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Yebo, i-gabapentin ingakulalisa. Ukulala kubalwa phakathi kwemiphumela emibi ejwayelekile yalo mphuzo. Izifundo zibonisa ukuthi cishe amaphesenti angu-19 kuye kwayi-21 abantu abathatha i-gabapentin ngezizathu ezigunyaziwe babika ukuzwa belala, futhi izilinganiso ezibanzi zibonisa noma yikuphi kusuka ku-10 kuye ku-30 percent abanolwazi oluthile lokuthulisa.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi lokhu kulala kuvame ukuthuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela.
I-Gabapentin isebenza ngokuthulisa izimpawu ezixakile zemithambo ebuchosheni nasentanjeni yakho. Ihlisa ukuthukuthela kwamaseli emithambo, yingakho isiza ngezimo ezifana nobuhlungu bemithambo, ukushintshashintsha, nesifo samathambo esingeke sihlale.
Lokho kuthulisa okufanayo yilokho okubangela ukulala. Lapho i-gabapentin ithulisa umsebenzi wemithambo ukunciphisa ubuhlungu noma ukuvimbela ukushintshashintsha, yenza nebuchopho bakho buzwane buphumule kakhulu kunalokho okufunayo emini. Isignali yobuhlungu iyathula, kodwa nokunaka kwakho kuyathula.
Lomthelela wokuthulisa unamandla ngemithamo ephezulu. Iphinde ibe yokuqashelwa kakhulu lapho uqala ukuthatha i-gabapentin noma ngqo ngemuva kokuthi udokotela wakho enyusile umthamo.
I-Gabapentin ayikulalisi ngaso leso sikhathi lapho uyigwinya. Kuthatha isikhathi ukumunca nokufinyelela izinga eliphakeme egazini lakho.
Iningi labantu liqala ukuzwa umthelela wokuthulisa zingakapheli amahora angu-2 kuye kwayi-3 ngemuva kokuthatha umthamo. Yilapho imithi ifinyelela khona ukuqhakama kwayo okuphezulu egazini. Kodwa-ke, isikhathi esiqondile siyahlukahluka kumuntu nomuntu ngokuya nge-metabolism yakho, umthamo wakho, noma ngabe uwathathile nokudla, nokuthi usemthambeni isikhathi esingakanani.
Abanye abantu bazwa ukulala ngokushesha kakhulu. Abanye abakuzwa kancane. Impendulo yakho yomuntu siqu incike ku-body chemistry yakho, umthamo, nokuthi yimiphi eminye imithi oyithathayo.

Kubantu abaningi, yebo. Umzimba wakho ujwayela kancane kancane i-gabapentin phakathi namasonto okuqala. Ukulala okuzwa kungathi kukhulu ekuqaleni kuvame ukubuna noma kunciphe ngokuphelele.
Yingakho odokotela bakuqala ngomthamo ophansi bese bewukhulisa kancane kancane. Ukuhlelwa okuqhubekayo kunikeza uhlelo lwakho lwemithambo isikhathi sokuzivumelanisa ngaphandle kokukudonsa ngokweqile ngokuqalisa.
Uma ukulala kusathinta impilo yakho yansuku zonke ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa, tshela udokotela wakho. Bangase balungise umthamo wakho, bahambise ingxenye enkulu yomthamo esikhathini sokulala, noma bahlole ezinye izinketho.
Ubalulekile. Ukulala kuncike kumthamo nge-gabapentin. Ukuphakama komthamo, kulapho kungenzeka uzizwe ulala kakhulu.
I-Gabapentin inikezwa ngemithamo ehlukahlukene. Abanye abantu bathatha njengama-mg angu-100 kuye kwayi-300 ngosuku, kanti abanye bathatha ama-mg angu-1,800 noma ngaphezulu nsuku zonke, ihlukaniswe ngemithamo eminingi. Ngemithamo ephansi, abantu abaningi abanakho ukulala okuncane noma okungethayo. Ngemithamo ephezulu, ukuqalisa kuba kuvame kakhulu.
Udokotela wakho uzolwela ukuthola umthamo ophansi ongcono kakhulu olawula izimpawu zakho. Leyo bhilidi phakathi kokukhululeka kanye nemiphumela emibi iyinjongo.
Izinto eziningana zingaqinisa umthelela wokuthulisa we-gabapentin.
Imithi Enye Yokulalisa. Ukuhlanganisa i-gabapentin nama-opioids, ama-benzodiazepines, izithambisi zemisipha, izisetshenziswa zokulala, noma ama-antidepressants athile kwandisa ingozi yokulala ngokweqile. Ezimweni ezibucayi, lokhu kuhlangana kunganciphisa ukuphefumula ezingeni eliyingozi, ikakhulukazi kubantu abadala noma abantu abanezinkinga zokuphefumula.
Ubudakwa. Ukuphuza lapho uthatha i-gabapentin kuqinisa kokubili ukulala nokuzwela. Kuyakhuphula futhi ingozi yokuxosha okungalungile kanye nokuphefumula okubambezelekile. Ukuqeda utshwala lapho uthatha i-gabapentin kuyatuswa kakhulu.
Izinkinga Nezinso. I-Gabapentin iyasuswa emzimbeni wakho ngezinso. Uma izinso zakho zingasebenzi kahle, umuthi uhlala esisombululweni sakho isikhathi eside futhi ukhule ezingeni eliphezulu. Lokho kusho ukuqalisa okuningi, noma ngisho ngemithamo evamile. Abantu abanezinkinga zezinso ngokuvamile badinga imithamo ephansi.
Iminyaka. Abantu abadala bavame ukuzwela kakhulu emthelela wokuthulisa we-gabapentin. Baphinde babe sengcupheni enkulu yokuwa ehlobene nokulala nokuzwela umuthi ongawubanga.

Abanye odokotela basebenzisa umthelela wokuthulisa we-gabapentin ngamabomu. Nakuba kungagunyaziwe yi-FDA njengesizisi sokulala, kwesinye isikhathi kunikezwa ngaphandle kokugunyazwa kwe-insomnia, ikakhulukazi lapho izinkinga zokulala zihlobene nobuhlungu bemithambo, ukukhathazeka, noma isifo samathambo esingeke sihlale.
Isifundo esisodwa sathola ukuthi abantu abadala abathatha ama-mg angu-250 noma ama-mg angu-500 we-gabapentin imizuzu engu-30 ngaphambi kokulala bathuthukise isikhathi sokulala kanye nekhwalithi yalo. Ucwaningo lubonisa futhi ukuthi i-gabapentin ikhuphula ukulala okukhulu, okuyisigaba esijulile nesivuselelayo umzimba wakho osidinga kakhulu.
Uma i-gabapentin ikulalisa, udokotela wakho angase aphonse ukuthatha ingxenye enkulu yomthamo wakho esikhathini sokulala. Ukuqalisa kusebenza ngokufanele lapho ulala kunokukudonsela phansi emini.
Uma ukulala kwe-gabapentin kuthinta usuku lwakho, izinyathelo ezisebenzayo zingasiza.
I-Gabapentin yenza abantu abaningi balale, ikakhulukazi ekuqaleni kokwelashwa nangemithamo ephezulu. Lomthelela uvame ukuthuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela. Uma ungathuthuki, udokotela wakho angalungisa isikhathi noma umthamo ukuze akusize uzizwe uvuke kakhulu emini. Okubalulekile ukusebenza nomdokotela wakho ukuthola ibhalansi efanele phakathi kokukhululeka kwezimpawu nemiphumela emibi.
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