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Old 06-25-2009, 05:45 AM
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I feel for you all! I take 600 mg of Neurontin before bed and sleep like a baby. It knocks me out. I get 8 to 9 hours of sleep at night and then a 1 1/2 to 2 hour nap during the day. In a flare, it is more sleep with 2 naps a day or a good 3 to 4 hour nap.

Don't discount hormones either. As we age and start nearing the change, insomnia is common. I have yet to fully experience that but occasionally the night before I start I have trouble falling asleep.

I used to take Neurontin but it made me gain so much weight. I might have to start taking it again, though, because I can't (apparently) take Baclofen due to shortness of breath when I take it. Neurontin helped me sleep, too.
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