Is anyone on Gabapentin?

I stopped taking during the day because of the sleep and dizzy issues

I am now getting off of 900 mg of the gabapetine, because it appears to have limited or none therapeutic effect.

Thks 2400 mg a day, no side effects .

@leigh17 wow! You are the total opposite of me. It’s amazing how different we all are.
Even regular Tylenol makes me sleepy! My mom would tell me that about herself when I was younger. I thought she was crazy!
I’m now 74 and I understand.

I agree, we all handle drugs differently. I would prefer obviously not to take anything but have chronic pain. Good luck to you !

I quit altogether. I was unstable on my feet - literally bouncing off the walls when walking down my home hallway.

Also, I live only one mile from work. While driving home one afternoon, with 1/4-mile left to go, I was fighting sleep so hard that I pulled over onto a quiet street and fell asleep instantly. I quit taking gabapentin after that episode! I’d never reacted to a med in that way before or since.

Thanks for your reply, we all react differently to medications, it’s good for me, apparently works better for Neuropathy, I hope you all will feel better soon.

Gabapentin comes in an oral liquid, which can allow you to take 50 mg at a time if 100 mg capsules feel too strong. It would work better with a lower dose more frequently, like 50mg 3-4 times a day. Many people get used to it and then can increase the dose without side effects. I had to do that as I am sensitive to the sedative effects like you.

Hello! I too have had weird internal vibrations for years…they happen in my front torso and when a full neurological work up was done, it was determined they were my first symptom of MS. We went on to further testing and that’s when gabapentin was prescribed. The vibrations now come and go.

I also have neuropathy in my feet and it extends up the outside of my legs (worse on left) to the knee; I describe it as feeling like I am wearing a shin guard at it’s worse and a compression stocking per usual.

There is not much to do about the neuropathy, but medication may help…

@SusanEllen66, thank you for your comment it’s very helpful for people who have different reactions.