[canagirl]

I started Gabapentin over a week and a half ago. I am on 100:200:300 starting today. So far, it's helping more than the nortriptyline with everything other than the burning and stinging. Gabapentin is helping those symptoms a bit, I just think nortriptyline did a better job with those symptoms. The good thing is it's really helping me sleep! I sleep a solid 4-5 hours a night. I wake up on and off after that but I am able to GO BACK TO SLEEP! which did not happen before. So, if Gabapentin does nothing more than help with my sleep then I will consider it helpful and keep searching for a med that I can add, that will stop the throbbing, pulsing, burning, and stinging a bit better. I know I am not on the full dosage yet, I am hoping these symptoms will improve with a higher dose. The other good news is that my blurry vision has improved quite a bit since dropping down to 10mg of nortriptyline.

[en bloc]

Very good news. And as you increase dose, you may fine it more and more helpful with ALL the symptoms.

Have you heard back about your skin biopsy results yet?

[canagirl]

Originally Posted by en bloc

Have you heard back about your skin biopsy results yet?

No results yet. Therapath said dr's have results in 10 days ( I am assuming those are business days). I had it on may 20 so it's been 8 business days.). However, the doc said it's typically longer than that. So I don't know... Plus dr's here are really slow to read and pass on the info about tests. So, I bet it will be at least another week (if not more )

[Littlepaw]

I am so glad to hear you are starting to get some relief and SLEEP! Blessed, blessed sleep. How wonderful. That should do a lot for many things, energy, mood, pain. Yeah! I hope things continue to improve as you up your dosage and your body adjusts and calms down.

Keep at it Canagirl. I am sending hugs