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Gabapentin scary side effects

Posted by grrranny @grrranny, Sep 24 5:38pm

reading pharmacy insert on gabapentin ;
anxiety, restlessness, insomnia
Could this be causing me these problems with even small 100mg doses at bedtime?

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gnocchi | @gnocchi | Sep 26 8:41pm
In reply to @revdorth "I take 300 mg just before going to bed and I can sleep for about 7..." + (show)
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I take 300 mg just before going to bed and I can sleep for about 7 hours straight which is great. The feet pain and numbness comes intermittantly. Sometimes it is so severe it wakes me up and others it doesnt bother me at all so I just deal with what is since whether I take it or not doesn't seem to matter. What bothers me the most is the tightness in the calves which makes walking exhausting.

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@revdorth Say try alpha lipoic acid 600 mg you can buy at a Nature store - Source Naturals is the brand I take. They tried low dose Lyrica on me that was awful - the fatigue was so bad I couldn't walk to my car. Disgusting. This lipoic acid has improved my neuropathy 90%. Also take with a good complex B vitamin. Keep the B12 going and your body pees out the excess. They work good together.

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beachgal2112 | @beachgal2112 | Sep 26 9:47pm
In reply to @insanepain "@beachgal2112 I wish I did, but I do not. I have been trying EVERYTHING out there..." + (show)
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@beachgal2112 I wish I did, but I do not. I have been trying EVERYTHING out there that I can afford. Nothing topical works for me. I am also on Lyrica 200mg 3 times daily, and don't like the brain fog as well (drives me crazy), or the constipation. I was trying THC gummies when I lived in another state where it is legal. It did help me some, but now we live in another state where it is NOT legal. I am currently trying R‑alpha‑lipoic acid 600mg twice daily, which I think is helping some, but I just started taking it last week. Need more time to get it into my system to see true results. Just be sure that if you decide to try it to get the (R) version and not the standard one. Hopefully that or something else can help you.

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@insanepain Thank you , I will look into that.

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