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Anyone tried Gabapentin for Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia | Last Active: Nov 3 1:30am | Replies (64)

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So you only take it as needed? What dose do you take? Once you are pain free after 3 days of taking it, do you stop taking it then? Thanks.

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300MG.

Since she prescribed it for arthritis and it wasn’t helping I had stopped taking it. Then my sciatica flared up I took two. First day it still hurts but you can walk. Etc each day better usually three days.

It’s suppose to be taken daily.

I used to have tramadol for arthritis. It is also prescribed for fiber myalgia. But the dr said “they” said she had to take all her patients off their pain meds. Don’t believe a word she says. So she gave me gabapentin instead.

So I have to do what I need to do to be able to walk.my mother lives with me and she’s 94.

I was taking the gabapentin when I woke up with the side of my face inflamed. I took two more and by morning I still was in pain but it was buffered. So three pills that night. The first one did not prevent the flare. After taking two the first night I drop down to one until gone.

It’s for nerve pain and spasms.

Hope this helps you.

She ignores my fibromyalgia.

I do stop but that isn’t what is prescribed. It’s suppose to be daily or nightly I guess I should say. My dr ignores my FM and prescribed it for arthritis. It didn’t help.

It didn’t keep the flare ups away on daily use. But taking two and then one until gone works for me.

Ask your dr. I get panicky when I have a flare because my 94 year old mother lives with me and no matter what is going on with my body I still have to care for her.