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SIMONA2

Gabapontin swollen painful

i have been on the gabapontin since last may and the pain and my stomach is so swollen it feels like after eating there is no room even when i eat small amounts of food, i have had a swollen stomach for a few years but nothing like this, i worry about changing to a different drug because i have lots of problems with side affects, can anyone telll me if they have had problems with gabapontin?
Montelimar, France
@bgabe

Gabapentin was the first thing they put me on and it provided immediate relief from my nerve pain but it made me dumb af and bloated. After 2 weeks I had them change me to something else…and 2 days after I stopped taking it I 💩 my brains out. So it’s my understanding gabapentin and similar drugs slow down the digestive tract. I started on Lamotrigine and it’s not immediate relief like the gabapentin but I think it is helping. I also started taking magnesium glycinate to help my gut cause it’s def struggling,

@lizzie20

Im still on gabapontin im trying to get off it but its a waiting came to see my doctor but i have found to have the same problem at the start so i spoke to my gp and it can make you constipated a little and make you full but in reality your not my doctor gave me laxative to help me but i only use it if its really bad now as my body getting use to it but for stomach pain i was giving pain relief which is to ease the stomach which ive been told only to use it if i get cramps which works so i would speak to your doctor and see of they can help