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Thanks for your reply! I've had the ANA panel twice, thyroid antibody testing, IgG, IgA, IgM tests, all normal, all within the past couple of years. Anything I'm missing?
I do have chronic idiopathic lymphopenia, which no one ever seems to think is a big deal.
It's odd that none of my derms (I've had four) has ever suggested going off the gabapentin. Eosinophils have been pretty low but then I'm one of those weird super-sensitive people who has reactions when other folks don't, like the Raloxifene giving me seizures even though my serum calcium was at the very bottom of the range ("it can't be hypocalcemia, you're still on the range!" one of my docs told me. Uh huh...)
I cut my nightly dose of gaba in half last night (so I took just 100mg instead of 200) and had a really rough night, lots of waking up and tossing and turning. I might try opening the capsules into water so I can taper down more slowly. Guess we'll see!