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Neuropathy: Anyone have any experience with gabapentin?
Neuropathy | Last Active: Mar 28 4:36pm | Replies (478)Comment receiving replies
This may not be related to your post, but I decided to bring it up anyway.
I’ve been on Gabapentin many years, even though I never had pain, only numbness. Needless to say, I never got any relief after taking it years and years (27,000 mg per day). I kept taking it, in hopes it would help my ever-so-hbothersome numbness. Well, of course, it never did.
When I finally decided to call a halt to taking useless Gabapentin, I stopped it waaaay too fast. I had insomnia for DAYS. Truly, I didn’t know if I’d ever sleep again - it was that bad. So, to counter this, I reintroduced a small bit of Gabapentin into my regimen, which helped a little. At least I don’t feel like the Walking Dead anymore, but I’m kind of leery to try stopping it altogether.
Anyone have advice on the weaning process?
Thanking all who respond.
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Being on that high of a dose you do not just quit. You quit there can be a lot of nasty side effects including seizures. You need to ask your doctor to slowly taper you off of your current dosage. I can’t take gabapentin due to I am allergic to it. There are times I take 75 mgs in a vegan gel capsule with two Benadryl. My mouth swells up and I itch really bad. The doctors gave it to me after my bacterial spinal meningitis. I thought I was losing my mind. A side affect is it effects your memory I could not remember anything. When the doctors stopped it I could remember. Yet there are times that my body gets in so much pain it feels like that is the only thing that can reset my body where it does not hurt so bad.
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I was on Gabapentin and stopped taking it post shoulder surgery cause the oxycodone eliminated symptoms. I too had insomnia. It's a side effect if you stop without titrating down. So check with your doctor about the weaning process.