Gabapentin Puns

As the title says, i’m 15 and every now and then i smoke weed or take gabapentin. Is this bad for me or my brain? I’m pretty healthy and i’m able to keep my grades up, and would even go as far to say that i excel in some college level AP classes. I also don’t have any issue with keeping a good relationship with friends. I made a throwaway to ask this, so please give serious, honest response. Thanks.

Hi everyone. My apologies if this sounds a bit desperate. It's been a really long, awful 6/ 7 weeks. Additionally, I'm on my menstrual cycle (waiting for an endometriosis diagnosis) and very fatigued right now, so I hope this post makes some sort of sense.

I (F23) got diagnosed with IBS last month- its been a really bad 6 weeks (really not great 5 months of anxiety/depression/fatigue) of not sleeping well, fibro flaring, and GI upset even though I'm taking all the meds prescribed and am following LOWFODMAP/ gluten free.

After about two years of awful fatigue symptoms, I got diagnosed with Fibro in July, and I've attempted to try Welbutrin (all of the SSRIs/SNRIS all of them go badly for me). My fibro presents not as pain in my hands or joints (though I do get pain sparks in my hands whenever I expose them to cold) but it flares especially badly during my menstrual cycle, and sciatica/ upper shoulder/ GI pain. The anxiety/ pain feedback loop has been miserable, and my quality of life since the pandemic started has just been destroyed. I used to do yoga most days, (now i'm lucky if I can move around any day) and now I'm back to my high school weight, so its a bit scary for me.

I'm at the point where I need to be a functional human being to do grad school work, and I can't medical withdraw for the semester given classes that won't be offered again, I love my program, and need the financial/intellectual stability that TA-ing provides. I've been in therapy (DBT) for all of my life, and have PTSD (in recovery, much better than 6 years ago) which makes the depression and anxiety worse.

I basically have two options:

1. Gabapentin/ Cymbalta/ Lyrica. I'm terrified to start it. Welbutrin made me not remember 3 weeks of my life and it tanked my work performance.

2. Cannabis- I've done some research and would like to try edibles, and I'm in a legal state (Illinois), but I don't know how to figure out what edible to buy and how to go about it with lowfodmap? I get overwhelmed by the dispensary websites in my area. I'd like something thats anti-anxiety/ pain relieving.

If you've read all of this, thank you so much. :) This sub has been very helpful to know I'm not alone.

I just recently got taken off of Gabapentin by my doctor. I was taking 400mg 3 times daily.

After a little research online I ordered some Phenibut in hopes it would be similar. I’m curious as to how much Phenibut I would have to take to achieve the same effects that I would get from 400mg Gabapentin.

Anyone have any ideas? What dose of Phenibut do you think is similar or equal to 400mg of Gabapentin?

So far I’ve gotten

• l theanine
• gaba
• magnesium
• melatonin

What other supplements should I get before I go cold turkey tomorrow without choice?

Well I finished my Dad’s untouched 300 pill bottle of Pregabalin. That was 2 weeks ago. I went through it in 4-5 months. I have some Phenibut coming but it’s a month late.

I ring up the doc and just straight up ask him for Gabapentin. I don’t know how drugs are controlled in Canada, so I didn’t wanna ask for Pregabalin yet as it has a higher rate of abuse. Buddy didn’t even ask why I needed the script. Oh yeah and it was over the phone too. He got his medical degree in Vietnam in the 70s. 1 hour later I’m walking out of the pharmacy holding the 30 pill bottle smiling like a moron.

I stagger 2400mg. I’m very familiar with Pregabalin and its effects so I was surprised by the Gabapentin effects. Its just like Pregabalin but way more subtle, and less of an intense body high. I still dropped a lot of stuff but didn’t stumble at all; which Pregabalin always makes me do.

After a great Friday night out I’m walking home. I get off the Skytrain and start walking down the very steep hill where I live. It was -20 out with the windchill and everywhere was icy.

