I had L5-S1 fusion on December 21,2016 and a cervical laminectomy on February 21,2015 (C4, C5, C6, C7) to remove a tumor. I have been on gabapentin for about a year now. My highest dosage was 2400 mg per day per week. I am now taperd down to 1600mg per day and am hoping to completely get off from gabapentin. I don't feel that the gabapentin has been helping much at all. The tapering down has been very difficult. I initially was tapering off at 600 mg per day per week. Therefore, my first week of tapering was down to 1800 mg per day for the week. The second week I tried to taper down to 1200 mg per week. That was where my big problems really started. I became very nauseous. I immediately took more gabapentin and the nausea went away. I have now then started my tapering of gabapentin down to 1600 mg per day for each week. I can see this will be a long and slow difficult journey. I am thinking that my tapering will be 200mg per day for each week and I am hoping that will work. This gabapentin is some wicked stuff. Not to mention the emotional impact it has had on me. I am a war veteran and have done just about anything and everything on my bucket list. However since taking this medicine I am very unsteady on my feet and the withdrawal symptoms have caused me to become exceptionally emotional about anything and do a lot of what I consider, inappropriate crying.