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I can not handle too much Gabapentin at 1 time because it makes me tired & sleepy so the dr. has me take 1 100 mg after breakfast & 1 in the afternoon & 300 mg at night & I sleep very well. They wanted to increase me to 200 mg at a time but I was getting headaches & nauseated so I'm just on 500 mg which is low. I don't feel it helps with the pain but I guess it does to an extent because I am functioning & doing my house work. I do notice I forget things a lot & I think that is part of the side effect. I also take Cymbalta & i think that helps me to not get depressed over this. I now wear low shoes instead of high heel & my life style has changed a lot. I'm pretty much home bound. I would talk to your dr. about it. Best of luck. Tigreyes
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I have been a part of this thread of polyneuropathy for several months. Mine is sensory and I do wonder about a connection to my first Shingrix shot. My first concern was to see if anyone has found the symptoms improve over time. But, alas, I am just living with this. I have found Gabapentin has helped with my neuro pain, the creepy/crawly feeling under the skin of my calfs and the overall pain in both legs. All my sleep symptoms disappear as soon as I am on my feet. Disordered sleep was my main problem, though now that I know what to look for I have numbness on the underside of the toes of my left foot. I have kept my Gabapentin at 600 mg. First I was dividing it to 300 mg at bedtime and 300 in the middle of the night. I have now found the 600 mg at bedtime is holding me quite well without leaving me too ‘foggy’. I also take Amitriptyline 25 mg in the evening. I have started taking this in the last afternoon as it has a half life of 20 hrs and holds me better through the night. All this to say, I am 77 yrs and have not taken much or required many meds. This is a new existence for me and I feel it is paramount to get adequate restorative sleep. I know I am on low doses of both Gabapentin and Amitriptyline and it takes a while to get adjusted. It is so difficult to be patient with these changes.