I see 3 people approaching me. 2 girls and a guy. I obviously didn’t think much of it until the girl shoved me off the sidewalk for no reason even though I made space for them. I stop and look back. They do too, and the douchebag approaches me; clearly drunk probably off Pregabalin too, and he says “What’s up bro?”. I said nothing and looked at him. This man pulls out a machete from the inside of his jacket. I could of easily knocked him out, I’m 6’6 250lbs and the guy was 5’8ish. He puts the machete to my stomach. I don’t know why I didn’t knock his ass out right there.,But I started running and he started chasing me down the street. I used my Gabapeentin superpowers to sprint at Usian Bolt speed. I got away. During the whole ordeal I didn’t have one bit of anxiety or worry.

I turned around, took an alley and followed them. I know I shouldn’t get revenge but I was angry. I see them and now I’m chasing them! I stop because I realize this isn’t worth a charge. Self defense isn’t a thing in Canada.

So yeah that’s my first Gabapentin experience,

I think I’m gonna stick with Pregabalin

Does anyone who takes gabapentin experience extreme hunger and weight gain? Does anyone have a good alternative I can ask my rheumatologist for? I’ve gained 15 lbs since starting the gabapentin back in November and I am not going to continue this. I’ve only been diagnosed since October and it’s actually part of long covid for me so I’m hoping other have experience with other meds that haven’t made them gain weight.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5745655/

After reading this, I had several concerns

1. the researchers mention that there has not been much research on the use of gabapentin for anxiety. I’m alarmed that so many docs are prescribing this, without knowing what they’re about to put their patient through.
2. the results are based on the little quiz that the woman takes to rate her anxiety - nothing else. I was hoping to read about the woman’s experience taking the drug from her own perspective.
3. Throughout the entire trial, the woman is trying to get off of gabapentin, yet they conclude that it’s effective in treating anxiety. They state that she wanted to get off of it due to excess sleepiness. No details were provided. How is this an effective treatment if the patient is constantly trying to get off of the drug?
4. the patient developed depression at the end of the case study. The researches did not dive into this. Why are we being prescribed gabapentin for anxiety when developing depression is a potential side effect.

So my GP prescribed me gabapentin on Christmas Eve for my knee pain- started a year ago after a suspected pseudo-locking and tendinitis/bursitis after (nobody can seem to agree on what it was) and now has developed into CRPS.

I’ve just managed to hit 900mg a day spread across 3 doses, and I feel so odd on it. My foot/ lower leg feels tingly, I’ll have random moments of being hit by feeling foggy and completely wiped out and unable to focus, and I’m so tired and sleeping so much. It’s helping with the pain but I feel so weird on the meds- does anyone else get like this?

I’m also on naproxen and oxycodone, tackling the pain from 3 different angles and hoping for the best!!

So I was taking 300mg lyrica 2x a day once in the morning, and once at night, for over a year. Recently I was getting down to my last 10 pills, and had the thought I wanted to stop taking them daily. So I took my usual two doses that day, and the next morning instead of taking the whole 300mg, I emptied the capsule into a plastic bag and used a spoon to scoop out approximately half the powder. I took that sublingually and then immediately afterwards began staggering gabapentin every 30 minutes.

My thought process was that by doing this, I would be on a crazy high dose of gabapentin once the lyrica wore off, and that would prevent withdrawals. So that’s exactly what I did about one week ago and… success! I had zero withdrawals and felt amazing.

I dosed gabapentin every 30 mins to an hour for the rest of the day, taking one last 300mg gabapentin before going to bed. I woke up the first morning feeling kind of shitty, a bit sick, and didn’t want to get out of bed. I took 2x 300mg gabapentin and within an hour was feeling good again and was able to get out of bed.

I continued this routine while gradually spacing out my gabapentin doses further apart until eventually I was only taking 3x 300mg a day. At that point I stopped taking my mid day dose, and finally, after one week I am at the point where I am taking no gabapentin at all.

Was this safe? I don’t know. Is it advisable other people follow this guide? I’m not sure. That’s mainly why I’m making this post; did I taper properly, or is what I did very dangerous, and I just got lucky?

Any thoughts or questions are appreciated, and feel free to AMA.

