gabapentin

[auldreekie18]

Hi Elsie , Same as you off Pramipexole for 4 weeks started Gabapentin at 300mg then increased to 600mg then to 900mg part working now on 1200mg still not right get to sleep okay but wake after3 hrs with RLS have to get up twice during night take some paracetamol and I also take 100mg of Tramadol so I am going to increase Gabapentin to 1800 mg and if that does not work up to 2400 if no luck try some thing else like pregabalin ,we are all different wat works for one does not for others you need to find what works for you like I am doing ,good luck God Bless.

[Madlegs1]

The withdrawals from the Prami are still affecting you.Give it time.😢

[67Waterman]

Hiya. I take 600mg at 3.00pm, 600mg at 6.00pm and 900mg at 9.00pm together with 0.125mg Ropinirole. I still get ever so slight RLS when I go to bed (depending on what I have eaten and wine consumption) but those high levels are the only ones that work for me. I tried coming off the Ropinirole completely, but Gabapentin on its own just does not work.

[Lstenbro in reply to 67Waterman]

I have used gabapentin and it was not working at all. Terrible medicin, with terrible side effect. I use a small dose of sifrol 0.18 dayli and it works.

[SueJohnson in reply to 67Waterman]

To get the best effectiveness of gabapentin take 600 mg 1 to 2 hours before bedtime so I assume you are going to bed at 10:00 or 11:00, 600 mg at 7:00 pm, 600 mg at 5:00 pm, 600 mg at 3:00 pm and 300 mg at 1:00 pm. Taking more than 600 mg at one time reduces its effectiveness and the smallest amount should be taken 1st.

[SueJohnson]

My guess is you are using 300 mg capsules and therefore increasing it 300 mg at a time. If you get to a point where it does work ask for some 100 mg capsules and try reducing the amount you are taking by 100 mg, and if that works by 200 mg so that you are on the lowest dose possible. If you want to switch to pregabalin, divide the amount of gabapentin by 6 to get the equivalent amount. If you want to stop the gabapentin, and you don't need to do so to switch to pregabalin if switching to the equivalent dose, then do so very slowly or you will have withdrawal effects.