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#21
It knocked me out in half an hour last night. I heard the phone ring 52 minutes after I took my pills but managed to lift the phone to see it was Caleb then I crashed into sleep. Never answered the phone.
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#22
I’m feeling anxious tonight. Hope the gabapentin gets rid of it!
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#23
So it’s 3 am and I’ve been up since 2:30! Why did the gabapentin wear off? And to top it off I’m worried about the election.
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#24
I keep waking up for an hour in the middle of the night. I finally fall back asleep until 7 which is good.
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#25
I keep waking up in the middle of the night and it’s hard to get back to sleep. I end up on my phone or playing with the cat.
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#26
Without taking meds I'm sleeping maybe 4 hours broken. Hope your sleep improves.
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#27
I took Gabapentin for a bit. In my case it was a last ditch effort to try to work with my anxiety-- it didn't do anything for me, good or bad in that regard. I didn't feel any difference.
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#28
Well it’s working for anxiety and to get me to sleep. Just waking up early is the problem.
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#29
Ingesting food before bed, so the blood sugar is normal to high, and then your blood sugar goes way down and your body then puts cortisol into the bloodstream in order to then raise blood sugar, and that wakes you up. Oh... and as long as there is cortisol in your system there is no possibility of sleep.
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#30
Didn’t have cereal and still woke up at 4 a.m. and couldn’t get back to sleep. I did take an hour nap around 11 a.m.
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#31
I have shyt sleep too. Never get more than four hours, even with Seroquel before bed. It sucks. I feel your pain!
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#32
I had a nap for 2 hours and then had a mocha cookie crumble frappe from Starbucks! I’ll be up late I’m sure! 😩
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#33
Gabapentin was originally used as an anti seizure medication. It is one of the 5 most prescribed medications in the US, probably because it has an anti-anxiety component.
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#37
This is sort of obvious but my case manager is out of the office the rest of the week….
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#38
I don't know why they would be?
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#39
Be careful about overheating due to lack of sweat.
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Caleb looked it up and gabapentin can make your heart stop if you’re on it and you sit in a hot tub.
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