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Gabapentin, Fibro, Sleep & Cannabis – My Journey (So Far…)

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Hey folks, just sharing a snapshot of where I’m at after a recent fibromyalgia diagnosis, starting gabapentin, and still relying heavily on medical cannabis.

Night 1:
100mg gabapentin.
Result? An extra hour of sleep (total: 4hrs—woohoo, right?) but no pain relief whatsoever. My vape got just as much love as usual, and my body was still throwing its usual tantrum. Naturally, I looked into it (because I don’t just take pills and hope) and found most people don’t feel anything until around the 3-week mark. Great.

Night 2:
Still just 100mg. I managed 5 hours in one go (unheard of), was awake for 2 hours, then grabbed another 2-hour session. For me, that’s basically a miracle.
Sleep: 7 hours total, which is fab, but… still no pain relief.

Tonight is my last night at 100mg before I’m allowed to increase the dose—so I’m cautiously hopeful, but not holding my breath. At this rate, with 100mg increments, it feels like it’ll take months to find out if it actually does anything useful.

Meanwhile, today’s a Doce de Casa day, because nothing’s hit quite right yet. I’m knackered, foggy, and it feels like I’m banging my head against a medical brick wall.

Also worth mentioning...
I’m not totally sold on the fibro diagnosis. Yes, there’s pain—but I’ve had huge gastrointestinal issues, and with a family history of vagus nerve dysregulation (cheers, Dad), I suspect there’s a bigger puzzle here.
I’ve got a gastroenterology appointment this Wednesday, 9th April 2025, and now that they’re aware of the vagus nerve angle, I’m hoping it might finally start shedding some light on the matter.

Throw untreated complex PTSD into the mix, and it’s no wonder my body is finally yelling for help.

I’ve just switched to a new GP who’s supposed to be more proactive. I’m waiting (not-so-patiently) for rheumatology referrals and honestly hoping for someone to properly join the dots.

Until then?
I vape, I research, I survive.
Just trying to make it through each day with what little fuel I’ve got left.
 
Ok further updates lol. So for the past two years if I've ever tried to nap during the day the most ever max I get is 1hr. But usually only 45mins and that's it no more sleep it hit about 6pm had some dinner I tend to always get sleepy so said to my fiancé I'm gonna nap finally settled down 7.15pm. Next thing I know i wake up look at the time 3hrs!! Have passed bringing my total sleep now to 10hrs!!

Still no pain relief though lol. So yeah maybe even the 100mg is doing stuff but I'm only noticing now. I didn't feel any more drowsy than usual after eating. For me these days since my gastro probs especially it happens more. If it can help eventually for pain too as that's ultimately why I asked my Dr for pain relief. The making me sleepy was supposed to be a byproduct lol.
 
That's massive improvement in sleep and hopefully as you charge up from the extra sleep then some pain relief follows in the coming weeks but the sleep alone I imagine would make a massive difference in enabling you get to a better pain level over time .🤞
 
Hey, just wanted to say I really feel for you — it’s exhausting trying to find something that actually helps. I’ve struggled a lot with sleep too. I started using golden milk as part of my routine and it honestly helped loads. But since adding full-spectrum oil to the mix? Bam. It's next level. I’ve finally got something that helps me switch off.

I filmed how I make it in case it’s useful for anyone else struggling with sleep:
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Wishing you some proper rest soon 🙏
 
I am also someone who doubts their diagnosis of fibromyalgia. I haven't been given gabapentin only codeine and amitriptyline and they don't work that well but do work well alongside decent cannabis medicine for me at least. The problem is always maintaining a decent supply of strains that work for you. One day I hope we can all either grow or buy exactly what we want and not what is financially favourable.

All the best with your journey 🙏
 
Yeah hopefully gabepentin was great for sleep finally but yeah I now have to go back down til i am down to a single 300mg dose and then I can start my pregabs
 
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