I have been taking gabapentin 400mg for the last 2 years 3 times a day. some people say that they can take 1 and it knocks them out. i have never experienced that. perhaps because of the extreem pain. I also take hydrocodone,baclofen, and lorazepam.
________________________________ From: Rev. Craig Crossman <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, September 8, 2010 4:29:01 PM Subject: [TMIC] Neurologist visit Finally had my first appointment with new neurologist. The good news (according to her) is that while my TM will be with me the rest of my life, it will not get progressively worse because she says TM is not a degenerative disease. The TM can keep you from being as active as you should be so over time many people with TM lose a lot of strength and function. That has happened to me. The bad news is that I do have a type of neuropathy which will get progressively worse and there is really nothing to be done with it except control the symptoms. Bottom line according to her? I will probably not live until I am 90, and as time goes by I will have less and less neural control over my extremities. So my neurologist has started me on some meds she says I should have been on all along but I should also stay on the ones I am on currently. The mixture of all these different drugs might be interesting. Who knows, some Sunday morning I may show up in the pulpit wearing a pink tutu and a glittery tiara. The drugs I currently take are hydrocodone, Tramadol, and Amitriptyline. She has added gabapentin 300mg and Ropinirole 0.5mg. If anyone has anything they think I should know about these last two meds, I would appreciate it. BTW, she said she was already aware of, and read up on, TM. Rev. Craig Crossman First Baptist Church 615 W. Webster St. Colby, KS 67701 W - (785)462-2867/ Cell - (785)443-5154 [email protected] www.firstbaptistcolby.org
