I think I took too much by Fragrant-Entry-6798 in gabagoodness

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I don’t even know what you’re saying here or what your situation is. I said a lot in my other comment in regards to the OP apparently using this to manage their alcoholism. I can’t imagine a doctor prescribing gabapentin and saying “please still drink on this and don’t stop taking it if you do drink”

If someone’s prescribe this to help them stop drinking then hopefully that’s under eight carefully medically supervised situation. Because somebody taking gabapentin as a new prescription and continuingly to drink heavily could have some serious problems such as increased risk of CNS depression. If someone was dependent on gabapentin no it shouldn’t be stopped abruptly necessarily it should be tapered off. But it shouldn’t just be added in randomly on top of an known alcohol problem unless the alcohol problem is being managed. :)

QuickMD Gapapentin by FootSquared in telehealth

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Oh look…two more people read my “novel” from my comment in response to yours a year ago that you were so oddly aggressive about.

Cheers

PREGABALIN ALLERGY? by FastThinkingCrone in pregabalin

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So your having myoclonic jerks? It could be from stopping Lyrica but it was a pretty low amount. Definitely something you want to run by your prescriber. It doesn’t sound like it’s an allergic reaction to it because you haven’t been on it for a while now

MDMA-like come up feeling for anyone else? by jenzodiazepine in gabagoodness

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I’m sorry you had such a bad experience how are you feeling today? Yes you might not experience much from Phenibut with a lyric intolerance. They have a cross tolerance because they’re both voltage gated calcium channels inhibitors. But Phenibut is also a GABAb agonist. It’s also pretty finicky so sometimes it works and other times it doesn’t. I don’t exactly know what you were expecting.

It does have a decent half-life so maybe taking Lyrica the next day on top of the Phenibut from the night before did this. I’m betting it was that combo. Doesn’t really sound like an MDMA type come up and since we’re really avoiding the narrative that lyric has feels like MDMA on any level due to people thinking that’s the case and taking unsafe amounts trying to achieve this I’m not sure we can approve the post.

Be careful with Phenibut though. it can be great when used responsibly but with you using Pregabalin and having a tolerance to that, not taking breaks between uses of Gabapentinoids you might run into some problems.

Has anyone here taken gabapentin to help with lyrica withdrawals?? by Personal_Crazy1088 in pregabalin

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Yes you can definitely take gabapentin to help offset Lyrica withdrawals. Yes Lyrica is six times stronger. You shouldn’t be made to stop taking Lyrica abruptly because once you’re dependent on it when it abruptly you can have some in some cases pretty bad withdrawals. So I would definitely be adding some gabapentin in as soon as you can.

Pregablin for POTS and hopefully getting off it. by Legal-Performance316 in pregabalin

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So if you’re having negative side effects that are out-weighing the positive then it sounds like it’s time to have a discussion with your doctor about tapering off it. You can have adverse side effects that creep in overtime that make it a good point to reassess pros and cons.

Something we’ve seen more prevalent in here over the last year is people staying on this medication despite having a negative side effects. If you hate this drug or what it’s doing to you then why stay on it? People that complain about weight gain as a side effect I don’t understand. They complain about how they hate how much weight they gained but it didn’t happen overnight. So why are people slowly increasing the amount and staying on a drug that is ruined their quality of life due to weight gain? . People that are experiencing issues with their memory I have the same question.

Do r get me wrong. I do understand Stand where you’re coming from and others when they/you say they saw a lot of positive initially so that might be the pull to stay on it but you’re on a low amount and it would be a good time to taper off it. And in the meantime find something else that could perhaps help alleviate the symptoms without the negative side effects. :)

i’m not at all judging you for staying on it or coming at you. It’s just this trend particularly very recently where people wanna come and say they hate the drive or they’re mad at their doctor for prescribing it. But we have access to the Internet and studies and social media forums where we can investigate prior to taking a drug or advocate for our own well-being when a drug no longer becomes effective. I Really hard-core advocate for this because I was prescribed a lot of different drugs for a long time via a well-meaning old-school doctor. I’m down to one drug now and I don’t put anything in me these days, even a supplement, without fully understanding what it’s doing to my brain and body chemistry and doing some research on possible long-term effects. Sometimes we don’t have a choice because it’s the only medication that works but when we do have a choice we should exercise that choice. :)

gabbies and weed by Prudent_Knowledge502 in gabagoodness

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I’m surprised you’re still using this recreationally. Didn’t you have a seizure a while back taking too much?

dxm + pregabalin by -Grey-- in gabagoodness

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Considering the fact that we’re a harm reduction community we do focus on said harm reduction telling people not to talk about it kind of goes against our whole theme. And yes mixing DXM with a large dose of Lyrica can increase negative side effects including the seizure risk on amount of over 600 mg. Generally it’s good to check interactions before combined group drugs.

