Just a note regarding gabapentin....I've been taking now for 6 weeks. Had to take 1 at bedtime for 3 days in the beginning (gives somewhat of a whirling feeling in the beginning) then 1 in the a.m. and 1 at night. At that time, it was 400 mg. am and pm. Am now taking same 1 at breakfast, 1 at lunch, 2 at bedtime = 1600 mg. with no ill effects. It slows - does not eliminate - the nerve spasms in lower half of body, with no ill effects mentally.

My brother has been taking 2400 mg. for several years now. Complications of Pemphigoid and Pemphigus (now in remission, Thank you God) and a ruptured esophaegus times 2. When he was hospitalized for 57 days he had tubes and incisions everywhere, and as a result he has nerve damage now controlled with the gabapentin. No ill effects.