Insomnia While Taking Gabapentin

Have been taking gabapentin for a week and am having trouble sleeping anyone having the same problem.

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can't get a good nights sleep two days in a row. surgury pain from lung absess dosen't seem to get any better.

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Yes me too I have been on 100MG for a week.....BUT that is too higher dose so will be coming down to 50MG today......i am not impressed with this drug and as I need my sleep, if i am not happy with 50MG i will stop it..I prefer to have the MS problems than not been able to sleep!! xx

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I am taking 100 MG 3x's a day and have noticed (on about day 5 of this drug) strange dreams when I CAN sleep and trouble getting to sleep in the first place. Anyone else?

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I take 400mg 3 times a day, I will sleep one day and then up for the next two nights and then sleep one night and so on. I also get vivid dreams and have become depressed while taking Gabapentin.

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That is an unacceptable side effect which could lead to hallucinations and paranoia due to restlessness. Sleep is healthy. They need to try others. But it costs money every time you go back in, pay for another prescription and throw it away. Try Soma or Flexeril or klonopin. You'll see why. They are cheap, doc's are pretty good about giving them and if one works stick with it.

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I can get to sleep because I'm so tired from waking up at 4or 5am and can't go back to sleep so I Star Coffee which burns me out later anybody else have that problem I'm so tired all the time I take 400 milligrams at night

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I just started taking Ganapentin 100 mg a day. Insomnia. Will this pass? I can't go on without sleep forever:/

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I just started 300mg at night. I'm taking it for periodic limb movement disorder (which is related to restless legs) to GET a deeper, better sleep. Yesterday I slept about 8 hours and woke to horrid anxiety and felt like someone beat me up. Took it last night about 10:30 and now I'm fully awake at 5:30, but now I'm getting sleepy again as I took a Clonopin.

This thread is interesting as you are all speaking of insomnia. This med is supposed to make you sleepy. I seem to have opposite effects from meds and have to stop them. Maybe I just need to give it more time.

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Same problem. Was on it for problems with sciatica. I'm a night owl, so it took me almost a week to realize this was a problem. During the second week, I was wide awake until 3 and 4 am every night even after taking an OTC sleep aid. Went to my doctor than and stopped taking it.

The good news, though, was it TOTALLY got rid of my hot flashes and night sweats. So when I did fall asleep, I wasn't dealing with that for a change.

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I recently started 100mg of gabapentin. I cannot fall asleep. I'm WIDE awake and it's 330 AM. I have to be up at 7 AM. I have been awake 48 hours now. It's like I drank massive amounts of coffee. Ugh! I'm going off of it. This is insane!!! Unfortunately I'm not the only one experiencing insomnia on this RX.
Thank you for all your interesting posts...

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Yes, I've been up 48 hours now :( Wide AWAKE! UGH! 100mg a day. The doctor is going to say insomnia is not a side effect of gabapentin. ..but it IS with me and all of you as well. Thank you for sharing your gabapentin insomnia stories. Since I'm wide AWAKE guess I'll play Words With Friends- that'll be better been tossing and turning and getting agitated. Ugh again!

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You are not alone. It's 210, I'm wide awake, but exhausted. Haven't slept well, since I started taking Gabapentin for a neck injury.

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Same here. I took 200 mg for pain and awake 48 hours. horrible feeling. going to stop

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Holy man no kidding! I think I have been awake 5 days straight . Also get very moody and angry! Tried stopping it! Wow bad affects! Headaches. You feel like you have the flu times 10 and man does it make your legs hurt! I'm getting off of this . When I see my doctor tomorrow

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Yes, I've been on it for three days and it has been horrible trying to go to sleep.

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I took myself off of gaba cuz the agitated insomnia was fn unbearable..of course the psych said oh no insomnia is not a side effect..live in my brain psych and stay up for days on gaba...

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Yes 2 notes and wide awake My pyschitrist is taking me off Seraquel

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Take 800 mg 3 times a day. Awake at nite 6 out of 7 nights. Nerve pain is bad but hurts severly without. Bad back snd Sacstia. Also tske cymbalta. Just would rather not accomplish much don't feel like working.

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My dr took me off seroquel 3 days ago and stared me on gabapentin! How did it work out for you? I can't sleep!

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Just got put on gabapentin 100mg 2x day for bipolar. I can NOT SLEEP! Glad to know I'm not alone. Anyone had this side effect go away?

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Re: Carla (# 8)

You should be taking Requip for restless leg. I take this and it worked wonders. There is a generic for this.

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Re: Lou (# 10)

I started taking gabapentin 300mg last night, I was so sleepy before taking the meds, the meds woke me up and I couldn’t go to sleep

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Re: M (# 47)

Hi, I have been on gabapentin 900 mg at night 600 mg in the morning. It has definitely helped with my neuropathy due to chemo. I've been on it for about a year but only in the last 2 months has it started keeping me awake at night, my lips feel cold and I have anxiety. I was then given Klonopin 0.5 mg to take at night and it does help. It's now almost 3 a.m. and I didn't take the Klonopin so I'm wide awake and fidgety. I hate the way it makes me feel but it helps so much with the neuropathy.

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Re: Alex (# 45)

Hi, I have been on gabapentin 900 mg at night 600 mg in the morning. It has definitely helped with my neuropathy due to chemo. I've been on it for about a year but only in the last 2 months has it started keeping me awake at night, my lips feel cold and I have anxiety. I was then given Klonopin 0.5 mg to take at night and it does help. It's now almost 3 a.m. and I didn't take the Klonopin so I'm wide awake and fidgety. I hate the way it makes me feel but it helps so much with the nerve pain.

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I'm glad that i'm not the only one. It helps my husband sleep, but I've on it a week and haven't gotten a good night's sleep since.

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I take 900mg at night and will go for days with minimal sleep. It’s suppposed to make you drowsy but seems to have the opposite effect on me. When I do sleep, it’s up and down all night. Not really willing to stop taking it because it’s the only thing that’s ever helped with neuropathy in my arm. Before, neuropathy was so bad I was digging holes in my arm from scratching. I don’t know if they could prescribe sleep meds with it or what but somethings gotta give.

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Dr prescribed gabapentin for insomnia (100 mg) and slept very well. Very tired next day. Now that I’m trying to stop taking this drug, can’t sleep.

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I was put on Gabapentin again (I was previously taking it months ago for over a year to help treat anxiety) to help deal with severe nerve pain post surgery. I'm on 300mg 3x daily since I was used to it after taking it before. Since I started it a couple of days ago I have not been able to sleep at all. I lie in bed for hours until I give up and just stay awake. In the last day (maybe a little longer) I have slept maybe four hours. I am wide awake, not tired at all, and can not fall asleep no matter how many times I try. It is helping with my nerve pain but the lack of sleeping is starting to make me question if I am having just a bad bought of insomnia or if it in fact a reverse reaction to the medication happening to me and what was giving me sleeping issues back when I was prescribed to me before.

Has anybody, that is also having this issue, found anything that works to fight the insomnia issue? I can not move around or exercise very much due to the nerve pain and my spinal surgery. Melatonin has never worked for me either. Has anything other than just being awake forever until finally passing out helped anybody. I don't know if it is better at this point to be in constant pain or to be able to sleep.

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Re: ED (# 31)

I take 300 mg Gabapentin at night plus half a 3 mg tablet of Melatonin. The insomnia problem is gone.

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I definitely have insomnia since I’ve been taking gabapentin

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