Gaba and back/pelvic pain

Hi all,
I started taking gabapentin about 10 days ago. I'm working my way up so have only been taking 300 mg at bedtime. Since I started taking it, my lower back pain, pelvic pain and knee pain have all freaked out. I've had two back pain flare ups (sacroiliac joints), and muscle spasms in my butt. The worst are spasms where my butt/back of thigh meet near the perineum. I'm basically taking Robaxacet 24/7.
Before that I had about 3-4 weeks pain free. I'm at a loss about whether to keep taking the gaba. I've had all these symptoms before, so I don't know whether it's unrelated or the gaba is causing it. It's such a low dose though ... Although only 10 mg of ami made me a sleepless train wreck, so I seem to be sensitive. I read that gaba can cause back pain but it's not very common and maybe not on such a low dose.
I'd love to have some advice. I know some of you are taking gaba now, so it would be great to hear. Thanks so much!

Hey there,

I had trouble with ami and then with gaba I lost the power of speech. Some people enjoyed that but I was working at the time and oh my God I was hideous to be around.

I couldn't tolerate either and I only had the low doses as well. It does help some people so I wouldn't want to discourage you. I know that I was completely F'd up on both of them and found my wee brain was fighting for control. I didn't have a sore back but I had pretty bad V pain back then so my girl bits were the centre of my world. I didn't graduate to the higher doses of either.

I think keep an open mind which is hard in a drug haze. I threw everything I could at it after I kicked the drug habit. Look at the things you do have control over. What you do to your body, what you put in it. Be kind to yourself and start changing the things you can.

Take care
xx.

I would say get your pelvis checked and go from there. It definitely sounds like you've put your SI joint out of alignment which may or may not be related, were you getting any pain relief? Is it possible you've done something that normally pain in the pelvis would have stopped you doing? Could it be something else you've done alongside the pain meds, like for example relaxing the pelvic floor?

Well, I officially kicked the gaba as of Thursday and by Sunday was muscle-spasm-pain-free, clearheaded and back to myself The gaba really was the only variable that I changed in the last two weeks. My SI/pelvic floor/vaginal physio had been working really well and for 4 weeks before I started the gaba I'd been in the clear, then I started it, then the spasms went crazy, then I stopped it, and now I'm back to where I was.

I feel like there's so much to do in the realm of physio and then biofeedback and dilators, that I'm going to focus on that for now. We are also in sex therapy. And I'm beginning the process of all the lifestyle changes that I may as well try - cutting out caffeine and decreasing sugar/processed flour. And meditating. The list is endless! I might revisit the meds in several months after I feel more on track, but like Vicki, I think they may just not be for me. What I find hard about admitting that is it involves transitioning from trying to cure this to managing it (and accepting living with it for the indefinite future).

Hey Zazu

Yes im the same...Ive accepted and surrendered to this condition. I am not looking for a cure but rather healing...and adopting a lifetsyle that improves my physical and emotional well being.

DOing it all diet change, dilators, stretching (sometimes....), no more freakin jeans grrrr, Elavil, lots of water and fibre, changing my mind set (more positivity....i try i try)