I take 300 mg 3 times a day. It helps me a lot. I do not have the sensation of something running all over my body. It helps the Elavil work well. I asked my doctor about it causing weight gain. She told me it can increase the appetite. I choose healthy snacks and it hopefully will not be a problem. I have been on it for a long time now.

I just increased from 900mg a day to 1800mg a day. Huge difference! Much less pain now, fewer breakthrough events. No noticable side effects.

I take it as needed for flares. It makes me feel out of it, like asleep with my eyes open. Numb mentally, difficult to focus, but sometimes I just need the pain relief.

I take 1200 mg at night for the past 8 months or so. It's helped enormously with not waking up in pain and for awhile there I was sleeping pretty good. Now I am waking up again all the time (not usually from pain) so I have added in melatonin and so far that seems to be helping. If I gained any weight from the gabapentin it was maybe 5# at most.

I take Gabapentin 300mg 3x day. It used to make me sleepy, but it's more to help me get through the day. It really helps a lot and I've been on it for almost 2 years.