Off the Gabapentin

Since getting back from NZ I've completely cut out the Gabapentin phantom pain tablets. I think I said earlier that I thought they were interfering with my ability to think and remember, despite the doctors telling me that the dose I was on was too low to have that sort of side effect. One other side effect is that they are a depressant, so not only was my mood affected (not that you'd be able to tell with me), but I was tired all the time. Since I've stopped taking them, I am sure I am functioning a lot better than I had been, and I've stopped falling asleep all afternoon. I am getting more phantom pains, and they can be quite severe, but they are transient, and I'm prepared to put up with them in order to be able to think straight. One of the withdrawal symptoms of gabapentin is an increase in the condition that they are prescribed to alleviate, so I expected more phantom pains immediately after stopping taking them; I'm hoping that this will actually subside in the next few weeks. We'll see.