Gabapentin (Neurontin)

@Alue
I only took for 4-5 days. The spike was unbearable. My fault I neglected to look it up. Once I did, I saw it listed in the PDR as oxotoxic & can cause Tinnitus or make it worse. This drug was prescribed by my ENT & I’m upset he apparently ignored the warning. Not everyone is sensitive to it, but I was. It took almost a week of unrelentingly screeching to subside.

 

It does have ringing in the ears listed as a possible side effect, but I don't think it's ototoxic. I haven't seen any credible sources saying it is.

Sometimes I do wonder, though. I often take a single dosage of 300mg before bed. It helps me get a good night's sleep, but the tinnitus may seem a little louder after I take it then quieter in the morning after because I'm well rested.

 

I do not endorse this for anyone else; the path I walked here is a bit strange. However, the combination of Klonopin, Gabapentin and high-dose THC which I've been doing for 9 months now has been a significant game changer in my quality of life, after a decade or so of intrusive tinnitus.

 

@Alue
It was intense for me, I stopped it on the 6th day. It ramped up until I couldn’t hardly get out of bed. After my last dies, it took about a week for it to fully subside to the normal tinnitus. Not everything works for everybody. I seem to be highly sensitive to most medications. Almost all spike the tinnitus. This one was very bad though.

 

@Quiet please, did you have a worsening in tinnitus from GABA or Amitriptyline?

 

@Marko Nakovski
Almost every medication makes my Tinnitus worse. I have no idea why I’m so sensitive to medications now. I can take Tylenol & Xanax & that’s that’s about it.

Gabapentin is listed in the PDR as causing ringing in the ears.

 

What do you take the Gabapentin for?

 

vague speculation that it synergizes with Klonopin in terms of tinnitus, based on the speculation and published work of that one Shulman doctor in NYC?

It's much less worrying to me than Klonopin.