Hi Spamar and thanks for taking the time to reply!
I’ve been on Gabapentin for a long time, but I’ve never been checked to see if I needed to continue with it and I realised that this is true for all my medication.
I’ve decided to reduce my medication and I now have my doctor’s support.
I will continue to this as long as I can and as long as there is a positive outcome.
I was badly addicted to morphine and every morning I would wake cold and sweating, unable to do anything before taking my next dose. Now, after nearly a year, I’m free of all morphine and I feel so much better and alive. This gave me big push to do more. The downside... I still get cravings, aches and pains, but fingers crossed this will get easier with time.
You have to be sure you can come off it and only you really know that.
Can I ask if you have Dementia? I’m trying to get in touch with anyone that has dementia and is online.
Here is my site I started to share ideas about suffering with dementia, not for Carers looking after people with it. Toolate.blog
Here is my daily medication regime and nightmare:
Aspirin 75mg 1 daily in morning HEART
Anti platelet agent. Stops blood clotting. Following heart problems 2007 and stent fitted.
Atorvastatin 80mg 1 daily at night Maximum Dose HEART
Statin. To lower cholesterol in blood. Following heart problems 2007 and stent fitted.
To be used when diet and life style fail to achieve lower cholesterol.
Bisoprolol 5mg 1 daily in morning HEART
Beta blocker. Protect heart from too much activity. Following heart problems 2007 and stent fitted.
Not to be used if heartbeat below 60bpm?
Candesartan 16mg 1 daily in morning HEART
Relax and widen blood vessels. Help to lower blood pressure. Makes easier for heart to pump blood. Following heart problems 2007 and stent fitted.
Bendroflumethiazide 2.5mg 1 daily in morning HEART
Water tablets. Reduce fluid retention. Lower blood pressure.
Glyceryl Trinitrate 500microg when required. HEART
Helps with heart pain and breathlessness
Donepezil10mg1 daily at night DEMENTIA
To help mild or moderately severe dementia
Slows down the breakdown of acetylcholine in in brain. Acetylcholine = neurotransmitter… vital for brain cells to communicate
Risperidone 0.5mg 1 daily at night ANTI-PSYCHOTIC
Betahistine16mg 1 – 3 times daily Morning, afternoon and night. Ménière’s
Vertigo, Tinnitus, Hearing loss. Helps blood pressure in inner ear. If I miss I get continued awareness of blood flowing in my head at each heartbeat.
Cinnarizine 15mg 2 – 3 times daily Morning, afternoon and night. Ménière’s
Bad Nausea, Vertigo, Tinnitus, Hearing loss. Helps blood pressure in inner ear.
Gabapentin 300mg 1 – 3 times daily Morning, afternoon and night.EPILEPSY AND NEUROPATHIC PAIN
Lamotrigine 150mg 1 twice daily Morning and night EPILEPSY
Blocks signals to the brain that trigger epileptic seizures
Levetiracetam 1.5g 1 twice daily Morning and night EPILEPSY
Help treat seizures predominantly from left temporal side if brain.
Add-on to Lamotrigine to help tonic clonic seizures. Grand Mal
Citalpram 40mg 1 daily at night DEPRESSION
SSRI Helps with panic attacks and depression
Mirtazapine 45mg 1 daily at night DEPRESSION
Antidepressant
Venlalic XL 75mg 1daily in the morning DEPRESSION
SNRI not sure who prescribed this. Severe side effects … increased episodes of severe muscular pain in body, increased Ménière’s problems, either sleeping all the time, or not at all. Took long time to settle
Lorazepam-1mg 1 twice daily Morning and night EXTREME ANXIETY
Helps with anxiety, stress and panic attacks
Pregabalin 100mg 1 twice daily Morning and night SEVERE NEURALGIC PAIN
Helps against hot, sharp, toothache like pain, in right side of face, ear, eye, arm and hand, teeth and gums, lower back, groin, backside, back of leg and inside leg, below foot.
Omeprazole 20mg 1 daily in morning ANTACID
Reduces acid in stomach. Protein pump inhibitors. .
Salbutamol 100 micrograms every 4 hours ASTHMA
Salmeterol 50 micrograms 1 twice daily ASTHMA
Cleaning Modulite 100 micrograms 2 twice daily ASTHMA
Senna 7.5mg 2 daily at night
Ispaghula husk 3.5 1 twice daily
Micro-Enema 5ml every other day