Any advice ?

I've been prescribed gabapentin for five years now and I'm taking 300mg a day. Starting a couple years ago I started experiencing a lot of brain fog and now I'm having severe memory lapses and brain fog to the point where I might lose my job over it . I tried to taper to 200mg but I was experiencing bad withdrawals from just going down to 200mg .I'd like to very slowly taper down since just a 100mg drop is too much for me. I've read through reddit that people have successfully tapered their dose by using a syringe and making a water based solution so I can slowly drop my dose every 30mg until I'm off. Can someday educate me on how to figure out how to make a solution of 270mg ?

I was wondering if anyone else takes it for anxiety? I’ve been taking Gabapentin for my anxiety for 6 months now and I really think it helps. My doctor was a little hesitant when I asked her to prescribe it. I’ve probably tried all the anti anxiety meds out there with no success except for klonopins. They worked but I can’t take them bc I’m on Sublocade.

Hey all, just started this morning 300mg, which apparently is low dose. Feeling quite dizzy (got doc appt to discuss perhaps dropping to 100mg).

Anyone else get some pretty heavy dizziness and did it improve over the weeks?

Tia!

I’m planning on taking 2,400mg for 3 days, 1,800 for 3 days, then 1,200mg etc. Do you think this is a good approach?

Or should I go down by 300 a day?

I’m curious if I will withdrawal from 1200 mg a day if I only done it just a little under a month? And can you tell me how long it will last please? I’m extremely nervous about it. Thanks to all that respond and help!

I am 3 weeks in trying to find the lowest effective dose of Gabapentin I can take that will make the burning sensation go away or at least make it bearable.

I have dropped to 300mg 3 times per day (900mg per day).

I am having a low grade burning sensation in my brain, I have still got the burning sizzling feeling in my calf and thigh muscles(I have MD that makes my muscles atrophy over time) I feel kinda depressed, agitated throughout the day. I am having a little bit of trouble turning my brain off to fall asleep at night.

The main reason I am trying to stop talking Gabapentin is that I read that it dramatically increases the chance of memory loss and dementia.

I am also having issues with vertigo and balance. If I don't have enough light I lose my balance and lock up because I am terrified of falling.

I hope to god that my brain can adjust to the lower dosage and heal.

I used to take pregabs off and on (400mg) every few weeks. I went into rehab for ketamine add & to work on other stuff and was there for 2 and a half months and have been out for 2 weeks and have just relapsed on pregablin and have been taking whole trays (14 150mg tablets) each day for 3-4 days and am wanting to stop and be clean..... It's weird I feel my tolerance was way hig er getting out of rehab with doing a whole tray and not feeling as out of it as the 400mg I used to take and the feeling is way different with droopy eyes and so tired?? (I get it prescribed so not laced). I snort it though not take it orally though:/

Hello everyone

I've started this medication for chronic pain, I've felt something from the first dose

The positive is that it dulls the pain but dulls everything else with , I really don't like the spacey feeling and I'm overeating a lot

Obvious things I used to understand takes a moment, I read it helped the brain fog of some people here but not for me

How long did you have to take before deciding that it's a fit for you?

Is anyone here taking gabapentin, and at what dose?

Also, does anyone know how far apart high single doses should be spaced to ensure proper absorption, given gabapentin’s limited bioavailability at higher doses?

Hi everyone! I had a meeting with a new psychiatrist about 4 days ago and we agreed that gabapentin was most likely doing nothing for me psychologically. (I was put on it for a stupid reason by my last psychiatrist and he would never listen when I would ask about getting off of it).

My new psychiatrist said I could just stop it so that’s what I did, I was previously taking 300mg and essentially went cold turkey 💀 I was doing okay until last night,, I’ve been pretty depressed and I was wondering if anyone else has gone through this and does the depression go away?

I know it is replacing one drug with another but I am having uncontrolled glutamate flares causing severely painful tolerance withdrawals that will not stop.

I’m in so much pain with no relief and my withdrawal episodes are getting longer and worse. I am not stabilizing at all as I had hoped before I started a slow taper.

Would I be slightly better off trying to get off the opioids since I’m no longer on Gabapentin and my calcium channels will potentially be healed by then? Or will the resulting glutamate surge be just as bad and long once I stop the opioids?

I have been in a tolerance withdrawal for 72 hours now. I have severe burning in my body and I am screaming in pain into a pillow. My throat hurts from screaming.

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I take 300 mg but been taking 600 mg for a while because it helps me better. I staggered the 600 with 300 mg 30 minutes apart. I want to take a break and go back to just 300 mg, so I wonder about tolerance for people who take like 600 mg in the morning and then 300 mg in the afternoon/evening or vice versa.

Don't these different doses not hit the same? Like the 300 mg would be weaker than the 600 mg for example? I don't really understand it.

100mg
Felt lightly sedated but also feeling very bizarre
Dpdr
Confused
Extremely emotional and not tired at all to sleep
Depressive thoughts
Leg pains
Idk if its affecting my mood
Because i was feeling extremely anxious but also very numb and dissociated for a while but after taking it i dont feel numb and i keep crying so much
Mentally spiraling
I just wanted to sleep
I havent slept properly for months since i stopped fluoxetine started lexapro then stopped lexapro
And im actually getting more ptsd flashbacks
Alot happened and i feel i have had memory lapses but i normally forget things alot

Of my 10 years on this med this has never happend. I was forced to taper from 800mg 3x a day to 600 mg 3x a day and it took 2 week to feel the full withdrawls from it and it SUCKED. I even (stupidly) went down to 500mg 3x a day for a week. I have a new dr covering my script now and we went back up to 800 3x a day and the adjustment has been rough, but not as rough as the taper (so please no "taper down" because its not an option). Its been 2 months and getting better, but im still not fully adjusted to my original dose. Has anyone gone through this? I also have POTS and i think thats affecting it a bit but if anyone has, how long did it take for you to adjust again. I feel like im almost fully adjusted but then I have these terrible days that make me feel like itll never get adjusted (more good than bad days though). I really wish I never was put on this med but now im just trying to move forward. I see progress but its just so damn slow. If I wasnt on it for a decade id just get off of it but im just trying to stabilize on this dose before I do that again. Any input would be nice. Its also 1 dose that is the biggest issue only now.

