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Re: Gabapentin at 600mg for sleep, pain

Posted by floatingbridge on September 22, 2011, at 13:30:34

In reply to Re: Gabapentin at 600mg for sleep, pain » floatingbridge, posted by sigismund on September 22, 2011, at 12:21:05

I have both arthritic (OA) pain and a kind of pain mostly related to the back OA that is called fibro. My legs and feet hurt in a non-mechanical sort of way. It's all, in my mind, related to the back injury and surgery triggered (back did something strange during late pregnancy then had emergency c-section). After that, it's been wicked. Before that, a runner, iyengar yoga, blah, blah, blah. Basically healthy except for MDD/whatever.

The pain, is like what Phillipa says, is some ways, in that it is triggered by standing for long (or not so long) periods of time. So by the mid-afternoon I am very tired and the pain really kicks in. It just stinks. But I am working on it. Yesterday was awful because the day before I had restarted some gentle yoga postures, like a downward facing dog. Today is better.

I don't find the NSAIDs to be helpful. I might take motrin if I have a rare headache. What I do like though is an NSAID patch called Flector. I will wear one on my lower back somedays. It helps take the bite out of it. Same NSAID internally does nothing noticeable.

I need to get swimming. My big problem is, like, when do I get the time when the pool is open :-/

I think I will bring up trying 600mg with my pdoc.

Thanks.

Oh, sigi, so it keeps working? I have to ask, you know, having seen escalation and tolerance in norco (done with that) and benzos :-/


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