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Tart Cherry Jam
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Default Jan 02, 2024 at 10:10 PM
 
That is a low dose of Gabapentin @Nammu. I am taking between 900 mg and 1500 mg, but I take it only secondarily for sleep and primarily for the amelioration of EPS. Gabapentin improves sleep architecture and deep sleep in insomniacs. I am glad it allowed you to reduce Ambien to recommended dosage levels. Ambien did nothing at all for me, but I did not try dosages above recommended. Lunesta, Sonata... same thing. This whole class of meds. Did nothing.

Sleep is not easy, is it?

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Bipolar I w/psychotic features
Last inpatient stay in 2018

Geodon 40 mg
Seroquel 75 mg
Lybalvi 5 mg as a PRN

Gabapentin 1200 mg, Vitamin B-complex (against extrapyramidal side effects)

Long term side effects from medications some of them discontinued:
- hypothyroidism
- obesity

Suspected narcolepsy
Treated with Ritalin 5mg
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