Shocked!

[Twitch_1]

Last night I forgot to take my tablets. I am on 4 cocodamol, 4 Gabapentin, 1 molipaxin in the evening. The night began to get rough around 11pm. I couldn't work out what was going on. Yes, I am that stupid. By morning, if you were meeting me for the first time, you would swear I was in the throes of Parkinsons! The quivering was uncontrollable to the point I could barely walk and I was sweating and felt truly awful. I eventually realised what was going on and took a half dose of co-codomol and Gabapentin. This has worked to a large degree.

The real shock was that I had not realised to what extent the RLS had progressed. The tablets had obviously held things under control and I have been on them for some time but they have also masked the progress of the disease. Ihad no idea it had gottenthis bad.

[Joolsg]

Hi there Twitch

Don’t panic. If you stop taking codeine or gabapentin suddenly, you will experience withdrawal symptoms. If you look up Gabapentin withdrawal symptoms they are exactly what you describe.

I don’t think your RLS has progressed to that extent.

Take care

[Madlegs1 in reply to Joolsg]

Exactly- it was a severe case of withdrawals you were experiencing. Keep going for about a year without the meds, and you should discover your base line. For my own part, I'd be inclined to stay with the meds.😂