Neurontin has been weight neutral for me. I am currently on just a little (400 mg) but was on a whole lot more once upon a time and if anything I lost weight on it. Everyone reacts differently to meds and I haven't heard a lot about gabapentin being a weight gain problem (and I think I would have since it was used a lot for nerve pain when I was working and my patients would have complained about it). It might be worth a shot. You might be like me and be sensitive enough to it that a low dose works; if not the higher dose may not cause weight issues.

I know it's scary trying new meds. My first question is always "is this going to make me gain weight" even though I know that doesn't matter much when I've run through all the options and pretty much have to take whatever there is out of desperation.

The weight thing is hard. I'm really hoping that coming off Seroquel will let me lose some weight but have no idea what will happen really. I certainly am hoping though. I gained a lot of it when I went to the really high doses so I'm hoping that weight at least will go away and not come back if I'm not on a super high dose of clozaril. I've always been secretly glad that zyprexa didn't do anything for me because of weight gain fears.

There is also a thing where a lot of meds that cause weight gain do so more when you are at a normal or lower weight and when you've already gained weight you are less likely to gain more. I remember my pdoc telling me that about zyprexa and I think one other med. I don't know if it's true for gabapentin b/c I went on that IP and didn't ask many questions.