Just took 15mg oxycodone and 300mg gabapentin together. That's my morning dose for muscle, bone, and nerve pain. I give myself a 1:1 chance of passing out within the next 2 hours.
If I can stay awake, it'll be time to take the rest of my meds, including other sedating medications. I'd lower the odds to 5:4 at that time.
@Mandypar Well, the operation isn't for the bits for which I'm taking the gabapentin. The operation is on my left knee, while the gabapentin is for nerve pain in my outer right lower leg and ankle (related to an endovenous ablation procedure where the doctor damaged the nerve with the RF probe). Unfortunately, only time can heal that, according to the vascular specialist. That's why I'm on a 30-day course of gabapentin.
@leejackson 😴 💤 sleep is a great healer. And thanks for the chicken fried steak recipe!
@altamaha Well, it's been about an hour, and I'm still awake. I'm kind of forcing the issue, though, but that's not necessarily a bad thing ... right?
Anyway, just one more hour before I can take my other medicines. Then I can rest easy, as long as my cat doesn't start getting into the Christmas wrapping papers and presents. 😱
@leejackson now you done done it. You do realize that just THINKING about the naughty things cats can do will transmit the message to them, right?
@altamaha I certainly hope not! This cat has a history of swallowing things. He swallowed a lot of string that made it into his intestines, requiring hospitalization and major surgery to remove. We don't need that again!!!
@leejackson not THAT naughty...just knock things over naughty. 😍
@leejackson Definitely a powerful dose. I only take Gabapentin in 100 mg chunks and only 2 x per day now (for leg spasms) (I should have it 3x but I can't function on that much). At the worst I was on 1800 mg (when my Trigeminal Neuralgia was at it's worst but thanks to a neurosurgeon it's mostly controlled now) Hope your operation helps you get off them 🤗