Trebuchette
Greenlighter
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- Feb 20, 2012
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Everything medication you mentioned here will help. There's no way of saying for certain, but it is likely you will suffer ZERO withdrawal here. The phenobarbital in and of itself could be enough and has the advantage of being very long acting. I wouldn't bother with an expensive Lunesta script. 2-3 Phenobarbital once or twice daily and 300mg of Gabapentin with an Ambien at night should more than take care of you.
A great deal of anecdotal evidence supports the use of Gabapentin and Pregabalin for benzo withdrawal. Some people claim a decent dose will halt benzo or opiate withdrawal. Keep in mind Gabapentin is only 1/6th as potent as Pregabalin and has bioavailability issues. Spacing out Gabapentin dosing helps because a large dose is largely wasted.
Hey thanks! I was doing it backwards (2-3 Gabapentins through the day, a little Phenobarbital at night with the Ambien. And I don't feel well.) So up my phenobarbital during the day (2-3/day), and decrease Gabapentin to 1 at night with the Ambien. Excelent; I'll try that! *****Thanks*****
—Sorry, all this gabapentin in my system right now along with the vicodin I just took for pain (leg pain I'd never had before), and I feel really drugged. Eyes half-open, sluggish, etc. My memory is slipping bad today, which I'd never experienced before. I'm just really tired now. But later when I get more withdrawal symptoms, I'll take a whole phenobarbital. Tonight at bedtime I'll take a Gabapentin and the ambien.
Sounds like a plan! Really, thanks! Exactly what I needed. {{hugs}} (I'm a girl so I can do that, LOL) (See how gabapentins make you loopy, like you're drunk?!)