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Gabapentin side effects?
I am a regular on the Mayo Board! I don't know what I would do without it! Our doctors don't want to discuss openly the things about illnesses and side effets of drugs and other things. Anyway, my question to all of you is Gabapentin and it's side effects. I have been on it now for 6 months. My doctor raised me from 100mg. to now I am on 400mg. three times a day.
The problem is my tiredness! I happen to be in a friends office yesterday and she was taking some medicine. She said she was taking Gabapentin. I asked why and she said she had, had shingles back when and it still helped with the pain. I know the drug is percribed for many things that is why I take it for my issues.
I told her I had been taking it for about 6 months. She asked if I had been tired all the time, just out of the Blue. OF COURSE I SAID YES! She said it took her a year before she got out of the tiredness.
Let me know if any of you have experienced the same thing. Also let me know at what dosage you may be on? I know this is all confidential!
Again Thanks to The Mayo Clinic and Everyone who is kind enough to be open with their lives!
Sundance!
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I also space out my gabapentin over the course of the day. I take 1200 mg 3 times a day, usually around 10am, then again at 3pm, and finally around 9pm.
To be honest, I really don't notice any difference in my nerve pain after taking my meds. It all depends on how much time I spend on my feet during the day, which is not much any more.
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1 ReactionHi Jake. My name is Todd and this is my first interaction with Mayo group so, Hi y'all. Jake, You said a few things and reading some of the replies got my attention. I won't get into my issues and I hope this is all confidential. I take 300mg twice a day but I used to take more. But Doc lowered it and added celecoxib (celebrex) 200mg 1x per day , pregabalin 300mg 2x per day, duloxetine (cymbalta) 60mg 3x per day, and penicillin 500mg 3x per day. Also some unrelated pills for normal things.
That said, I'm tired most of the time because I don't get a lot of sleep. When I stop moving, I fall asleep. I fell asleep in the dentist chair getting a root canal. No joke. So it is hard to say if it is the drugs.
You said the doctors say or think you had Lymes disease, I think? I have found that doctors are way too busy to do research on my behalf, but, I was fortunate to find a doctor who, if I find something that I think might be relevant, I can send it to him to look into so by my next appointment we can discuss it. I think I blabbed on enough. Good luck and happy hunting. T