I am on neurontin and started at 300 at night for a week and have been increasing then spread through the day right now at 1800. At first I felt not sleepy but like my lids I could not hold open and just a little out of it and like a helmet sometimes on but that wore of with time. I think for me it is key to start slow and expect some discomfort from meds like when I first started Cymbalta I thought I would throw up for a few weeks but it wore off and now no bad symptoms. Now I am not talking big symptoms but small ones I would rather cope with for a short time of crappy for the hope of a long time of better. Hang in there.