Yes, I open the capsule - sometimes it takes awhile but I finally get it. I've found that if I twist the capsule it is easier BUT I have to have the capsule over whatever I'm putting it in.
I have to cut or open all of my meds because I have an ileostomy ( I had to have all my colon removed due to ulcerated colitist over 35 years ago) and due to that pills and capsules don't desolve but go through me within an hour or so therefore doing nothing. I did read in the phamplet that openin and mixing with soft foods was acceptable but I also remember my mother doing that for my step-father after his stroke because he couldn't swallow anything except soft foods. Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably . And never regret anything that made you smile. Prayers and thoughts for you and yours, Candy K. ----- Original Message ----- From: rn11...@yahoo.com To: "CANDIS KALLEY" <cakal...@embarqmail.com> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:11:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [TMIC] Gabapentin ?? Hi, Am I understanding that you are opening a capsule and splitting the contents in half? Cheryl in Easthampton,Mass. --- On Thu, 1/14/10, CANDIS KALLEY <cakal...@embarqmail.com> wrote: From: CANDIS KALLEY <cakal...@embarqmail.com> Subject: [TMIC] Gabapentin ?? To: "TMIC-LIST" <TMIC-LIST@eskimo.com> Date: Thursday, January 14, 2010, 1:01 PM I started a week ago on Gabapentin 300 mg 1X daily but I take approx. 1/2 in the am mixed with my yogart and the other half in applesauce at night. The Gabapentin does help with some of the nerve pain - when I'm awake meaning that it does make me sleep much more - 4 to 12 hours at a time. I was just getting to the point of only sleeping 8 to 10 hours at night with a 2 to 4 hour nap. I also find that I'm dreaming as I'm waking up - something that I haven't done in the last 4 years since TM hit. My neuro told me to take 1 capsule the first week, 2 the next week, then 3 from there on. I called today and told the nurse that because it was making me so tired that I was going to stay on the 1 capsule per day until my body adjusts because I was sleeping way too much and not getting anything else done. I know this will happen because each time I've added a med that has a "sleepiness, fatigue" effect, within a month or so my body adjusts and I go back to my "normal" sleep pattern. I believe that I have seen others here thattake Gabapenin and wonder if they have had the same effects? Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably . And never regret anything that made you smile. Prayers and thoughts for you and yours, Candy K.
