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Originally Posted by pinkynose
I'm weaning off Gabapentin now and I can't wait to be done with it. The only thing I'm sure of is it makes me sleepy. My dose was 600mg in the evening so I took it around 7pm. If I wanted to go out by 9pm I looked & acted like a drunk. My words would slur and I couldn't walk straight. I'm just down to 400mg and can't wait to get off.
I know for some it works and I can't imagine that it will be banned. Unfortunately it's overprescribed for just about everything. Thats how they got in this mess.
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I agree it's overprescribed! Gabapentin was offered up immediately by every doctor I saw--my primary, a podiatrist, a rheumatologist, and two neurologists. Why would they suggest this for pain that is localized and episodic. Not one of them thought to suggest anything topical, which I ended up requesting due to what I learned on this forum!