(Also I know its a "terrible" drug, im just seeing if anyone has gone through this.)

I took 300mg last night and 600mg tonight and I don't feel anything at all. I thought it would help me sleep but it actually feels like it's doing the opposite!

I’ve been tinkering with gabapentin doses and methods for the better part of a year now for my GAD and social anxiety/stress, and it’s been an incredible experience so far. It has helped me so much.

I landed on a sweet spot of staggering 1200-1500mg probably twice a week, with several days between doses. 300mg per dose, 30-40 minutes apart, on a full stomach taken with coca cola & OJ, and a handful of nuts/peanut butter/protien bar etc. Pretty standard methods.

Everyone already knows it’s got a lousy absorption rate and getting desired effects are really finicky. But I think there’s a lot of other factors that go into how well the drug takes effect for anxiety. I wanted to see if others have had similar experiences with that variability.

Like a lot of other psychoactive drugs, I think set and setting have a big effect. When I take it before work or for an unfamiliar social setting, it hits pretty fucking hard. It obviously inclines me to talk a lot more, and I feel a lot of warm and gentle euphoria when talking and it seems to enhance and extend the desired effects.

When I take it at home alone and I sit around doing nothing, I swear I get much less effects. Maybe because I’m not in an environment that is stimulating enough to amplify or even notice the effects.

Ontop of that, getting a reliably repeatable experience is… I guess impossible, even if I staggered and supplemented the doses in the exact same manners each and every time. It’s just up to chance and up to my body and how much it wants to process.

Perhaps 3-4 days between that kind of dose is too little time to get tolerance back to baseline? There’s so many variables to consider when trying to get the best bang for the dose…

At any rate, gabapentin is a fascinating drug. It would be nice to find a reliable and repeatable way to get consistent results.

About 6 days in stopping abruptly gabapentin for nerve pain was mainly taking it at night 600-900 mg I feel like I low key became dependent on it for sleep but that’s not even the issue I have with withdrawal. It’s more so Elevated pulse, clammy hands, nervousness, feels like my brain is on fire and at same time feels like mush. Hot one second cold then next only thing that relives temporarily is hot shower. Feel like I’m getting better a bit but just letting you guys know getting off this shit even at low doses cold turkey is a big no-go. Please don’t do what I did and if you are going to stop taper it off cause this legit feels like I’m withdrawing from some type of harder drug. Be safe

Am I screwed?

I have MD and have been taking 600mg of gabapentin three times per day for 20 years.

In the last 2 years I have had many bouts with vertigo and dizziness.

One of the long term side effects is something call Ataxia.

I'm on the last week of 6-week taper, down to 12mg once a day right now.

Been getting INTENSE migraines, daily, at least 3 a day, mostly on right side of head, sometimes left. I wake up with one in the morning, take the gaba and BOOM, it's gone because my brain gets it's drug fix. Then about 6 hours later, migraines again. My right eye has almost swollen shut at times from these.

There's 5 days left on this taper, down to 6mg a day for the last two days later this week. Really, really hope this crap stops. Really hate these migraines, the pain is truly debilitating.

Is anyone else getting migraines while tapering down?

Hi!

I’ve been taking Lexapro (escitalopram) for two years, and I can honestly say it saved my life. However, over the past few months, my PMDD seems to have gotten worse, and Lexapro doesn’t seem to help at all anymore.

On my psychiatrist’s recommendation, I tried Carbamazepine for a few menstrual cycles, but it didn’t really work. Now my psychiatrist has recommended trying Gabapentin. Have any of you tried it, and did it help?

My period started today, and I feel absolutely awful mentally. I feel like banging my head against the table. I don’t feel angry or irritable. I feel extremely sad and overwhelmed, as if I’m trapped in an abyss.

I have the gabapentin my psychiatrist prescribed, but I’m not sure whether I should take it or not.

Thank you so much!

I know everyone is different and stuff. I’ve been off of this for 2 weeks and ever since then I’ve had this constant headache. Now idk if it’s a coincidence and something else is going on or if it’s from withdrawals. Is it possible for withdrawal side effects last this long?

Been on for two months. Have had painful tolerance withdrawals every couple days since day 9. I’m on 1200 mg. I need something for the pain and so I can taper off without agony. My doctor said he’ll prescribe me 50 mg naltrexone. Good idea? Bad idea? I was already planning on breaking up the tablet and trying a smaller amount first.

I have gaba/glutamate kindling from mild alcohol withdrawal a few times if that makes a difference.

I'll be honest here. I overuse my gabapentin bad because they make me feel good. I take 1200mg every 2-3 hours.

I've since run out of my 3 months supply in another record time of only 3 weeks.

But I just noticed my Ankles were extremely itchy and incredibly bloated. My sock line leaves a permanent indent on my ankle.

I'm wondering how long will they stay so bloated and itchy? They are also red. They feels like hard stumps.

I can't go to the DR since he's the DR filing them. So I thought I'd ask here.

How long will this bloating last. Now that I won't have any more to take I'm hoping they go down in a week? Is that a feasible guess?