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Subject: Re: Higher dose gabapentin

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Irene Goodale

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Date Posted: 21:24:48 10/24/04 Sun
In reply to: Anna 's message, "Re: Higher dose gabapentin" on 09:04:03 10/24/04 Sun

>I am aware of the availability of higher dose
>gabapentin tablets. I have been taking Gabapentin for
>7 months now. I started at 400 and increased to my
>current dose of 900 mg as my symptoms have escalated.
>The original prescription was to help my brain process
>information at a more appropriate speed. It does do
>that to some extent and it also helps relieve some of
>my pain. The cause of all my symptoms remain
>undiagnosed except that it is post viral in origin and
>has continued every day since I got the virus 14
>months ago. I have many, many symptoms that are too
>numerous to mention. Your other question - I am
>debating about asking my doctor to further increase
>the dosage, perhaps to 1800 mg. However, I already
>have exceptional fatigue and cannot accept anymore so
>if I do start to see side effects I would need to back
>off. Also, I have had trigeminal neuralgia since 1999.
>I have not had the real severe pain since 2000 but
>continue to get the pretrigeminal attacks regularly.
>My concern is that if I take the gabapentin too much
>or at too high of a dosage, when my trigeminal comes
>back in its most severe form, I will be refractory to
>this drug. I recall reading somewhere that this can
>happen. I hope the information helps. Gabapentin is a
>very good drug for me - positive help with no negative
>side effects.
I am so glad to have read about your sucess with gabapentin. Following back surgery I was having such a hard time with memory. Since I was taking a strong pain medication and the gabapentin I decided I could not stand it any longer and quit taking both drugs. Needless to say it was a mistake. I had not been told that the gabapentin was for the neropathy and thought it was contributing to my memory problems. I went through a very stressful withdrawal and my doctor advised me to get back on the gabapentin and to increase the dose. It really has made a difference and I am thinking much better. The pain and numbness are still a problem but not as bad as before

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