@annatino and @rivermaya34
Good evening. I am going to try to give you some background about my personal journey with gabapentin, This was the first medication that my Neurologist prescribed after the results from the skin biopsy came back with a diagnosis of severe SFN, (small fiber neuropathy). He began to increase the daily dosage by 300 mg per month. The side effects of fuzzy brain and dizziness were more than I could handle so he had me take the gabapentin only at bedtime. And yes, it worked to reduce the numbness, pain, and coldness in my hands to enhance my sleep.

Shortly after that, I was introduced to medical cannabis to include a topical 3:1 CBD/THC for my hands. I found it to be helpful. So…….in a shared decision, my PCP and I decided to taper off one half gabapentin capsule at a time. It took several months for me to get to 600 mg at night.

And I have been doing reasonably well. In fact, I would like to eliminate gabapentin altogether. My hope is that a medication will be developed just for Neuropathy patients. Or it may be that there is some way to implement nerve regeneration in a more reasonable timeframe. Until then I will be very careful about terminating the last two capsules of Gabapentin.

Go slowly, be careful, and don’t forget to introduce a replacement to handle the symptom progression that affects us all. We all know how much we regretted missing a dosage of Gabapentin.

Will you please let me know what you decide? Your shared experience will help so many others.

May you both be safe, free, and protected from inner and outer harm.

Chris