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Originally Posted by canagirl
Hello,
After not having much relief from gabapentin for all the weird sensation in my body, I went to doc and said we need to add a couple meds (willing to take anything and everything at this point. It's kind of funny really because for over a year I fought tooth and nail to not take a single med). I told my doc about the cramping muscles and he said try flexeril. I took one 10mg Friday, sat, and sunday night. I feel like it has really helped ( 900mg of gabapentin and 10 mg of flexeril). My twitches have decreased (first time in over a year that the number of twitches has decreased). I feel less restless, other sensations have been dampened (still there but more faint). My vibrating has also lessoned. I didn't think a muscle relaxant would be of much help, but I think it is.
Dr will add propranolol in a few weeks. This is to address the pulsating/throbbing throughout my body.
Has anybody with sfn had relief with flexeril?
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I can't speak to flexeril, but 900 mg of gabapentin seems like too small of amount given your symptoms. I have whole body intense symptoms of buzzing and burning etc. When I was taking 900 - 1800 mg of gabapentin, I was barely hanging on. For me, i saw improvement when I took 2400 mg of gabapentin, which was the Neurologists recommendation. I still get buzzing and burning on a daily basis, but at least I can function in my life and at my job.