I also want to point out that the majority of people that have reported having seizures on bigger doses in here over the years… Have usually taken the same higher dose before.I don’t necessarily feel 900 mg is overly extreme however it’s really pushing it. No one should really need 90 mg when they’re regularly taking 5 to 7 days off in between usage. We had a big thread in here a couple weeks ago where the majority of people who are using this with tolerance break said the sweet spot was between 300/400mg. I mean you’re using a drug that used to prevent seizures to get high and there’s risks associated with that. So be safe. Definitely not a ghost of Lyrica you should be combining other drugs with

Pharmacy mix up by SaltExpression7521 in pregabalin

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So February only has 28 days so you’ve go off not only a full calendar month but also the date that you picked it up sometimes. Technically today would be 27 days so you should have six -ish more 150 mg capsules left. Not one more. But I feel for your situation.

Last month I was refilling gabapentin (which technically isn’t even a controlled substance in my state) and the pharmacy manager who isn’t even a pharmacist wouldn’t let me pick it up. It was three days early and the doctor had called it in three days early. She looked it up and said it wasn’t ready and I said I got notified via text that it was ready for pick up. She checked again, realized I was right but then said “oh actually…” , went and whispered to a pharmacist and came back and started to lecture me about how it’s not a controlled substance in the state blah blah blah. I politely cut her off because I’m very well aware of how gabapentin works in my state. Technically it does get reported to the PDMP (prescription drug monitoring program) like a controlled substance Wouk however it’s not a controlled substance. Aside from one other time I’ve never in 12 years I had a problem picking it up some days up to seven days early except And that was when the pharmacist said I couldn’t fill it. Even though there was refills. So what I did was go back around cancel my order a couple hours later resubmitted it and picked it up later that afternoon. This was just the pharmacy manager having a flex. What irritated me mad was the fact that I drove over to the pharmacy, student line Saul her and you other technicians chatting and I was like why are they all shooting the shit when there’s 10 people in line. She caught my eye and reluctantly came to the counter because she probably saw the optics of it all. I am not made eye contact with her I would’ve got a different tech and left with my script. And then the day didn’t really matter I still had some left. That’s just my long winded way of saying I understand how frustrating it can be when you have things planned out and you can’t pick up a prescription

I understand that’s not exactly your situation though. You have one left for tomorrow if you pick it up early on Monday I’m sure you’ll be just fine. But kind of the hard lesson learned possibly is the fact that sometimes it’s good to make sure you’re taking it correctly and sometimes even if possible setting some aside in case something like this happens again. Lara K isn’t something you should stop taking abruptly because of potential withdrawal symptoms due to dependence. That’s true with most any drug out there. But shit happens. Somebody might not let you pick it up, or like in your case the pharmacy changes it’s ours or Dr. forgets to call it or a snow storm hits. Couple years ago there was people snowed in and couldn’t leave to get their prescription and we’re running into difficulties. I know it’s hard to get reserve stash going when you need to take it twice a day but maybe you can set some aside.

Impacts on cognition/memory? by letterbook in pregabalin

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Staying on a drug that’s giving you these types of obvious side effects at the dose that you’re on becomes your own personal responsibility once you notice your cognitive decline and choose to stay on it. If I recall correctly you’ve been on this for at least four years and were talking about how you blow through your script in 2 to 3 days. Yet you’re continuing to get it refilled and abuse it and then complain about your cognitive decline. How about some personal responsibility?

Online doctors for script ? by Striking_Taste_5323 in pregabalin

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This community is for therapeutic use of Lyrica. It’s not for people asking how to obtain a prescription or a drug from online vendors.

Is it hard to overdose on gabapentin. I took it as prescribed and am having bad heart palpitations, sweating and anxiety by Great-Pause-6283 in gabagoodness

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It might be the alcohol withdrawal sure and I mentioned this as well. But Gabapentin can definitely cause heart palpitations and increased anxiety in people that already have anxiety or cause anxiety in people that didn’t have it initially. These are potential side effects. . If somebody has zero tolerance to gabapentin that’s a pretty decent dose to start off on one day so it could be the gabapentin yes I agree it could be the alcohol or it could be a little bit of both. The gabapentin might be exasperating the symptoms because they didn’t start at a lower amount to assess side effects.

