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What medication do you take to help you sleep?
With FA, restless legs can be a symptom and cause those to have trouble falling asleep and/or maintaining to stay asleep.
To help me avoid the numbness and pain in my legs, I take Baclofen and Gabapentin as muscle relaxers at night time prescribed by my neurologist. I also heard from members of the FA Community that taking Magnesium and Zinc may help too.
Do you take medication? What remedy helps you best?
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Christina,
Thanks for sharing this information. In the last 2-3 years I have had this problem, sleeping at most 3-4 hours a night before waking up. I have found nothing that works. Do the prescriptions you mentioned have any side effects?
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Hi Jeff!
I am sorry to hear that you have been having issues sleeping!
The only side effect is that I can feel groggy in the morning, which can make it physically hard to get out of bed. On those mornings, I have my husband help me!
-Christina
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Christina, thanks for the tip, I’ve been debating trying Gabapentin but wasn’t sure about the side effects. Grogginess I can manage if it means actually getting more than 3 hours of sleep!
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Yes, it it definitely worth it in that regard!
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