourself off of it. I call it the neurontin hangover for memory loss. How long were you on it? 2 years?RSD can cause short term memory loss too. Let me know & I'll try to help. One day at a time. Reaching out for help, the first step(& the hardest) you've done already. I'll try to help. You can post here or send me a private message.  Take care & keep us posted. Aloha Skooze

Hi Not the  Same! Sorry I haven't been on for awhile. My computer caught the newest Trojan called wintools, & it was the hardest to get rid of It took 4 days to clean it up, but I'm back--that's the good thing.
I have a few more ?'s for you. When you had back surgery, at what level was it and what did the MRI's say? After reading your 7/27 post I could see pieces of me in there, & never attributed that to the drug! Scary huh?I'm not sure what all those other drugs are except for the naproxen. I take remeron to help me sleep. I started w/ambien, & it made me hyper! I was pacing the floors at nite instead of sleeping. This was with the combo of Neurontin, the ambien was the first to go.
When you say your eyes hurt, your teeth & hair hurt, etc, it sounds to me like you might have RSD. Try checking out  www.rsds.org site & see if this might answer some of your concerns. It's the most often missed dx that Dr.s overlook. By the time you are dx'd, it could be too late. And Pfizer promotes Neurontin as an off-label use for this. Hang in there. It will get better slowly, one day at a time!  Aloha 8) Skooze

I was put on neurontin for neuo pain
i can't begin to tell what this drug has done to me except to tell you it almost cost me my life
i found the strength to quit i was on 2400mg daily the withdrawls were a trip from "H" now after  more then 7 months neurontin- free i have lingering sideaffect ringing of the ears, tremors,depression,suicide thoughts ( which i never had before) i live in "fear" some days are better then others. Iam praying  that this nightmare will end .....what other choice do i have? iam so fearfull of discussing this with my doctor he wouldnt listen... in the beginning...he claims this was the "only" meds that helped neuo pain
I trusted my doctor ........yet iam worst off then what i was!
I feel suicidal iam trapped in my home ...help

Thank-you for  answering *hugs*
I was involved in an car accident years ago with a spinal injury
First after years i developed numbness from the knees down on both legs
I wasnt able to feel the gas and brake to drive
I had all the needed tests done etc.etc  they stated they would have to reconstruct my back again and it would be more pain and suffering then it was worth. So i just prayed it would  get better. Which slowly it just increased numbness developed from the waist down and at times i could barely walk. I went to a bigger city thinking hopefully ( there i was given neurontin) something could be done. Too make a long story short the spinal surgeon stated i needed surgery.....which never took place he sent me thru this test n test n more tests .....then he relocated on me. I was sent to another surgeon where he stated i have a deformed spine and NO surgeon would touch it.....and moreless dismissed me like that! With the help of my family not to give up i went to another (dr) this time a neuo surgeon he stated there was nothing that could be done that i needed to work with neuo dr.  And the nightmare of neurontin i decreased 300mg every 2 weeks he wanted me to drop 300mg every 3 days but i couldnt
the last dosage i broke in and called my dr. he gave me a reduce dosage of 100mg .....which the lower dosage affects were no different then the 300mg ........but i made it! But at times like my last post neurontin still remains my enemy ......neurontin hangover! cute description .....i like that! 
Does the lingering sideaffects ever go away? I know my thoughts at times are not me ..thats why i had the strenght to kick ....neurontin KAPOWww!
My dream is to  drive my car again ( i had modifications for the gas and brake done) Yet i have tried and iam in total "fear".....neurontin! is my shadow.  but with the bad always comes good shortly after my withdrawls i began taking Magnesium tablets ( help from a good friend) and it has helped my numbness  greatly.....Hopefully with this info i maybe able to help someone... do a research on Magnesium and see what you think
Thanks again ......good luck!