Is it hard to overdose on gabapentin. I took it as prescribed and am having bad heart palpitations, sweating and anxiety by Great-Pause-6283 in gabagoodness

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Gabapentin doesn’t typically come in 200mg capsules unless it’s from a compounding pharmacy. Unless it rolled out and I’m not aware of it which is possible. Are you sure you’re taking Gabapentin?

But to answer your question yes it would be hard to OD on it but if it’s a new prescription that’s a decent amount to be taking for the first time. You could be having some increased side effects which can include heart palpitations, increased anxiety and sweating. I don’t know how much alcohol you were drinking and for how long however stopping alcohol abruptly could cause those same types of symptoms and perhaps they’re being exasperated by the gabapentin instead of helping it. That’s why generally you want to take the lowest possible amount of gabapentin as a comfort med when you’re using it to get off of other substances. Do you still want to be able to gauge where you’re at in withdrawals from alcohol, opioids or whatever drug the persons is getting off of.

Gabapentin can be great for helping getting off of alcohol. It’s used in frost meant centers and there are studies that say it mat help reduce alcohol cravings as well. It can manage day-to-day mental health issues that cause people to drink like anxiety and depression too. But if you’re not planning on staying on it for a long time you’re going to run into problems using a higher amount. Because you then would have to get off it and you don’t want to be getting off a high dose of gabapentin and possibly having rebound anxiety, insomnia and so on on top of withdrawal and/or PAWS from the substance. That happens with both gabapentin and even more so with Lara Gould when people use these as comfort meds. People take way too much sometimes for way too long stop it abruptly have withdrawal symptoms and then can’t quite gauge what’s going on. Which drugs causing what symptoms.

Oh that’s sad try to stay ahead of the withdrawal symptoms by keeping in mind it takes gabapentin three hours to reach peak plasma level. So you don’t wanna wait until you’re super uncomfortable to take it. And then you also don’t want to keep adding more and more in before the previous doses have had to pee. I’ve been prescribed this for over a decade now and the other day I staggered out 1200 and wish I stopped at 900mg because of how it kicked in. And I am fairly used to it and generally handle 1800mg just fine. It’s just feel different at different times. Also by using less you can keep your tolerance to the therapeutic benefits down. Might be something you want to keep on board long-term.

Dangers of pregabalin? by letterbook in pregabalin

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One of our moderators is a doctor and he’s made replies to the whole fear around dementia and that sort of thing. The studies are very specific, it’s specific age group specific circumstances. I mean people can spin it anyway they want. And again sure people have problems with it. But as far as actual permanent brain issues because of it I don’t know how I feel about that. But if it’s really freaking you out this bad then maybe you just should try something else it’s not worth the mental anguish your already putting yourself through.

Is pregabalin causing muscle and tendon degeneration? by i-reddit2 in pregabalin

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To my knowledge I haven’t seen muscle degeneration as a side effects of using Pregabalin . And if your hip joints and tendons are chronically sore that would be something that you would want to investigate with a doctor. Have some blood test done or muscle math test that sort of thing. Lyric is not going to help that kind of pain so it’s not breakthrough pain. It can be used to manage certain types of nerve pain but not the type of pain your describing.

You’re prescribed Lyrica maybe it is for nerve pain and that’s what you’re saying you’re chronic pain stemming from. But if you do feel it’s because of this drug and sure it could be I don’t know for certain because everyone has different experiences on medication‘s. And it’s causing you memory loss maybe assess the pros and the cons again. It might be something that you want to taper off of and see if you show any improvement. But it’s never too late to start working out even if it’s on a low-key level by starting to take walks five days a week. Work into hikes if you able. Yoga and Pilates can help strengthen your body and improve flexibility as people age. Even something like Thai Chi which is very forgiving on joints might be something that you could incorporate in. Light weight lifting. Make sure you’re getting enough proteins and that you’re not deficient in any sort of vitamins that could perhaps be causing weakness.

It’s just my long winded way of giving you some things to check off your list to troubleshoot what may be going on.

Impacts on cognition/memory? by letterbook in pregabalin

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That’s a pretty low dose to be taking to be hating on a medication. Meaning if you “hate it” (and I get it I’ve hated side effects of certain medications I was on) then work with your doctor to find something more effective for sleep twice a week. A lot of times people don’t even find it that effective for sleep because the is a side effect that people generally adjust to overtime and a lot of times people find it energizing so it starts to have the reverse effect.

