# Gabapentin

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/gabapentin/999>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 12, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/gabapentin/999 "2015-02-12T01:24:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![jswilcox2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jswilcox2](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/jswilcox2)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/gabapentin/999/21 "2017-09-28T19:42:16Z")

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I tried the Nortriptyline and started screwing up right and left at work, confusing files, etc. I thought I was have the quickest onset of senility ever. One screw up costs ME a significant amount of money and I was done with that stuff. I hadn’t noticed any improvement anyway.

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**Author:** ![LynnV](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/lynnv/32/593_2.png) [@LynnV](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/LynnV)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/gabapentin/999/22 "2017-10-15T00:52:43Z")

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Hi, jswilcox2. Sorry about the belated response. I haven’t been to the LWE site for a long time because—I’m thrilled to say—mine is under control, for no reason I can fathom. But in response to your reaction to Nortriptyline, I think the unfortunate effects were muted for me because I ramped up VERY slowly. I still take 60 mg a night, along with Gabapentin, and I do okay on it. But I have to admit that since beginning those medications four years ago (because of peripheral neuropathy), my mental processing has indeed slowed down, and I’m a bit more forgetful. I’m also 70 years old, so the medication may not be mostly responsible, but my neurologist says it IS partly to blame. So it’s a trade-off, pain relief for brain decline.

Hope you’ve found a better regimen since the Nortriptyline disaster!

LynnV

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**Author:** ![mommaof4nuts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@mommaof4nuts](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/mommaof4nuts)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/gabapentin/999/23 "2017-11-03T00:56:30Z")

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I first started taking this med about 10 years ago on a lower dose to start for severe nerve pain in both arms. The main side effect that I had and still have is being very tired especially in the beginning. It does get better but still have to fight the tired at times. I have still not been diagnosed with EM yet and the gabapentin doesn’t help me with flares not sure if it’s my body and or being on it so long.

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