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Hi everyone Has anyone tried Gabapentin for pain relief? Doc has just changed my tramadol to this to try and get on top of the pain, without side effects but after a week of taking it, I'm not sure if it is actually working, and not sure if I should give it a bit longer before I give up on it. Anyone any ideas/ help?  Adrienne
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Joined: 12/3/2009 Posts: 3,157 Location: Huddersfield
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hi Adrienne,
I don't take Gabapentin but I know a few people on here take it so I'm sure someone will see it and tell you how they find it for pain.
I think it may take longer then just a week to start working on pain although I'm not certain.
I hope it does work for you soon.
Doreen xx
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A friend of mine has Gabapentin for Fibromyalgia, and she finds it helps a lot.
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ayarwood wrote:Hi everyone Has anyone tried Gabapentin for pain relief? Doc has just changed my tramadol to this to try and get on top of the pain, without side effects but after a week of taking it, I'm not sure if it is actually working, and not sure if I should give it a bit longer before I give up on it. Anyone any ideas/ help? Adrienne Hello Adrienne,
I am on Gabapentin. I take 3 pills a day- 1 in the morning and 2 at night about 1 hr before bed.
I find the side effect only strikes at night- it makes me giddy and I struggle to co-ordinate movement but it stops me screaming with the nerve pain in the night and waking everyone up. So I make sure I go to the loo before I have it or it will be a drunken looking swagger down the hall in me jarmies!
PLus, in the middle of the night I am convinced my legs are on fire and I am franticly looking for the flames- with the gabapentin this has almost totally stopped.
I do get twingey nerve pain but nothing like it was without the gabapentin.
I had to build the dose over 3 wks. it really started working well by the end of wk 4.
Jenni xxhow to be a velvet bulldoser
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i was recently given this drug by the hospital because i have RA and also have been suffering spine pain from a bulging disc my husband said i used to twitch a lot in my sleep but since having gabepenthum the twitching has stopped .I find the tablets make me sleepy so i have to be careful during the day.I hope this has helped bye for now
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