i am so sorry you are going through this. do you get a thanksgiving break or just two days off. maybe you can just lie in bed and feel no pressure.
take care
bobby

dose mess continues
 

Dear Waves,



Yes. That was the plan. My best guess is that I was taking about 150 (one half capsule) Monday November 14 and each night this week. Friday November 18 morning I woke up depressed.


I'm not really sure what i was taking this week.

I need to track better.

Last night (Friday) I took once capsule and a little more (400 mgs approx).


This is what I have been trying to track in this thread:
1. help with nerve pain
2. help with agitation
3. help with depression.


Agitation improved in the first week or so.
Depression improved. I adjusted the med around late summer/ early fall because I wanted more help with depression
Nerve pain has not been helped.


I need to find the right dose for balance between help with depression and huge drugged hung over feeling.

I will call Monday for an appointment with hyper mdoc to explain that I want 600 mgs per day in 100 mgs capsules.
(My guess is that I need a daily dose around 300 or a little more. I am 100% comfortable lying to her about how much I really take.)

M

Dear Bizi,
Thanks.
Yes, one capsule is 300 mgs.
I think I might need more than one capsule and less than two capsules.

My guess is I need between 300 to 450 mgs.


I will ask mdoc for 100 mgs capsules so I can more easily experiment with dose.

M

Dear Bobby,

Yes. Thanksgiving is good. I have no plans except to stay home. I get two days off. They will be very nice for lying in bed.

M

Mari

I didn't realize they made 100mg pills. Of gabapentin.

I know when I miss a dosage of my med i have problems, so I'm
guessing thats part of your problem changing the dosage. So I think
getting it to were you are at least averaging it to a good amount
normally.

donna:grouphug::hug:

Dear Mari

thanks for explaining about what happened after dropping to a single capsule. sorry things are still confused.:o i absolutely agree about getting 100mg capsules to help keep track of dose.

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i screwed up editing my other post it seems so this question became nonsensical. :( here is the correction - missing stuff in red.

i hope you feel better soon. do you keep a chart at all? it is hard to track things. i haven't got back to charting ... sigh ... it would help with all that is going on, but it's just one more thing to do, isn't it? sigh.

i hope you get more sleep and less depression soon, somehow. have you thought about putting a call in to see if pdoc can help you, temporarily? i'm not sure with what. you've probably thought of that.

lots of hugs

~ waves ~

Waves,
Yes, raising or lowering the Klonopin for a night would work.

I'm not charting. I thought (HAAAA!) that I was doing a version of charting by posting on this thread. The thread is too long to find what I need and I mentioned my dose in other threads at the same time (argh!).

You are correct that if I had a habit of doing something regularly I could keep up the routine.

Mari

new plan to go to bed
 

Hi,

I slept very little last night (Friday night) and felt drugged / hungover all day today (Saturday). I have no memory of anything I did today. I might have been watching TV but not paying any attention. I don't feel depressed -- that's good.

Tonight (Saturday) this is what I took

~300 mgs Gabapentin (exactly 1 capsule) This is less than the night before
~2.0 Klonopin This is less than most nights of 2.5
~Verapamil
~aspirin
~magnesium


(Yes, I know I changed two things. It was impulsive. I could still take the 0.5. Klonopin now but am choosing not to. I might be clear headed tomorrow. That would be beautiful.

One minute after I swallowed the meds I set the kitchen alarm for one hour. When the alarm goes off I will go to bed whether I feel like it or not.

I have involved Hubby in the project. He has agreed to assist. The kitchen timer is now saying 45 mins.

M

sounds like a good plan, you can always take the extra klonipin if you need it.
I hope you sleep tonight and am very happy hubby is involved.
((((HUGS))))
bizi

Thanks Bizi,

I am running behind my bed time schedule. I am doing some laundry and other things like checking the computer.

I hope to be in bed soon.

M