Saw my primary doctor this morning. It's the Gabapentin 300 causing diarrhea, dry mouth, dizziness, nausea and weight gain! All my symptoms started since I started Gabapentin 300! She wants me to try 200 and see if that helps. Meanwhile drink lots of water and Gatorade. Only yellow or white. The Vraylar caused my liver enzymes to be so high and my primary doctor is going to let my liver doctor know this. I told my doctor today that if I have to go off these two drugs I have to do ECT and she said she has two patients that get ECT treatments and they are doing well. Nothing to worry about! Waiting for the after-hours psych RN to call me back so I'm at Panera with a Gatorade and bagel waiting for her call. She also wants me to hook up my new CPAP supplies! I've just been lazy but it will help my sleep!
The nurse just called and said I can go down on the gabapentin to 200 but he has to call the psychiatrist on call to get authorization for that. He wanted me to go on 100 or stop it altogether but I don't think I'll be able to sleep through the night if I do that. The Vraylar he said they weren't worried about the raised liver enzymes. He just called back and said the dr is calling in 100s so I can take two or 1. He said if that doesn't work they'll have to get me in for a med review! But that person won't know that Belinda my usual person for med reviews is out till the 25th and that she said if these two meds we use I'll have to do ECT! What a mess!
The nurse just called and said I can go down on the gabapentin to 200 but he has to call the psychiatrist on call to get authorization for that. He wanted me to go on 100 or stop it altogether but I don't think I'll be able to sleep through the night if I do that. The Vraylar he said they weren't worried about the raised liver enzymes. He just called back and said the dr is calling in 100s so I can take two or 1. He said if that doesn't work they'll have to get me in for a med review! But that person won't know that Belinda my usual person for med reviews is out till the 25th and that she said if these two meds don't work out I'll have to do ECT! What a mess!


Feeling sleepy, tired or dizzy
Feeling sick (nausea)
Being sick (vomiting)
Diarrhoea
Mood changes
Swollen arms and legs
Blurred vision
Dry mouth
Difficulty getting an erection
Weight gain
Memory problems
Headaches
Getting more infections than usual