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Old Nov 10, 2023, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Nammu View Post
I do take ambian but have no issues with it except that it doesn’t keep me asleep. My pdoc recently recently added gabapentin. Though I looked it up and it said nothing about sleep it has worked wonders. The ambian helps me fall asleep but the gabapentin ( a low dose, just 300mg) helps me stay asleep! I’m sleeping better than I have in years. I hope you find something that helps.

Welcome
At Stanford medicine a resident told me in 2017 that Gabapentin improves sleep architecture.
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Bipolar I w/psychotic features
Last inpatient stay in 2018

Lybalvi 10 mg
Naltrexone 75 mg


Gabapentin 1500 mg+Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects)

Long-term side effects from medications, some of them discontinued:
- Hypothyroidism
- Obesity BMI ~ 38