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48hours in....gabapentin keeping WD away for good??

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Ok so I've posted many times before in here seeking answers. I always go back in forth from WD and using Oxycodone ..

So at this point, I'm almost at 48hs n I basically feel fine I started taking GABA before the 24h mark, taking 2 400mg pills every hour. I also had a few Xanxs. I also have subutex(haven't used that yet bc I haven't needed too)

I usually take 10 30mg oxcodone a day for one week. Then the next week I take around 3 to 4 30mg pills a day then i usually WD until my script comes. I've been taking oxycodone for years.. Never usually had days sober up untill this year were I usually have a few sober days a month!

Now I'm not new to GABA, I used it many times before.... And usually I would still be alil sick by now. The only thing that is ddifferent is the Xanx ... Does that hold off WD?

So my question is, once I pass 48hs and I still feel ok, do u think I'll have WD once I decrease the GABA and Xanx? I usually never stay longer on GABA then a few days

Tho this time it's different... I'm really trying not to use... I get my script tomorrow and I almost wanna jus take the sub so I can't use my script! I really need to stop. I jus can't do this any more. I'm always out of money cause I use my script to fast then spend money... I jus can't any more. I need to stick to my script n take it right or none at all!
I feel like I'm really into this... I had somthing happen that really made me think. I need to stop and be an adult....uhgg

So If u have some GABA experience involving taking it for WD, please share! Thanks
 
I read an actual study that was in a medical journal today about using gabapentin to address severe WD from alcohol. The results seemed positive. It didnt speak about WD from oxy though. I've been worried about WD from alcohol all day and then remembered I have some gabapentin for neuropathy that I haven't been taking.

I took some about an hour ago, so we'll see what happens. Your mileage may vary, but I hope it works for both of us.

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=173146
 
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Ive tried it before for withdrawal and it helped a lot. Im not taking it this time partly because i didnt like the loopy spacey feeling it gave me and partly because im stubborn and want to force my brain to rewire itself so that i can be happy without ANY substances, and i figure might as well start now while im still in withdrawal.
 
Gabapentin works amazing for withdrawals and i think its one of the strongest weapons we have against opiate withdrawls.

But you are taking an incredibly large dose.

The Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia recomends a max daily dosage of 3600 mg per day divided in three or four doses. You are taking 800 x 24 = 19,200 mgpd. This is 533% of the max dose. Have you taken doses like this before? You are also mixing this with a drug that targets common nero targets.
 
Hey guys! Thanks for answering!
Right now, I'm at 55hours. It's almost 4am here and I jus woke up for the fist time with ever so slightly RLS. I'm wide awake. I worked today and I did take some gaga... Not as much as I did yesterday or the first day.

Thatguyfomrnn- yes Ive read some report that they actually uses gabapentin on ppl who were wding from opiates and it showed significant improvement in WD affects

Blue - hey how are u girl!! Ur doing sooooo amazing!!! I admire u so so much! Thanks for commenting ! I know u said u didn't wanna take anything but I do have to say that if u were to take GABA at night, it could help u sleep alittle better on the days that u drop ur dose. That way u won't feel spaced out n will jus help u sleep. The spaces out feel doesn't last forever. Gabapentin has a high tolerance so the spacey feeling would go away n u would prob have to take more to get there

NeverSickanymore- so I have to say that I don't take the GABA exactly every hour, I actually basically take it until I feel "drunk" n sleepy. I should of worded it better. But no, I don't take it actually every exact hour. I actually don't know how much I take.... I jus keep taking it until I feel weird and tired. Now befor I fall asleep, I didn't take another dose, and now I'm awake at 4am. And yes, I've done this before w gabapentin but usually I would still have wds break through. Like me being awake right now, is the first WD I had in 50+ hours!

So my question is, will I still go through WD once the GABA wears off? Should I still keep taking the GABA? I will be at 3 days tonight and I thought that was suppose to be the "worst " of the wds to be over....
 
Hey, hopefully you will still read this thread, but congratulations on making it this far. I'm on day 3 right now and I also use gabapentin. I just take it until I don't feel like I'm crawling out of my skin and then I take ambien to knock me out at night. Keep up the good work =)
 
I did a rapid detox 3 weeks ago tomorrow, and they sent me home with GABA 300mg 1 3x a day first week, 2x day second week, 1x day last week. They also sent me home with Valium for anxiety for first week, clonidine to be used on taper schedule for 3 weeks, loperamide for the runs( script Imodium) and a few others for sleep for the first week and a half. That's from a detox doc and yes they work great!
 
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