Insomnia While Taking Gabapentin (Page 3)

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

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I have been taking 1600mg gabapentin daily for 5 yrs., no trouble sleeping

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I have been on 800 mg. gabapentin for over ten years as treatment for CRP/RSD.
At first I thought that my leg injury and pain was causing insomnia. I recently had a spinal stimulation implant and am able to get comfortable. However, I still am only able to average 4 - 6 hours of sleep every 3rd or 4th day I go without sleep. Neither Mirtazapine or Lunesta did not even make me sleepy even though I feel like my eyes are going to fall out of my head and constant fatigue. Going to see if doctor can ween me off. I thought I was wierd because research says gabapentin makes you sleepy. Maybe there is something drug companies are not telling us.

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I definitely have insomnia since I’ve been taking gabapentin

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Re: ED (# 31) Expand Referenced Message

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 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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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 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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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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Re: Alex (# 45) Expand Referenced Message

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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Re: M (# 47) Expand Referenced Message

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: Lou (# 10) Expand Referenced Message

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: Carla (# 8) Expand Referenced Message

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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