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Neuropathy: Anyone have any experience with gabapentin?
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I know this is rare but after 6 years taking over 1200 mg every 8 hours, I do get nasty side effects. Actually, it’s more withdrawal symptoms. If I am late for a dose, I get severe anxiety and depression. Thankfully it takes only about an hour after catching up that I feel back to normal mentally. Anyone else have the same issues?
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Have you tried taking 900 every 4 hrs?
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@ryanrdt I take 800mg 3x a day, and I don't have any side effects that I'm aware of except for maybe some fatigue that I've learned to cope with. However, when the Gabapentin wears off, I usually start feeling the nerve pain and it takes about an hour for the med to kick in for me too; so, I try very hard not to miss or delay a dose. I actually get happy on those rare occasions when I missed a dose and my body didn't miss it, then I try to see what else I might have done during that period to have helped, but I've yet to figure that one out! Deb