← Return to Can Gabapentin make neuropathy pain worse?

Discussion

Can Gabapentin make neuropathy pain worse?

Neuropathy | Last Active: 5 days ago | Replies (374)

Comment receiving replies
@marc11

I have Charcot Marie Tooth disease, which is a peripheral neuropathy, and I cannot tolerate gabapentin well. It makes me groggy and off-balance, most of the antidepressants and epileptic medications people have mention also sedate AND cause restless leg syndrome. My main problem is nighttime pain which leads to insomnia. I take 1mg of clonazepam at bedtime, but it does work for the whole night. I used to taken Norco also a couple hours before bed and the combination worked quite well for me. Then everything changed and I moved to a new state and no one will prescribe an opioid drug while I’m on clonazepam. Does anyone have experience with be refused drugs that worked well together—I took the Norco/ clonazepam combo for 12 years.

Jump to this post


Replies to "I have Charcot Marie Tooth disease, which is a peripheral neuropathy, and I cannot tolerate gabapentin..."

Welcome @marc11, It must be frustrating to say the least that you can't get the treatment that worked to provide relief from your nighttime neuropathy pain after moving to a new state. There is another discussion where members are sharing what has helped them with the nighttime pain.
--- Neuropathy Pain at Night: What helps?: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/night-pain-2/

Another source of help might be the Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy in case you haven't already seen the website - https://www.foundationforpn.org/treatments/.

Have you looked into any alternative treatments to help with the nighttime pain?