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Originally Posted by Mari
Hi,
I have been taking 100 mg Gabapentin for the past month or so. Pdoc said I could raise the Gabapentin to 400 mgs whenever I wanted.
Monday night I decided to ramp up the dose to about one and one thirds capsule -- perhaps 130 mgs. I fell asleep before I could go to bed. . . . .I took a nap while sitting at the computer and now I am awake again.
This is so weird.
I have to come up with a way to deal with how I handle raising the dose.
M
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Hi,
This is what I am taking
July 15 Sunday 100 mgs (1 capsule)
July 16 Monday 130 mgs approx (1 1/3 capsule)
July 17 Tuesday 130 mgs approx (1 1/3 capsule)
July 18 Wednesday 175 mgs approx (one capsule and most of a second)
July 19 Thursday 200 mgs (two capsules)
The med is not really knocking me out. It makes me fall asleep for a short time. Wednesday night I fell asleep early for about 15 mins while watching tv around midnight and did not get back to sleep until 7:30 am with the help of some Klonopin.
I suppose that this is good news that Thursday I did not feel groggy or brainfogged -- mostly tired perhaps from not sleeping. . . also maybe a little sleepy.
->I
need enough days at a decent dose to help with anxiety. --- not sure what the decent dose is.
->I
would welcome some relief of depression and nerve pain too but those might require higher doses than I am willing to deal with.
M