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**VYholden** · 05-11-2012, 05:46 AM

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.

While there is a lot of anecdotal evidence that gabapentin is effective for chronic pain, there aren't really conclusive randomized control studies that demonstrate its effectiveness.

05-11-2012, 05:46 AM	#25
VYholden Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 635 Senior Member	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. While there is a lot of anecdotal evidence that gabapentin is effective for chronic pain, there aren't really conclusive randomized control studies that demonstrate its effectiveness.
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