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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Lots of interesting things in this thread. Sr. Mints, have you tried gabapentin or amitriptyline or gabapentin? They are both prescription meds, but good efficacy (well, as good as good is in pain management) and kind of a 2 for 1 with you. Gabapentin is a GABA analogue that was developed for epilepsy, but due to it's neurological effects works well for nerve pain AND helps you sleep. Amitriptyline is an old antidepressant that also seems to be an effective neuropathic pain treatment as well as a sedative at much lower doses than we used for depression (kinda make you feel sorry for those who used to use it for depression).
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Yeah, I take Gabapentin (1800mg daily.) At first it zonked me out, but after a few months I either became immune to those effects or I got use to it.
The other one I take is Nortriptyline (50mg at night.) My doctor keeps telling me that it should help with sleeping, but it honestly hasn't. I began this one about 8 months after the Gabapentin.
I mentioned I take meds for pain which took the edge off, these were the two I was talking about. Sleeping is
impossible if I miss a dose or two.
When I inquired about upping the doses of both, my family doctor says I can go way up on both, but my Physiatrist says the benefits would be lost in my case. So I dunno... I'm more inclined to listen to the specialist.