Gabapentin (AGAIN!)

Mari · 07-20-2012, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waves

Mari i can think of 2 things to try:

1. you could try splitting the dose, initially till you get used to it. take the 100 mg when you normally would. then take the "extra" 30ish mg at least 8 hours away from it. i figure even in the morning if you're used to 100 and that doesn't make you real sleepy, then 30mg alone should not make you sleepy.

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2. since you KNOW it's going to knock you out for now, you could try setting up for it. go to bed, take drug, put on cpap and lie down. you may find you sleep a little longer than you do slumped at a desk. and it will be better sleep with the cpap.

Waves,

The sensible thing to do would be to take the meds, put on the cpap mask, and lie down in bed. I felt the med kicking in very late tonight. Maybe I should keep better track of when it "kicks in" as a sleepy med.

I will call pdoc if I need to. promise. I thought of calling him for something like Ambien. I do not know what he would say.
When I last saw him and asked for a back up for a problem with sleep, he said to take more of the Gabapentin --- he wrote the script for 4 capsules per day.

M

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