In the beginning of December I had a strep infection. Took my 5 day Z-pak and started to feel better. Then came the hug! Nerve pain, muscle spasms, etc. all in my rib cage. By the end of December/beginning of January I upped my gabapentin (Neuronting) dose by 1 300 mg pill in the morning. It worked and the pain started easing up.

Then I started feel really crummy again and felt sick along with MORE numbness and tingling and rib pain. I went to my PCP who felt it was definitely neurological and also recommended a massage to take care of the muscles that were in spasms.

The next night, I took my usual dose of gaba at 7:30 as usual. Nothing out of the ordinary. By around 10:30 ish, I was not feeling well at all and had severe tremors - intention and postural. I went to the ER as I had no idea what the heck this was or even how to stop them. I spend 4 hours in the waiting room with these tremors and they finally calmed down enough that they weren't too obvious. Of course, they ran tests - heart, chest x-rays, urine, and I don't what else. I have blood in my urine (but then again I just spend several hours with severe tremors equivalent to running a marathon so I wouldn't be too surprised.). That was the only abnormal result - kidneys are fine, not passing a stone, etc.

The ER dr. gave me some meds as, according to her, I was still have severe tremors. She should have seen me at home and in the waiting room. Anyhow, it helped and calmed them down somewhat.

I still have them and still feel weak and such. I started thinking about what had changed in the past few weeks to make me get like that. So I called the pharmacist and she said that tremors is a side effect of gaba and that probably was the reason for increased tremors as well as constipation. (Although I go every morning, it's just been a little more difficult and slower.) I dropped back down to my normal dosage (1 300mg in the a.m. and 2 300 mg in the p.m.). In a sense, I feel better. However, I still have weakness and slight/moderate tremors.

What could be causing this? Does gaba deplete your B12 vitamins? DBF and I were talking about this this morning and so he suggested I get your suggestions and/advice. I had him pick up some Ensure for me to try as well as some foods high in potassium, magnesium, calcium, as well as B's. In other words, I had him pick up sweet potatoes and cereal. haha

BTW - Yes, I have been under stress due to my dad passing away but that is getting much easier and I have been working with a wonderful counselor. Long story short, I did end up having to call 911 that night and asked the paramedics if this was some sort of bizarre anxiety attack where you don't even feel anxious and the normal symptoms of anxiety. They laughed at me and said no, I was definitely not having an anxiety attack and one of the paramedics sister has MS and he's seen this happen to her before. Phew! lol I definitely know that an anxiety attack feels like and this was nothing like it.

I completely welcome any advice or suggestions. I do go to the neuro tomorrow. Thanks.