[wanderr]

I was on Gabapentin for a long while after a tendon surgery. It made me feel dumb as hell. Worse, the effects took over a month to wear off after I stopped taking it. One dose occasionally for insomnia is probably not bad but I personally won't ever touch it again

[fellowniusmonk]

As far as I can tell Gabapentin made my dogs back legs stop working.

There were no confounding factors or medications, the medication was not prescribed due to spinal or leg injury and both back legs ceased to work for the brief period he was on it and function returned as soon as it left his system.

Since then I've heard of several people who had their dogs put down shortly after they were put on gabepentin because they "couldn't walk any longer.", this is my anecdotal experience obviously but if your dog has pain that is unrelated to its spine and is prescribed gabepentin I would give time for it to wear off before putting your dog down.

[readthenotes1]

Had a relative who was on gabapentin and did not realize how it made him behave.

Getting off it was one of the best things he did

[EA-3167]

I suspect it really comes down to the dose in large part. A relative of mine takes it daily in a low dose for neuropathy, and they haven't changed in any noticeable way. By contrast I know someone who took it a MUCH higher dose to control seizures and they had to switch because it made them unable to function.