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[|Human|] Hi. I have been taking Gabapentin now for a week for a slipped disc lower back and sciatica. I have found that it isn t really working because I still have the pain, but not the severe back spasm, and the buzz still runs down my leg into my foot. I ve become extremely light--headed, tearful and while working, I feel as if I m slightly disorientated.
[|AI|]  Hi, Thanks for using ChatDoctorIn my opinion gabapentin can be helpful in sciatica as it first line Chat Doctor.  Human nervous system employs a common mechanism for different functions, for example ion channels for impulse generation and neurotransmitters for cell-to-cell signaling. Gabapentin provides significant pain relief in about a third of people who take it for chronic neuropathic pain. Gabapentin is known to cause such side effects, but you will be off pain very soon.