"i have been prescribed gabapentin for insomnia. for the last 2 years i have taken it nightly at bedtime 2000mg + 12.5 mg zolpidem er + .25 mg of alprazolam.  i find the zolpidem + alprazolam put me to sleep and the gabapentin keep me there...... most of the time.  i feel as though i have forgotten how to &quot;fall&quot; asleep, but now knock myself out.  after taking this handful of pills nightly at 9 pm, i can be awake at 2 am or 4 am. it has been a lot of drugs for a long period of time.  since the drugs &quot;labeled&quot; use is for nerve pain, which i didn&#039;t have, i worry that the neuroma in my foot that developed 15 months ago might be related.  neuroma, foot injections, foot surgery .. pain unresolved

how effective do you think it is?"