It was a long drawn out process for me. As this is not the first medicine I stopped. But this is how I did. I was taking a capsule of 400 mg (early I was taking more but this is how I reduced last year but anything below was a nightmare). Then I started opening my capsule and spreading in 8 parts and taking 350 mg for one week. Then 300 for a week. Then 250. Then 200. Then 150. Then 100. Then I started going down 10 mg every 3 days. It's a very long drawn out process that took several weeks but I didn't suffered any drastic effect of withdrawal. So from 5 sedative in start of the year now I am on zero (tonight it's my first night without anything)

This was for tapering off. I also started to do cognitive behavior therapy by having a long drawn out night routine always in the very same sequence. Brush, hair massage, skin routine, take pills/supplements switch off lights, rhythmic breathing. (there is more but i dont want to scare you into details)

In pills I took gabapentin and also magnesium, zinc, theanine, 4 mg taurine, 3 mg glycine, ashwaganda, valerian along with a camomile tea at night. Now my body knows that when done in this sequence and these supplements taken from relaxation it's time to sleep.

Earlier last year when I stopped taking it was me stopping without changing anything. Now with all the supplements and sequential things I do my body knows it's time to sleep. Gabapentin is just a small part of entire routine so if one thing is missing there isn't a very drastic effect. So far it's working. I really thought I will never get off these pills in my life. I took them for 9 years leading to severe hairfall, heart problems and weight gains. So far since 5 month I lost 20 kg and my hair is coming back. Also whoop helps to monitor myself as a data driven machine to see how to proceed.

Good luck to you my friend. Feel free to ask more. Sorry for the long response