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Neuropathy: Anyone have any experience with gabapentin?
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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 take Gabepentin 800 mg 3 times a day. It really helps with my neuropathy. I only have a little circulation problem. I prayed that God would heal my neuropathy. I have no pain.
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I am so sorry you had such a horrible time coming off Gabapentin. As I said, the only thing I experienced was horrible insomnia, which I thought would never end. To be honest, I can’t say for sure it’s actually “ended” now, since I’ve have had sleep issues all my adult life. Let me say, THAT, in itself, is torture.
The so-called “sleep clinic” in my town is a joke. They want to ascribe every single sleep problem to apnea. My response to that is, “Don’t you have to actually be ASLEEP to have apnea?” The NP just laughs.
But, I digress. Anyway, I hope sooner or later, you get SOMETHING to relieve your pain. I realize how helpless you must feel, especially when you cannot get medical professionals to listen to you.