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**quack!** · 05-11-2012, 05:20 AM

***I will respond more in-depth to this later. My insomnia is finally taking a nose dive, so I feel a bit sleepy. I will elaborate.

Are you taking Gabapentin ?

My missus has CFS/ME + Fibromyalgia and was getting the same headaches you describe, lasting from all day to several hours at a time, the pain was like a woodpecker constantly tapping on the inside of her skull, over the left side, predominately.

She had been on Gabapentin for over 3 years to help her sleep at night cos of the pain from everything, I convinced her to slowly withdraw from it and after several weeks of bad headaches and other withdrawal symptoms, the headaches have stopped and she hasn't had one for over a month, She also cut down her Paracetamol intake from 8 to 2 a day, I was concerned for her Liver too as its very easy to OD on Paracetamol and she's been doing 8 or more per day for 3-4 years.

Not saying if your taking Gabapentin you should stop, but might be something to look into.

05-11-2012, 05:20 AM	#24
quack! Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 607 Senior Member	***I will respond more in-depth to this later. My insomnia is finally taking a nose dive, so I feel a bit sleepy. I will elaborate. Are you taking Gabapentin ? My missus has CFS/ME + Fibromyalgia and was getting the same headaches you describe, lasting from all day to several hours at a time, the pain was like a woodpecker constantly tapping on the inside of her skull, over the left side, predominately. She had been on Gabapentin for over 3 years to help her sleep at night cos of the pain from everything, I convinced her to slowly withdraw from it and after several weeks of bad headaches and other withdrawal symptoms, the headaches have stopped and she hasn't had one for over a month, She also cut down her Paracetamol intake from 8 to 2 a day, I was concerned for her Liver too as its very easy to OD on Paracetamol and she's been doing 8 or more per day for 3-4 years. Not saying if your taking Gabapentin you should stop, but might be something to look into.
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