My first week of taking gabapentin has continued to see improvements in the nerve issues, and the pain level has definitely been more tolerable on the whole.
I drove up to see my late wife’s mother in the north east on Friday. It took about 5h45m in total including a stop to do the 310 miles. I didn’t feel as bad that night or the next morning as I had done after the 200 mile journey to Cornwall about 6 weeks ago. Perhaps this is the extra few weeks recovery, perhaps the change of car – who knows? The journey back on Sunday took about the same amount of time, but I was feeling much worse by the time I got back, and was not good the next day at work either. I suspect not having much of a gap between the two long trips did me in.
I stopped the amitriptyline on Tuesday night, as per the GP’s advice for changing to gabapentin. I need to monitor how my leg, and particularly right foot, is over the next few days, as I’ve had quite a distinct sensation of sunburn in my foot again last night and this morning. It might be that I worked at home yesterday though, because I do find my legs are worse in terms of stability when I get up after even relatively short periods at my desk at home. I can’t work out why that is because my chair is almost identical to the one at work, and I don’t think the desk is a different height etc.