Please help me! Gabapentin

Hey everyone. Eleven days ago my dr started me on Gabapentin 300mg at night for 3 nights then up it to 300 mg in the morning and at night. It left me feeling drunk the next morning after I took it at night. Since upping the dose the side effects of dizziness, drowsiness, coordination, some nausea, weakness, sore throat off and on, difficulty concentrating, gas/indigestion/upper abdominal pain and dry mouth have gotten worse. The dr says to stay at the 600 mg per day and it will pass. I can't take the abdominal pain every time something hits my stomach including water. May be a good way to lose weight, but I don't want to this way. lol I can't drive, watch tv or anything. Much less take care of my family which by the way is very supportive. I don't know what to do with Christmas just days away and I can't function. I'm not far from sitting in a chair with drool running down my chin. I did not take my morning dose of Gabapentin because I had to drive, no choice gyn appointment. She agreed with my other dr. My medications are as follows with times taken-

Gabapentin 300 mg @ 7 am with a banana or something similar
Cymbalta 60 mg @ 9/10 am with something light-toast, cereal, etc.
Lunch (around 1/2pm)-Asprin 80 mg
Levothroid 125 mcg
HCTZ 25 mg
Supper (around 5/6pm) Aciphex
Before bed (around 9pm) Gabapentin 300 mg with a couple saltine crackers
Plus Vitamin D 50,000 IU per week

Is there something I can do to help the side effects go away some? Change up the times I take my meds? I already have what affects the other spaced out and have had every time a new med is prescribed. Please someone help me. I've called the dr twice to get him to lower the dose to maybe 100 mg at a time and increase slowly. The first call responce was to wait a few more days. Haven't heard from the second call yet. I am very sensitive to meds anyway. One Extra Strength Tylenol knocks me out. He knows this. I am at my whits end.

Thanks in advance & Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to you all.
Cathie

Thanks Marty. I'm going to give it a couple more days so I can say I tried at least 2 weeks. After that it's going to be history.

Sherrine, I agree. My dr is usually so good about listening, but I guess he needs to see me change to believe it this go round which I am fully prepared to do. Just hate I have to pay for a visit to prove him wrong. Thank you!

nana, Gaba did just about the same thing to me. Cymbalta was worse. We are all different I understand that. I honestly would think that after 11 or 14 days that stuff should be gone if it is going to go away. I would honestly take Marty's suggestion. JMHO

Marty, hahahaha. I bet that was for me and that is quite alright LOL.

Cathie,

I just restarted this last week. I am also really sensitive to medication and had only ever taken 300 mg of this at bedtime. This time my doctor gave me the 100mg and had me take 100mg at bedtime for 2 days, then add a morning dose for two days, then add the afternoon dose for a total of 300mg. She said if I felt drowsy with the afternoon dose, back off again for a couple of days and then try again. If it was too much to move it to the bedtime dose.

I cannot believe it, but I have not had any problems so far and it is not even making me drowsy. Next I go to 200mg at night and then up the other two doses if I can. Definitely see if your doctor can lower the dose and try again. There is no reason to feel worse!

I wish I could say it is working, but I can't tell a difference in my pain yet.

I hope you get this worked out and feel better!

You described my feeling to a "T" NoirVault. That "high" is what I've experienced.

On a new note, I was sitting here thinking (now that I can since I haven't taken Gabapentin today) about calling the pharmacy to see if by chance the dr called in a lower dose. Guess what? He called in a raise in my Cymbalta to 90 mg per day nothing on Gabapentin. Nobody called from the office to let me know! I just by chance called the pharmacy. I'm calling the office in the am and finding out what the deal is! With all the vim and vigor I have in me right now I feel my muscles tensing so I'm going to take a hot bath and crawl into bed under my electric blanket. Thank you all for your input I really appreciate it. I'll save all the emotions for the call in the morning! HA!

Take care all!