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Originally Posted by Idiopathic PN
I tried the combination of gabapentin and nortriptylene but it didn't work for me. My pain was not any better than with gabapentin alone. Not that gabapentin is perfect but it helps somehow. With the combo, it was scary -- I couldn't control my mind thinking of negative thougghts.
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I am sorry that you had such scary reactions with the med combo. I have been fortunate to not have that problem, I am more on a delirious high most of the time. The nortriptyline was added as I was starting to get pain despite the Gabapentin, and at 3600mg/day the neurologist didnt want to go higher. I have found I need to throw a movie on or something for me to focus on to even fall asleep which is completely new for me, I used to be no noise, no light kind of person. For the moment, the pain has eased with the addition of the nortiptyline, but I just really miss a good nights sleep without constantly waking up
