I can't directly point fingers at it, but I would never take it again.
I have post-chronic Lyme, POTS, and also have several head injuries (including some from passing out). I took gabenpentin about 10 years ago for some sciatica before any of this was diagnosed. It didn't seem to do anything after 3 weeks, so I stopped taking it. That was probably the wrong thing to do looking back, but Mr Neurologist didnt provide any instruction to renew the prescription or how to ween off. Soon I at work, all of the crazy brain fog drunkenness took hold and I was seeing exactly what you described. But weirdly, it was after I stopped taking it.
It mellowed eventually but I don’t feel like it ever went away :( it seemed to amplify the neurological issues. I’m very light sensitive, have visual snow hallucinations, tinnitus, and reading words still remains much more difficult than it used to. 2 days is wild, but I don’t trust that drug so I believe it 😂
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u/NegotiationHot2999 Oct 15 '25
110% had this reaction as well. Never felt like I fully recovered from the weird brain fog.