maddietod
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My new sleep doctor has me trialling gabapentin. His hope is that it will stop RLS and that will improve sleep. The RLS showed up in an old sleep study, but I haven't noticed it since I started taking magnesium. My doctor hopes to get me up to 300mg/night, so that's his idea of a normal dose.
I've read through some great threads about gabapentin and Lyrica, but I could use some tailored ideas.
I've done 6 nights of 100mg at bedtime. This has almost fixed my frozen shoulder - unexpected! But sleep has not improved at all. My-normal is 4-5 wakings in 9 hours, quickly back asleep. Last night I woke up 4 times but only slept 7 hours. I usually leave the house for short walks once or twice a week, but I haven't gone out since starting the gabapentin.
I'm trying to decide what's next. I'm going to stay on 100mg through the weekend to see if last night was a fluke or not. My next dose level would be 200mg. I'm torn between stopping altogether, staying at this dose for a while because of the pain relief if my sleep is no worse overall than my-normal, and stepping the dose up to see if this is just too little medication to help with sleep.
Help, please!
I've read through some great threads about gabapentin and Lyrica, but I could use some tailored ideas.
I've done 6 nights of 100mg at bedtime. This has almost fixed my frozen shoulder - unexpected! But sleep has not improved at all. My-normal is 4-5 wakings in 9 hours, quickly back asleep. Last night I woke up 4 times but only slept 7 hours. I usually leave the house for short walks once or twice a week, but I haven't gone out since starting the gabapentin.
I'm trying to decide what's next. I'm going to stay on 100mg through the weekend to see if last night was a fluke or not. My next dose level would be 200mg. I'm torn between stopping altogether, staying at this dose for a while because of the pain relief if my sleep is no worse overall than my-normal, and stepping the dose up to see if this is just too little medication to help with sleep.
Help, please!