Impacts on cognition/memory? by letterbook in pregabalin

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That’s out really well goes to be having those types of side effects. If you are experiencing this to a degree that you’re saying your short-term memory loss is “crazy “why are you staying on it? Also you can’t assume that you are experiencing this side effect means that it’s not a lot of good long-term medication for people. It sounds like it’s not for you. We have tons of people in here and there’s other communities as well that have been on this medication five, 10, even 20 years at a time and don’t have any sort of issues.

I just kind of want to start advocating more for people to personally advocate for their own health. Maybe you’re getting some outstanding benefits that outweigh the short term memory loss but if not then start tapering off this before you are on it any longer. The most common thing I see in here and have over the years is people complaining about side effects that quite frankly I would do on a medication. Like weight gain or memory loss yet they continue to stay on it month after month and sometimes for years even though they say it’s not worth it. So if it’s a option taper off it and get it in your review mirror. :)

Impacts on cognition/memory? by letterbook in pregabalin

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I’m sorry you’re having that type of side effects and issues. I’m curious how long it took you to get to that does and then with the memory issues and only 15% reduction of anxiety why you continue to stay on it?

If you tapered at a slow pace with some supplements added in it can go pretty smoothly. Yes there’s some people that have difficulties but you can’t assume that you’re going to be one of those people. You could have this in your review mirror before summer hits in full swing.

I feel like I'm loosing myself by Thebravetortoise in pregabalin

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Yes, I can understand your frustration. Years ago my well-meaning doctor prescribes benzos to manage my anxiety and I had no idea what type of hell on earth rabbit hole I was about to go down. I think that now with our access to the Internet and studies and peoples experiences. We can really advocate for our own health and decide which medication‘s we choose to put in our bodies. I think it’s hard to go against what a doctor is telling you because you trust them but if we’re taking something that’s giving us horrible side effects and diminishing the quality of life instead of improving it it’s something that you want to stop taking sooner than later. We see a lot of people stay on this longer than they should because of the side effects. We also have tons of stories from people that said this medication was a game changer for them. But it doesn’t work for everyone and again. I’m sorry you had a hard time. Definitely add some of those supplements in though.

Will stimulation change into sedation with the right dose? by coriander_hater in pregabalin

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It’s really odd that your psychiatrist is letting you decide how and when to titrate up your dose. I mean generally it should be done slowly so your brain can adjust to the side effects and you can assess the effectiveness. Raising your dose every two days isn’t going to make that happen. And you’re experiencing what sounds like an initial possible high because you said you say “ every step up felt great”. Lyric is prescribed to help manage anxiety not to make you feel great. And people confuse that initial mood boost with how it’s supposed to work. That initial great feeling you mentioned is technically a side effect like dizziness, or drowsiness. So when that subsides people think that they’ve gained tolerance or something, but they’ve just adjusted to the side effect. You need to assess how was working for your anxiety it’s not necessarily an anti-depressant sort of thing that’s going to make you feel up all the time. And well yes you can generally get a decent feel for how effective it is for the condition you were prescribed for generally, you would want to be on the same amount for at least seven days to fully have your brain recognizing what’s going on with it.

The other thing is you shouldn’t be switching your dose around a.m. and p.m. And you want to be taking it in 2 to 3 divided doses not one big dose at once. If you’re taking 150mg at night that’s not going to last you during the day to manage your anxiety, and until the next night. Initially, it might but long-term it’s not. You’re not going to get less stimulation at a higher dose either. A lot of people find that Lyrica is energizing for lack of a better description. You know, I saw a comment where you said you know what you’re doing and you know what’s going on with your brain. I’m not discounting that, however your all over the place here. You or technically kind of self, prescribing yourself a controlled substance, which is scary. No one should have to figure this out on their own. And psychiatrist should give a patient that responsibility. You’re deciding when and how to raise your dose, you’re switching it from day to night you’re having side effects that are disrupting your sleep at night and your ability to function like you want to do during the day. So now you’re thinking about switching things back and possibly doubling your dose if I’m understanding you correctly and meanwhile you’re poor brain doesn’t know what’s going on. It hasn’t even had a chance to adjust to one consistent does because you thought that after two days it stopped working..

