Insomnia While Taking Gabapentin (Top voted first)

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

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

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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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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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I am on 1200mg 3 times a day and not only can't I sleep I am getting really upset and very cranky with everything. I'm even crying and don't know why? After awhile of taking it it starts to get you really depressed and you feel confused and like everything is wrong!!

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Ok I did a look up and comparison and those meds doesn't replace the other they work for 2 completely different things. Look for yourselves and correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think I am. Have a pharmacy do a comparison and you can talk with them without any repercussion or judgement. Don't fight the sleep it will drive you crazy but use that time to do what makes you happy otherwise your mind will Race faster than NASCAR

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Wow I dont get the whole not being able to sleep thing. Ive been taking 300mg 3-4 times a day and most of the time they give me energy. I notice when i take to much I get all fumbly bumbly like my hands don't work the way I want them to. Also ive ran out a few times n got REALLY bad vertigo. Now im not saying that the gabbys are the cause of it but now im super scared to come off this drug witch I heard is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to come off of. I've been taking these for 4yrs so I know im in for it when the time comes. I guess I should try weening myself off these things. And yes horrible depression when I run out or try n taper down some. Its a lose lose situation and to be honest its does not even help with the nerve pain. If you dig and do some research on this drug I guarantee you would be shocked and would want to stop right away. The things it does to your brain is crazy. Please take some time and get back to me after you research it n yell me if im wrong or not. Wish you all the best of luck

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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 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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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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I haven't slept well at all , as a matter of fact I've slept less. I even stayed up 30 hrs and I tried so hard to go to sleep? It sucks I think I'm done with it. I'm going to try something else while I remain in pain.
Naproxen helps better with the nerve pain.

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I started 600mg in July for nerve pain in legs. Was sleepy alot, until a few weeks into it.. now I lay awake for about 2-3 hrs each night. I'm going to stop taking it before bed. I also take nortriptilyne for fibromyalgia. I can't take lying awake for so long. I figured it was the Gabapentin.

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