Update…got put on Gabapentin for nerve pain and damage from shingles. Only into it for less than a week so unsure what it’s doing. Got a prescription for Temazepam so I could get sleep. I seriously was only getting about 2 hours of sleep a day for 2 weeks. Blood pressure was elevated because of pain and lack of sleep. It’s helping some! To those of you who have suffered through shingles, how long before the pain subsided? My rash is 75% gone? But the pain is real. Please give me some encouragement. I’m about 3 weeks into shingles and a month from my strained back.