I am 5 years post AN surgery. I took Neurontin for about 9 months two years ago for heaches/stabbing head pain on the AN side. The pain managment doctor started at about 400 mg per day and slowly moved me up to 4000 mg per day. I initially thought it helped some, but after 9 months I felt it had lost its value and tapered off of it. Now back to oxycodene which sometimes seems to help the pain, but other days nothing seems to help. Good luck with your doctors in finding the right medicine for you! I do hope I am the exception with my pain problems, and frankly I feel it was due to the lack of experience of my neurosurgeon (4-6 per year). He originally diagnosed it as an epdermoid cyst, so I didn't have the benefit of this forum until 9 months after surgery when my vestebular therapist told me about it on the first day of treatment.
The best to you!
Chuck