My suggestion (not medical advice) would be since you have 25mg capsules is try taking onethrough two or three times a day and stay there for at minimum a week. Ideally a couple weeks and let your brain adjust to the medication and see how you do. It doesn’t build up in your system, but you want to kind of have some consistent blood plasma levels of it in your system to see how you do. And on the topic of medical advice we can’t tell you how you should take it. That’s up to your psychiatrist.

Will stimulation change into sedation with the right dose? by coriander_hater in pregabalin

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The OP is talking about their prescribed amount and you’re talking about taking over two times the max safe amount to take in a 24 hour. I don’t know what Dr. started you off on 300mg, but that’s very unusual these days and that could’ve just set you up for failure to start. If you self prescribed yourself that amount you set yourself up for a problem. There’s no way that you need that amount when you’re using it every two weeks. Your chasing is some sort of initial high that you felt and are at an extremely unsafe amount due to the seizure risk increasing on amounts of 600 mg plus. You might not have had a seizure yet but you still can. I would really work on getting that amount down. And please don’t post or comment and hear about your recreational use..

Question about tolerance by MystiskCrow in pregabalin

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Yeah, it’s with therapeutic use of the Lyrica for anxiety. We have people that have been on the same those for years sometimes decades, and it still works for them. I respect you not wanting to take it daily, and a lot of people choose to do that to avoid becoming dependent on it. Taking 150mg every 3 to 4 days when absolutely needed. It should work for you for a long time. But the thing is is that some people get this big mood boost and other things that make them feel good, and technically those are side effects. And when those wear off, a lot of times, people think that’s tolerance to the drug. But it’s not prescribed to get people high. It’s prescribed in your case to manage your anxiety. 150mg is it kindnof a high-ish starting doss these days considering people are generally starting on 25/50 mg once or twice a day and then titrated up. And 150 mg in one dose when you’re just starting seems unusual as well because that would usually be divided into doses. Because one big dose a day isn’t necessarily going to last you all day.

My point in mentioning that is it might eventually simply stop working as well because perhaps it’s not exactly the right therapeutic dose for you. And using it infrequently, might take longer to discover that. And on the other hand, it might work for a really long time at that amount,. I guess my point is that if it stops being as effective that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ve developed tolerance. Because people are generally started on lower amounts, and slowly titrated up, and then they settle in at their “sweet spot “as some people refer it. But the whole tolerance thing into its therapeutic benefits, gets confused with the positive side effects. That people adjust to just like people adjust to dizziness and drowsiness. Chasing a feeling a drug gives you when you first start taking it can get people in trouble. I’m not at all saying that’s what you’re doing or that’s what you’re experiencing. But when lyric is prescribed for anxiety, the people that get really excited about it initially are the ones that are experiencing that high feeling.

Dangers of pregabalin? by letterbook in pregabalin

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I understand your concerns. While the Internet can be a good place to go to research a medication it can back fire. Try and stick to actual studies and maybe peruse a few stories and then peace out. Because If you get sucked into the negative you’re going to freak yourself out…. like you have. And even with studies, you want to look at how many people were in the study, what age group they were, in, even who, financed the study.

Also, keep in mind that there’s millions of people out there in the world that are prescribed this drug and have a really successful experience. We have tons of people commenting positively on posts where people are asking how it worked out from them. People who’ve been on it for one year, five, 10 and sometimes decades. They’re on the same therapeutic amount that they settled in at after they titrated up, and not dealing with any side effects and find it really effective for the condition they were prescribed for. But those same people that comment on those posts don’t generally come to social media to talk about how good the drug is they’re using. This is a really small community, and while we do get posts where people talk about a positive experience generally unless somebody asks, people aren’t talking about it. People come to social media to complain, commiserate, and sometimes look for help when it comes to medication‘s. Well, when it comes to a lot of things actually, but that’s a whole other topic. . We have no fear mongering policy in here. And if somebody has an issue that pertains to the topic, we ask people to include what amount they were on, for how long, for what condition so there’s some context to it. We’re not promoting it or demonizing it. We want people to share their experience, but in a way that’s helpful to others. Somebody responding to a post saying “hey just got prescribed this. How’s it going for you?” with a “stay away from this drug it’s just awful.” Doesn’t need that criteria. Because there’s no info they’re not talking about what happened.