I took a capsule of 100mg at 11:15am, another 100mg at 3:15pm, and another at 10:30pm. To be honest, I don’t feel any different yet. Is this normal? I really want this medication to work for me, but so far it hasn’t done anything I can notice. I hate my body so much. I’m feeling so hopeless right now; it hurts.

I've seen folks posting about understandable frustration with gabapentin as treatment for anxiety, where the beginning is great but the effects eventually diminish or even reverse. I'm under the impression that this actually makes sense though, if one builds tolerance to the drug. The first time I was prescribed gabapentin it was for anxiety, but not as a long term solution. I'm wondering how many of you are taking gabapentin long-term for anxiety, and what your doctor's say about tolerance?

Would it be safe to stagger 3 more 300mg with about 200-300 mg hydroxizine?

Like, do you prefer the effects of gabapentin in general? I've never taken lyrica, but I thought about switching to it (I take gaba for anxiety). It seems like it's basically the same thing but you have to take less and bioavailability is better, but I wasn't sure if use for anxiety is actually accepted or considered by doctors. My doc would likely be OK with it, but I wasn't sure if I should use it. I suppose since I'm on 600mg a day for anxiety, this would be like 100mg a day for lyrica.

From my perspective it just seems weird to have this less bioavailable, less potent version, but maybe there is a very distinct difference in feeling recreationally and lyrica is just much better for nerve pain.

Chillin off 1800mg gabapentin btw :D seems like those "stress" gummies with gaba and lemon balm added a little kick too. (update: holy CRAP I had double vision last night, like crazy. I was playing my 3DS and I was straight up seeing 2 screens. It was cool but I was starting to nod off and then passed out for like 12 hours)

Update: In all seriousness, are lyrica withdrawls significantly worse? I might steer clear of it if that's the case. I know it's more bioavailable so the body absorbs a lot more of it, so it would make sense that they might be worse.

I don't seem to have issues going days without gabapentin right now and I should probably take that as a sign to take more days off, let my supply build up and tolerance go down, and have it to fall back on when anxiety gets really bad. I absolutely loved the feeling it used to give me, like walking on sunshine.

Realizing this was possibly a dumb question, since some doctors or psychs simply don't want to take the lyrica route. But I was still curious at the same time if some people prefer gabapentins effects, or if they are basically identical and one is simply better absorbed.

My rheumatologist prescribed gabapentin, she said start with 300mg at night and if needed/wanted to I can go as high as 900mg a day.

I’m sure how much 300mg is doing, but should I wait until I go see her again or talk to my regular dr?

Thanks for any advice!

Getting prescribed this gave me my life back. I’m no longer in bed most of the day just to avoid pain. Sitting at my desk for an hour left my back in so much pain I could barely stand sitting there for longer than that. Now can sit and play video games and work at my desk all day long. I don’t wake up feeling like I did a strenuous workout the day before when I did literally nothing. On top of that instead of waking up so many times a night and feeling completely exhausted because of it I sleep hard and am not awoken by every tiny noise and movement. I feel pretty refreshed for once. Also, it helps with anxiety so much that I feel calm and relaxed for once. This one medication solved so much of my suffering and I’m shocked but incredibly grateful. I feel like I did before I got sick and never thought I’d be able to again.

I just wanted to share how relieved I am and just generally amazed with people who really understand what it’s like living with this condition.

I take 300 mg multiple times a day and when I do my balance seems to get thrown off and I’m a little clumsier .

I also get hella horny .

I have a few different kinds of pain. Nerve pain, scoliosis, a congenital defect in my lower back, muscle pain, arthritis, and bursitis in my hips.

I recently went off Celebrex because my creatinine went too high. Definitely increased my pain.

I recently had a trial with Lyrica and it was definitely a no-go. At 25mg once a day for a week I had massive cognitive and memory problems, unrelenting headache and I basically felt drunk.

A long time ago gabapentin put me in the ER with anaphylaxis.

Minimal response to physical and trigger point therapy. I still do it though.

Couldn't tolerate TENS or other nerve stimulation.

Nerve blocks made things worse.

Injections helped my left hip only.

