Gabapentin Question

[davincidanes]

Hey everyone.  Hope you are doing well - I am awaiting an appointment with the Neuro-Oncologist scheduled for May 5th, while I continue to have more and more trouble with my legs... .

Anyway... here's my question.  GN started me on Gabapentin 2 weeks ago.  First week just 1 dose of 300 mg at bedtime.  This week... add another 300 in the morning.  Next week I go to 3 times a day.  So, I'm now taking it twis\ce a day.

The past few days, I'm particularly shaky feeling... not noticeable from the outside, and vision is blurry.  I don't know if I can blame this on the Gabapentin as a side effect, or if it is a true worsening of symptoms of the spinal cord tumor.  Any thoughts?

Thanks, and hugs to all!
~Linda

[HVAC]

A spinal cord tumor will not cause eye problems it is too low. Gabenpentin can make you shaky. Usually it gets better as your body gets used to it.

Alex

[davincidanes]

Oh, THANK YOU, Alex.  :)Just for the record though... the doctor says this tumor is likely slow growing.  My MRI's back in 1997 showed a lesion in the same spot, but they never decided on what it was.  :(  So, looks like I've likely had it for at least 18 years, which may explain why I've had so much neck pain since then.  In 1997 they did the C-3 thru C-7 laminectomy for cervical stenosis and what they considered in injury, which I had in a car accident.