Sally, what would be too much calcium? I know that if you take too much
you get into trouble for other things.
Janice
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 10:09 AM
To: john snodgrass
Cc: Dalton Garis ; transverse myelitis
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Gabapentin
John,
I'm not sure what your spasms are like - maybe yours are much worse than
mine, but I've found that if I take sufficient calcium supplements, I
don't have them. (What I refer to as 'spasms', for me, is when nerves in
my legs actually cause my legs to jerk around when I'm still. It makes it
hard to go to sleep.)
I take maybe 800 mg to 1200 mg/day, depending on how much calcium foods
I've eaten. If my legs start to spasm, I know I didn't take enough and
get up and take some. (Calcium is more effective if taken in smaller
doses - i.e. 400mg - throughout the day, rather than all at once.) My
calcium levels were good before I was given the 5000 mg methyl-prednisone
to zap the myelitis, but that zapped the calcium, too. So this is likely
to be true for all of us who were given steroids to treat the TM. It
might be worth it to give it a try.
Sally
realy bad spasms.
it helps some.
i thought this stuff made you sleepy.
i reckon i am immune.
--- On Sat, 12/18/10, Dalton Garis <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Dalton Garis <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Gabapentin
To: "john snodgrass" <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 9:33 AM
That is 4x what I am taking!
John, do you have paralysis and spasms? And is that why the neuro has you
on such a high dose?
Because I would love to be more medicated if I could.
Dalton
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From: john snodgrass <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:11:48 -0800 (PST)
To: Kevin Wolfthal <[email protected]>
Cc: transverse myelitis <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Gabapentin
Resent-From: <[email protected]>
Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:11:49 -0800
i am taking 2400 mg a day. it helps but it doesn't heal me
--- On Sat, 12/18/10, Kevin Wolfthal <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Kevin Wolfthal <[email protected]>
Subject: [TMIC] Gabapentin
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 6:12 AM
My new doctor visited me today. I asked him again about
Gabapentin and he
is going to start me on 100mg 3 times a day. For those who
take this, I would
like to hear how you did on it. I realize it's a low
dosage.
Thanks,
Kevin
