Long COVID
No benefit
Long COVID with severe eye problems from gabapentin, now worse neck and head pain
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Sep 2024
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
I still have some other occasional vision issues, but I have figured those to be LC-related since their onset matches the start of LC symptoms.
In context ↗ - Now: No benefit
Unfortunately, the neck/head pain (and much more) is way worse now than when I started the gabapentin last year.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
I have figured those to be LC-related since their onset matches the start of LC symptoms
Summary
A long-COVID patient described severe eye problems—floaters, blurriness and uncontrolled nystagmus—that gabapentin caused. Their doctor stopped it and the nystagmus and floaters cleared shortly after, though occasional vision issues remained, which they tied to long COVID. By September 2024 their neck and head pain and other symptoms were far worse than when they started gabapentin a year earlier.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- Gabapentin · Worse
Gabapentin gave me severe eye issues, from floaters and blurriness to uncontrolled nystagmus ... my doctor took me off of it immediately, and the nystagmus and floaters went away shortly afterward.
Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| onset | long COVID onsetsince their onset matches the start of LC symptomsIn context ↗ |
| 2023 | gabapentin caused severe eye issues and nystagmusGabapentin gave me severe eye issues, from floaters and blurriness to uncontrolled nystagmusIn context ↗ |
| — | stopped gabapentin; nystagmus and floaters went awaymy doctor took me off of it immediately, and the nystagmus and floaters went away shortly afterwardIn context ↗ |
| 2024-09-21 | neck/head pain and other symptoms much worse than a year earlierthe neck/head pain (and much more) is way worse now than when I started the gabapentin last yearIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Gabapentin (Neurontin)“Gabapentin gave me severe eye issues, from floaters and blurriness to uncontrolled nystagmus that would last seconds to 20 or more minutes without warning.” In context ↗ Side effects
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Vision problems
I still have some other occasional vision issues
In context ↗ - Pain & fibromyalgia
the neck/head pain (and much more) is way worse now
In context ↗