Gabapentin dosage for trigeminal neuralgia?

Posted by pointeofview @pointeofview, Sep 14, 2021

I am currently on 1800 mg/day of gabapentin, but am still having a fair amount of pain. On a scale of 1 to 10, the background level is about a 2 with occasional flares to a level of 5 or 6.
Does anyone have luck with gabapentin, and if so, what dosages?

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willow5 | @willow5 | 4 days ago

Hi
My trigeminal neuralgia is controlled by a small amount of gaba at bedtime. I tried to wean off it, but as you know that trigeminal pain is awful! The neurologist, at some time, will talk me into the brain MRI and see what nerve it is being compressed. She said the procedure to fix it is very simple. I should do it, but being put all the way into the MRI is a horrible thought. If they can put me under, I’d do it. And I hear of a place north of me that has a day a week where folks are put under so have the MRIs for those of us claustrofobes. Wonder what I’m waiting for 😂