How much gabapentin are you on? I have not found it very helpful for sleep, though I am prescribed it actually fibromyalgia by my rheumatologist. Today I feel as if I'm having a fibro flare-up. Stress usually does trigger it at some people.

It sounds as if you got a very good new pdoc at least. You are lucky in that. I also am dealing with my wonderful pdoc of 10 years retiring. She was so personable and listened to everything carefully. I tried one pdoc before my current pdoc, and less than 6 weeks after a God-awful painful ulcer surgery, she wanted me to go around and collect official records from the hospital, the pharmacy, the mail order pharmacy before she would prescribe me a thing and told me she only listens to voicemail while in the office, not over the weekend or when she was on vacation. I called the old place sobbing on the phone, and the receptionist took pity on me and put me with the other doctor there (he's got a 6 month waiting list). He is efficient, not as personable as my old pdoc; you can be sure that unless he's had an emergency, your appointment will be on time (unlike the old pdoc, who always ran late). However, when I got my psych records from the place, they included his notes as well, and he went into copious detail besides typing them instead of writing them like the old pdoc. So I think he just has a brain that works and processes things very fast it is taking a little getting used to.

For me, the best sleep med has been Seroquel (speaking from a lifetime of insomnia, going back as far as I can remember). I took it low dose while I was in college, then stopped it and went onto the trazodone. But when I got to restart it (albeit at a higher dose, though I definitely did not start at 400 mg), it was such a relief. I could fall asleep again and be certain that within 30 minutes of taking it, I'd want to zonk out. Sleep for me is right now an escape from stress along with the running.