FordRiverFailed
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So as I see it, here is how I would dose during the various stages of withdrawal. I will include my benzos only once, as I do think they are very helpful, but this is about Gabapentin. As it says above, 2mg Clonazepam x2/Day and .25mg Triazolam x1/Day at night.
Disclaimer: This is what I did, discuss a plan with your doctor as some people are allergic, etc.
Now for Acute Withdrawal (24 hours after stopping the drug you are coming off of):
Day 1 - 6: I was taking around 6 to 7 300mg pills per day. Two in the morning, then noon, then night (sometimes one extra at night so three at that point).
Symptoms Alleviated: Sweating, Crawling Skin, RLS, and Muscle Pain. Some symptoms quieted, others non existent like RLS and Skin Crawling
For Nausea: I used Marijuana, I'm not necessarily advocating that if you live where it's prohibited like I do, but I did not vomit once coming off a 6 year 160mg/day Oxymorphone habit. I find that to be pretty impressive. I also only lost 6 pounds during this process (I'm really skinny, loosing weight was something my Docs feared). And for diarrhea, everyones favorite opiate withdrawal symptom, I used loperamide HCL aka Immodium. There are threads on how to dose that.
-Note: While doing this I was in the sever withdrawal stage, sweating, nausea, the whole deal. And that much Gabapentin made me feel like I weighed 1000lbs. I had trouble getting out of bed. However, at that point, no one feels good enough to do anything anyway so drifting in and out of sleep, as any addict will tell you, is heaven compared to lying in agony fully awake the whole time. Also, at this point I did not have many benzos as the police had confiscated some.
Gabapentin use for PAWS:
After everything is calming down and your starting to feel like a human being again. First of all, congratulate the hell out of yourself, your deserve it.
Along with my benzos, which if I take Gabapentin I can take much less of, or even none sometimes, here is how I dose all of that out. After, I will explain my reasoning:
Morning: 300mg if I'm feeling anxious but not every day
Noon: 300mg for the same reason but not every day
Night: 300-900mg for anxiety, RLS, and insomnia
So the reason for only taking 300mg is because at that dose it works as an anxiolitic, at higher doses (600mg) it works as a muscle relaxant in a way, at 900mg you'll feel like laying in bed is just about your only option. That is, if you do not take it daily as tolerance does build. I do my best to save it for my bad PAWS days, however this drug has been known to be very safe. If you do end up taking it everyday, talk to your doctor before stopping to make sure you don't need to taper off of it.
Cheers, if anyone sees a mistake I made or you have any questions please let me know, again this is just how I do it, do what's right for you,
Love and respect,
FRF
Disclaimer: This is what I did, discuss a plan with your doctor as some people are allergic, etc.
Now for Acute Withdrawal (24 hours after stopping the drug you are coming off of):
Day 1 - 6: I was taking around 6 to 7 300mg pills per day. Two in the morning, then noon, then night (sometimes one extra at night so three at that point).
Symptoms Alleviated: Sweating, Crawling Skin, RLS, and Muscle Pain. Some symptoms quieted, others non existent like RLS and Skin Crawling
For Nausea: I used Marijuana, I'm not necessarily advocating that if you live where it's prohibited like I do, but I did not vomit once coming off a 6 year 160mg/day Oxymorphone habit. I find that to be pretty impressive. I also only lost 6 pounds during this process (I'm really skinny, loosing weight was something my Docs feared). And for diarrhea, everyones favorite opiate withdrawal symptom, I used loperamide HCL aka Immodium. There are threads on how to dose that.
-Note: While doing this I was in the sever withdrawal stage, sweating, nausea, the whole deal. And that much Gabapentin made me feel like I weighed 1000lbs. I had trouble getting out of bed. However, at that point, no one feels good enough to do anything anyway so drifting in and out of sleep, as any addict will tell you, is heaven compared to lying in agony fully awake the whole time. Also, at this point I did not have many benzos as the police had confiscated some.
Gabapentin use for PAWS:
After everything is calming down and your starting to feel like a human being again. First of all, congratulate the hell out of yourself, your deserve it.
Along with my benzos, which if I take Gabapentin I can take much less of, or even none sometimes, here is how I dose all of that out. After, I will explain my reasoning:
Morning: 300mg if I'm feeling anxious but not every day
Noon: 300mg for the same reason but not every day
Night: 300-900mg for anxiety, RLS, and insomnia
So the reason for only taking 300mg is because at that dose it works as an anxiolitic, at higher doses (600mg) it works as a muscle relaxant in a way, at 900mg you'll feel like laying in bed is just about your only option. That is, if you do not take it daily as tolerance does build. I do my best to save it for my bad PAWS days, however this drug has been known to be very safe. If you do end up taking it everyday, talk to your doctor before stopping to make sure you don't need to taper off of it.
Cheers, if anyone sees a mistake I made or you have any questions please let me know, again this is just how I do it, do what's right for you,
Love and respect,
FRF
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It does you no good to have an unhealthy fear of the sea (you'll never go in and deprive yourself of all the ecstasy!) but a healthy fear is simply a respect for the power of the sea. Learning how to feel emotions but not be drowned by them seems to be what being human is about.