Been experimenting with THC and CBD. CBD doesn't help the pain but the Delta-8 THC vape is very helpful. The problem is the THC puts my appetite through the roof. I'm already very heavy and am on appetite suppressants. I get incredibly hungry when I vape with it and If I don't eat I get headaches and wooziness.

I've been researching kratom and it's out because it's toxic with a couple meds I can't stop taking.

My pain management doctor hasn't been especially forthcoming with suggestions and I'm wondering if anyone might have tried anything else. Kinda grasping at straws here. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Edit: I am on and have been on opioids for years. My doc actually wants to reduce them. Also a mild muscle relaxer called Baclofen. Maxed on the dose. All other muscle relaxers make me sick

So I took about 2,400mg of gabapentin felt really good and I took another 300mg. Is it normal to be super shaky like my arms and legs are shaky I was trying to put some high heels and while I was bending down my legs we wobbling super bad LMAOO I’m not worried but is extreme shakiness normal?

Does anybody know of a way to make gabapentin kick in faster? So far the only thing I’ve tried was taking naproxen and downing it all with Dr. Pepper.

I reinstated it this morning, but still having extreme anxiety and feel like I’m going to die or have a seizure or something. I got a taper prescription from the ER, but I’m terrified my brain is going to get damaged from exitotoxicity or something. I have my 1st day of my semester tomorrow and I’m worried everything is going to be fucked up. If it weren’t for an amazing boyfriend and best friends, I probably would have threw myself into traffic or jumped off a roof to escape the pain. I vomited all night and feel like a fucking loser for this and every bad thing I did in 2020-21 to get here. I don’t know if I just fried my brain and I’m so fucking scared right now, I don’t want to die this way.

I don’t know where to get professional help with this omicron bullshit sweeping the nation.

Does gabapentin make you feel good? I know it’s for nerve pain but it’s also used at higher doses for anxiety treatment. And some people use it as a sleep aid. What does it feel like if you take it without nerve pain?

I’m also on 100 mg Lamotrigine. I told my dr I was having panic attacks and he prescribed me lexapro to add on and gabapentin for at needed anxiety.

Is that some bullshit or does it actually help anyone

I just started gabapentin for Sleep and nighttime pain. I have to say that it has made a huge difference for me. If you've taken it what has your experience been with yet?

I feel like I'm safe, but really uncomfortable, spacey, and feel high.

I'm drinking coffee to try to get more alert, but I'm struggling. I took 4 600mg tablets. Usually I take 2, but I was feeling super panicky.

What should I do? I have a bit of coke, would that help? More coffee?

So if i knew i was going to have withdrawals from hell from heavily abusing this drug i would have run the fuck away from it. I just wanted to make a list of symptoms im having to warn ppl that it CAN get bad. I love gabapentin as much as the next person i just seriously regret getting addicted.

Symptoms 4 days after quitting cold turkey: (for me. I doubt most ppls bodies are this pathetically sensitive)

Nausea Vomiting Diarrhea Stomach pain Joint pain Muscle pain Shaking Severe anxiety and panic attacks Insomnia Agitation and problems controlling anger Inability to focus (i have moderate adhd , but this is a whole other level of not able to focus) Fast heartbeat Feeling very cold but also sweating profusely Hallucinations (visual and auditory) Delusions and paranoia Exhaustion but also feeling very restless

I think that is everything. If anyone has advice on how to ease withdrawals PLEASE TELL ME!!!! Im only able to write this bcuz of taking kratom, it helped me quit stims now helping me quit gaba. Before i took kratom i was so non functional i was just laying in bed panicking that i was dying.

Has anyone else experienced this?? Or am i just weird?

Edit: i dont even know what day I'm on now but things are getting better.

Lmk pls!

Original Post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fibromyalgia/comments/rye918/asking_for_advice_from_fellow_fibro_and_ibs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

THank you all for your comments. It was really enlightening and helpful to know that I'm not alone in this.

I'm sitting here with 100 mg of Gabapentin that I picked up this afternoon. I am really nervous and anxious to take it. But I'm in so much pain, and haven't slept much, and am desperate for something to change.

Can I get some encouragement that one dose is going to be okay? That its okay to take this medicine? That it might help me actually sleep? That it might not ruin this semester for me?

