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It has been known to help with nerve pain, twitching, anxiety, and insomnia. It's generally used medium term and can have some withdrawals. I was on 900 a day for a handful of months and didn't actually notice it do anything at all. But when I stopped it did seem like my sleep got worse than usual. It's an old and pretty mild drug overall. Seeing my GP for the first time next week after my BFS diagnosis and might ask for a prescription. Any thoughts appreciated. Ive had great success with Gabaptentin. I would estimate a solid 75% reduction in the intensity and consistency of the twitches. Welcome to /r/gabapentin, here we primarily discuss issues pertaining to the medical, prescribed use of Gabapentin, Lyrica and Phenibut, as well as other Gaba related drugs. This IS NOT the subreddit for discussion of how to get high or otherwise abuse GP. Neurologist diagnosed me as "most likely" caused by BFS. I've been experiencing twitching and here's for 4-5 months. I have a clean EMG and Nerve Conduction Study. I stopped taking gabapentin prior to my symptoms and the doc believes that the medical + my anxiety triggered these issues. I see a Neuromuscular Specialist on Tuesday to discuss Benign fasciculations: gabapentin Forcelini et al. raphy (EMG) revealed widespread fasciculation potentials during the muscle rest, without any other abnormality. The following blood tests rendered normal results: blood counts, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, fasting glucose, uric acid, total and fractional cholesterol, triglycerides, tests for I have taken 6 300mg gabapentin tabs for about 4-5 years for SFN pain and fasciculations. It really helps a lot but I’m anxious about PN nonetheless. I tried weaning myself down a few weeks ago and the twitches went nuts. My doctor just prescribed me Gabapentin 100mg 3x per day for anxiety. She said she’s had much success with patients who can’t use benzos. And the online reviews are very positive. I can’t get into a neurologist until April though, but in the meantime my family doctor has prescribed 300mg of gabapentin at night but now he is suggesting I increase my dose to 600mg because the muscle twitching and cramping is increasing again. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. In short, my hypothesis is that a GABA imbalance leads to increased hyper excitability of the nervous system (which is a root cause of BFS for many). Therefore, supplementing with GABA can calm the nervous system and will reduce twitching. EVIDENCE: Many people report BFS started for them after covid or the vaccine. I'm taking pregabalin (2 weeks in, 50 MG) but haven't seen any changes so far. I take it and haven’t noticed much of a difference on twitching. It does help my neuropathy pain though. I take 300 mg of gabapentin and have found it does reduce fasciculations. It was never it. It almost always ends up being BFS or something related (for example he told me about some tetanic syndrome - also benign - that sounded like an even stronger version of BFS) He told me that throughout his 25 year career, he has diagnosed around 50-60 people with ALS and so has some experience with it, and it starts differently. There are some side effects to Gabapentin and Lyrica (also, Lyrica is often not covered by insurance policies, as it's expensive). I experienced some lethargy, and little beneficial effects regarding the twitching. The correlation between BFS and anxiety has been widely discussed. I strongly believe that they are to separate conditions. Anxiety can surely cause fasciculations, and fasciculations can cause anxiety. But anxiety induced twitches are not BFS, they are merely a symptom of anxiety. People with BFS can do little to nothing about their condition. Hello! I was wondering if anyone here has ever tried/been prescribed gabapentin? I’m starting on a very mild dose of 400mg daily to treat my health Gabapentin doesn't stay in your system very long, very short period of time so you have to keep taking it constantly. It makes your own body stop producing GABA and you take it for I a synthetic version of it. Patient Forums for Gabapentin. Part of the Brain and nerves category. Symptom, treatment and advice from community members Gabapentin is the second most tried treatment for BFS in the community. Magnesium (Magnesium is ranked #1 most tried and #1 most effective by members.) 21% of members reported trying Magnesium, compared to 7% for gabapentin. I’ve been taking a relatively low dose (600mg) for about 3 weeks now. I haven’t really see any change in my twitching and it might even be a little As with previous commenters, treatments so far for me have been pretty hit or miss, mostly miss. These include differing amounts and combinations of gabapentin and carbamazepine, both of which make me completely exhausted, including days where it's difficult to work.
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