Peripheral Neuropathy
"Started gabapentin at 300 mg daily. Moving up an extra 300 mg every 3 days.  Was extremely sleepy for over two weeks with little or no pain relief...until I started taking 2400 mgs, 600 mgs three times daily. At this dosage my pain level dropped significantly and the drowsiness side effect stopped. The pain had been so intense I&#039;d been feeling suicidal...and even opiates were not controlling it.  Now, with the 2400 mg daily dose of gabapentin my neuropathy pain is very well controlled and life is good again.  I have experienced no side effects since the first few weeks of drowsiness.  Don&#039;t let doctors tell you that if 900 mg daily doesn&#039;t relieve your pain...that the medicine won&#039;t work for you. 1800 mg to 3600 mg is a working dose."