Failed my New Years quit 3 days in a row around hour 24 each time. No more runway to dick around so I made some calls and got a Gabapentin script. I have 90 pills of 300mg.

Multi extract/day habit so it’s gonna be pretty heavy w/d. Looking for some advice on dosage if anyone can assist.

Thank you!

I am concerned now though after reading about it. He told me to take it as needed and 100-300mg. I took 100mg last night and it’s the first night in years I slept all the way through. It worked really well.

At 100mg dose is there issues with taking it as needed or addiction issues? Only was prescribed for sleep and only want to use it every so often as my dr suggested it be used but uncomfortable with what I’m finding online about it

Perhaps by adding Modafinil to Wellbutrin it can have a DRI synergy. I’ve taken Gabapentin for years, can long term use cause this horrible anhedonia I’m living with from it. Also, just started Lamictal. Thanks

I recently decided to do a quick quick 2 day taper with fasoracetam off of 2.5-3.5 gpd. Couldnt afford to do a taper and deal with the side effects anymore, i was barely getting sleep. Anyway lol im at night 2 CT no sleep and i feel like trash, insomnia and elevated heart rate / bp are really my only symptoms, running out of fasoracetam but i still have coluracetam. i was thinking about biting the bullet and going to urgent care today to see if they could get me a short term non refillable script. That would help with my insomnia right? I mean if it can help with the effects of the taper? I dont really know of anything else that could help that wouldn't be substituting one for another, unless i just straight up get a sleeping pill. And who knows if that'll even work. I dont really think i could go a whole week without sleep lol..

Today I am 2 weeks clean from Phenibut. I have used high doses of Gabapentin to do it but it's working and have virtually none WD. Admittedly I had to do some manipulation to get my script refilled because I was at low doses. But I have a script now for 600mg 3x a day. I would say that using about 900mg to 1200mg, 3x a day had worked perfectly. I am now at a weird stage of having some weird dreams I never had before. But I'm relieved kind of because at one point I believe the Phenibut stop me from dreaming at all. But Gabapentin has been a miracle and I have some K Pins and Xanax to help me until I can get my next refill if I run short.

I am almost 6 weeks post detox of .25 Xanax that I took once a day for 2 1/2 months. I was in perpetual state of WD and tolerance all through my taper of 4 months, unable to get stable even with small reductions and holds. I think I was paradoxical from the start. It's so hard to believe that such a small dosage could do so much harm.

I finally had to detox to get the X out of my system so my body could begin to heal. I was only able to get down to 10% of the .25mg dosage as each time I tried to come down I was worse. I considered crossing over to valium at the time towards the end, but at such a small does of Xanax, I was afraid that I would just have the same symptoms and make the situation worse. It was a low dose but my body is super sensitive and its been a horrible experience.

Some of my side effects are burning skin and scalp, anxiety unlike I’ve ever experienced, panic attacks, trembling, tinnitus and fear.

I’ve never had anxiety such as this, but the anxiety comes from the great discomfort of my burning scalp and skin.

My doc recently prescribed gabapentin 100mg 3x a day to help with the burning. Initially, I thought it was helping, but then there have been times where the burning was ramped up. So my doctor increased my dosage to 200mg 3x a day, and I can take a 4th dose if needed.

I have been doing the 100 mg for a few weeks and now the 200mg for about a week. I am noticing that my burning ramps up when it gets close to the time of my next gabapentin dose. I am very concerned that this is interdose withdrawal of the gabapetin and making things worse for my sensitive CNS. Do you think it is interdose or do you think its just my normal burning that is seeping through, and that the gabapentin is actually helping?

I don't want to be on the gabapentin long and I dont want to stress out my CNS even more. So, do you think the gabapentin is making things worse, or will hinder my receptors from healing? I am not sure what is best.

Some folks say to use the gabapentin because it helps clear up the glutamate storm that the CT left behind, and then others say, it will hinder my healing, because its dampening down the gaba receptors from healing, and they say the receptors wont heal as quickly and will prolong healing.

I am just trying to get relief from the burning without making things worse.

