Originally Posted by chaos

I saw my Neuro doc last week and he wants me to take Gabapentin. I asked about other things and he thought this was the best(/only?) thing for me. I'm going in for a blood test to rule out the things I know I don't have (because it was caused by a burn). But since it's a lawsuit thing, I have to do what the doc says for fear of it messing with the lawsuit. Not happy about having to take more pills, and a LOT of them.

Doc has me increasing by 100mg every 4 days. The first night I slept 11 hrs (but that's not unlike me, if I get the chance to actually sleep). I felt kind of out of it the next day, but not horribly so.

I've noticed that I'm hungry, but I'm not sure if that's me or the pill. But the past couple days I just could not wait for lunch (I don't normally eat breakfast). Last night when my husband took his friend home, I asked him to bring me back a donut. I do not want to gain weight, I'm already a few pounds more than I'm comfortable with. I need to remember to have more protein snacks at home and actually eat them. Is this normal? Will it go away or get worse?

The amount the doc wants me to take, eventually, seems like a lot of meds. Three times a day?!?! I have a hard time remembering to take my antidepressant, much less multiple pills many times in a day. Is this normal? I thought I read many people on the forum end up only taking theirs at night. How much do you need to make it work?