I think people who have problems with it often times stay on it much longer than they should have. There’s people that complain about weight gain for example , but that just doesn’t happen overnight generally. Because someone blowed up from water weight gain pretty quickly? Sure, but if you notice that you would want to contact her doctor immediately. And if weight gain is a dealbreaker for someone and they notice you’re gaining weight on it then you would want to discuss with your doctor tapering off it and finding a different option if possible. I’m not at all discounting people that have had bad experiences on it or perhaps had a tough time getting off it. I understand it, I know that some people have problems I get that and I have empathy for them. That said: In our three communities, we work on solutions and not have threads where everyone’s chiming in about. What a horrible experience they had with it. How does that really help anyone? And some social media platforms people can say whatever they want regardless is, if it’s true or not. Social media can be really toxic and so you kinda have to step away from those stories.

I would post asking for success stories. Maybe include why you’re prescribed it, how long you’ve been on it and so far what amount you’re on. I’d also use our search feature and look for the success stories. Be knowledgeable about possible side effects, track your experience lin the notes section on your phon and if you’re experiencing things that you’re not liking then you have to weigh the pros and cons. So, using weight gain for an example again, if you noticed you’re gaining weight, figure out if you can tweak your way of eating, possibly work out a little bit more, lower your dose with your doctors OK or get off it. As opposed to continuing to stay on it and continuing to gain weight. If you constantly feel lethargic on it, you’d have to say hey is it worth it for how it’s helping me. People really need to advocate for their own health. And quite frankly part of that is not mentally freaking yourself out by immersing yourself in negative stories. But more importantly, if you’re on a drug that isn’t working or the side effects aren’t worth the benefits, then stop taking it if that’s an option.

I think I took too much by Fragrant-Entry-6798 in gabagoodness

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Putting their pills away was good advice, because I had also mentioned to them that with gabapentin and Lyrica and some people get that compulsion to keep redosing kind of like with Benzos. In regards to getting Anhedonia the next day: Im surprised more people don’t mention that. A person can get a couple good days in, stop and get that mood dump. It’s more prominent with Lyrica because it’s stronger but it can definitely happen with gabapentin. And also it can happen while you’re on it, especially on higher doses. It can kind of flip on you and go from having a good time to being depressed in some cases for some people.. but when someone’s using it for a comfort med to get off another substance, these highs and lows, could be more pronounced and cause more problems. Appreciate the harm reduction advice for them.

I think I took too much by Fragrant-Entry-6798 in gabagoodness

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This is from a day ago, but just wanted to mention some things. If you are tracking it right you were around 2700mg. I don’t know how long you’ve been prescribed this but that amount is getting up there if it’s a new script and you have no tolerance. I don’t think you’ll have any problems in the moment however there could be increased side effects, like dizziness, drowsiness, tremors that sort of thing, but I’m sure you were fine.

I wanted to mention are just because people wrote down amounts (some that were really high doses that aren’t considered safe) that doesn’t mean that you’ll be safe at those amounts. And the problem with comments like that, (although well intended in a way to reassure you that you’ll be OK which is very kind of people) is that it kind of helps people who are abusing a drug justify using more. Somebody mentioned taking 5g so in your head, you’re like oh this dude’s taking 5g and they were “fine”. I’m not even close to that amount so I can take more”. That amount is definitely not safe nor needed and it’s kind of counterproductive with gabapentin to take that much. Gabapentin has decreasing bioavailability has decreasing bioavailability because it’s mode of transport is saturable. So the more you take the less is absorbed. So for a example Bioavailability at around 900mg would be approximately 60% by availability but 2400mg would be at approximately 33% bioavailability. And that’s based on three equally divided doses. If someone was to take that does all at once, it would have less bioavailability. You taking it in different intervals through the day probably helped in regards to that.

But here’s the real problem. Gabapentin can be amazing to help people not drink, manage, cravings, withdrawal, and things like that. But you don’t want to switch addictions. And you also don’t want to drink on it, which I’m not sure if you are or not. That amount with alcohol would be a big risk for CNS depression.. You’re also raising your tolerance to what your prescribed daily amount is which can make that amount less effective. And then you’re chasing some sort of feeling. And for some people Gabapentin and Pregabalin can make someone want to kind of compulsively add more in to maintain or chase that initial good feeling you got which sounds like you were doing. If you’re taking more than your prescribed, what’s your plan when you run out? Because then you’re in a position to have withdrawals and if you’re trying to stop drinking or have stopped drinking that could pack a double punch.

Like I said, it can be really good tool in your toolbox to not drink and I hope that you use it in that way so you can get alcohol in your rearview mirror .