I'm so afraid that I'm not going to heal. It's been a very difficult journey the past 7 months, and I've had the burning the entire time. Now, that I

###This is a long story but please read or at least skim through.

After trying almost 8 different anti-depressants when I was 14-16, (due to really bad psoriasis I had over my entire body, to being mentally abused by my father, to my best friend passing Away when I was 15 I had terrible depression and anxiety that had me wanting to be bed-ridden every day rather than try anything else) I would also steal pills from my father and really liked the feeling the clonazepam gave me, after none of the (anti-depressants) worked, and my doctor being very old school I convinced my mom to allow him to prescribe me Clonazepam (also known as klonopin. 3, 0.5mg tablets a day, every day) now of course being the teenage idiot I was.. I never took the prescribed amount as I enjoyed the high of feeling no anxiety and being able to walk around school with my head up, hanging with friends, being able to engage in conversation, and just avoid any panic attacks, and took about 6-8 pills (3mg-4mg) a day and when I ran out, would just resort to buying benzos from friends or stealing 60 pills from my dad who wouldn’t accept the fact I did take them from him because I was the “golden child” of 6 kids who fell off. I’m now 23 live with my girlfriend. After looking back and seeing all the dumb, radical, over confident, pure embarrassing, plain stupid shit I would do on these pills I realized I was living with a fog in my brain permanently attached to taking this medication to find the strength to get out of bed in the morning. I just had enough, and had to find a way to rid the shackles of this pill.

Now of course I ran out of my pills early, but something happened that never happened before. Living alone I couldn’t get any more pills from my from my dad, and no dealer wanted to sell me the fake, etizolam pressed, “Xanax” they had so I didn’t have a way to get any until my next prescription in 10-13 days. So, in other words, I was fucked. Terrified of the withdrawals, I searched for anything that would help the upcoming withdrawal symptoms I was about to feel. Being in a recent car crash that gave me compression fractures in my spine and had me stuck at home (unable to get cleared for work yet so constantly being stuck in my thoughts alone I hope one can see why I never wanted to get off these pills in the first place.) I was prescribed dilaudid (20mg a day but never took that amount) and gabapentin (3, 300mg pills a day, that I never took because the dilaudid was enough to hel

I got a script for 90 ct 400mg gabapentin. Is it worth a fuck or no? I’ve honestly never heard of it but thought y’all might be the right crowd to ask. Thanks in advance

So I've tried a few things for my anxiety. I liked klonopin a bit too much and had some addiction issues with it along with xanax. I've been on Lexapro for about 5 months now and am tapering off feeling more like myself every day. I was prescribed gabapentin in tangent with propranolol when I detoxed about a month ago. I initially stopped taking it right after detox. But then with a large meeting for work on the horizon I decided to take 300mgs to see if it helped at all. It was pretty incredible...usually I keep to myself. Theres this tense filter that keeps all of my thoughts inside of me. It takes alot for me to speak up unless someone actually asks me something. I found myself actually voicing my opinion. I could calmly talk without blurring everything out as fast as I could and then closing off again. I've been taking it every couple of days to see if the effects were consistent on the days that I did take it and it is. I could keep going about my old symptoms and how they've benefited from gabapentin but overall, I feel like this actually works for my anxiety without any major or noticeable side effects.

I've been looking into long term use and I realize that there are withdrawal symptoms associated with weening off and other issues like mental acuity and sleepiness. I would love some input. Right now I'm positive because I feel like I've found something that actually works for me. But im hesitant to take this daily without looking into side effects, long term use, and personal experiences.

Any insight or input is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I've been taking gabapentin 600 mg up to three times a day and for a little more than a year and it was great. I could talk to people and felt like a normal person. About a month ago it started to cause a feeling of uneasiness about an hour after taking it. I've tried not taking it and the feeling of uneasiness is gone, but the social anxiety comes back full force. What could cause a sudden change like this? I'm bipolar so I can't take ssris for anxiety and gabapentin seemed like a miracle drug until recently.

I wouldnt do this all the time because you wont feel the gabapentin without it anymore, but shit will hit much harder. least it does for me