gabapentin (neurontin) question for those who take it

I used to take Gabapentin for half a year due to a spinal injury.  I stopped because it did not ease the nerve pain.  The neurodoctor now prescribed me Pregabelin 75 mg bd which is so much better, but it causes me drowsiness.  Pregabelin is better for me because my pain stopped immediately when I took it first day.  I had nerve pain caused by my spinal inflammation.  It helped me to sleep and to fight off those nerve pains (the worst pain I experienced so far).  I am also taking Oxycontine 10 mg bd, but I am trying to wean this off.  I also will take Oxycontine syrup only when my nerve pain gets serious (such as like restless leg syndrome kind of pain or muscle spasm). 

Quite the opposite, Kimberly. I take 1,200 at bedtime and it helps me sleep. Could it be that having discontinued xanax is what is keeping you awake at night? Call your pharmacist and speak with him.

Pat

neurontin did something to my brain i could never explain almost like shuts out alot of feelings and and had me forever thinking in circles

Hi I am new here. I am on gabapentin 100 mg 3x day but never make it past 2 doses since timing that med and plaquenil. Rheumy said have lupus even though ana only 1:40 and anti DNA came back as indeterminate 5. I'm on 2nd to third month on each. Gabapentin doesn't make me tired at all in fact I end up skipping last dose to take Tylenol pm or zyrtec to sleep. Tonite however I took both gabapentin and zyrtec even though not recommended got very tired then my chest started fluttering and didn't feel right not sure if reaction to taking both it is scary laying down so up searching and found u. I recently went for second opinion at ny dr (I moved to Fl 5 hrs ago). All my med problems started here the ny dr took tests again and a lot more to see if have lupus which he doesn't feel I have only ana came back this time 1:80 but still on low side of high. No other tests came back positive or abnormal except creatine kinease which came back low ny rheumy SaiD have fibromyalgia not lupus and would not have put me on the drugs I am on which really aren't helping anyway so still on them for now went to neurologist yesterday and wants to up me on gabapentin since not helping and am on such low dose I have an appt next month with new rheumy in Fl that ny rheumy recommended so was going to wait it out a month So not sure what to do but dont sleep like now and I nest to with a neck pillow and 3 other pillows around my body I wear wrist braces every nite I get tingling when I sleep have gained weight and now snore so I am miserable. All this at 42 and Nya Ent scratched surface. By the way recently got rid of memory foam mattress which was killing me (itchy, body pains, back, sweat) got a Sealy mattress king size of course for all my nest and much better when I can sleep. So back to reason on here does gabapentin and zyrtec not mix it says on sites moderate interaction mentions cns. Would it affect chest area or is that my anxiety what should I do I want to go to sleep. I tried reading to forget. I'm peeing alot I even came into living
room to sit up and try to forget. It's 1am and have to get up at 6:15 oh joy!!@!

Ok so here goes,

I have tried Lyrica and it worked for a while, I was on a very high dose. Then after a while like any other medicine your body gets use to it, so it stopped working. I've also been on Lexapro, Cymbalta. Cymbalta also works very well with fibro. As far as my lupus I haven't really been on any meds up until just recently I have been put on Gabapentin 100mg TID (three times a day). I am a medical assistant for a pretty busy primary care doctors office with 3 doctors a nurse practicioner and a PA. As I have learned through out the years it is easier to be busy and work and just ignore the aches and pains, rashes, ect... I try to take multi-vitamins along with some herbals to stay healthy. I recently just lost 50 pounds as this has helped considerably with the high blood pressure and degenerative disc disease. I am only 35 and a huge mess, but my philosophy in life is why let it keep you down, you got to live on. My big way of coping with all of this is of course GOD and praying. It also helps considerably.

CNS:  Lupus, Degenerative Disc Disease, Tendinitis, hypertension, hypothyroidism, fibromyalgia, pinched nerve in L5, sacroilitis, pertruding disc in cervical spine, bulging disc in thoracic spine and minor scoliosis, lesion on liver

Meds:  Gabapentin 100mg TID, bystolic 15mg QD, Benicar/HCT 40/12.5mg QD, Ultracet 37.5/325mg TID, Flexeril 10mg BID, Ativan 0.5 PRN anxiety, Womens multi vitamin pack, omega 3 fatty acid,

I had open heart surgery at on Xmas day 2010 at 23. about 10 months ago I started having real pain all across my chest, back, ribs, and shoulders. It got bad enough my doctor restricted me from working and over 4 months lots of tests were ran and ultimately, it was decided the cause was nerve damage from the surgery. Since then I have been taking 900 mg of gabapenten a day, 300 mg morning, afternoon, and then before bed. Thank god for this drug. In my case, the pain is gone and with it the days of 10 lortabs just to function. Don't even take Tylenol anymore.