Misc Gabapentin sleepiness and questions

[XANAX XR]

I was finally able to get prescribed gabapentin, been off the benzos, on 100mg/daily. Low dose, I know. but my doc. wants to work my way up slowly.. He would've prescribed me pregabalin but it's still too expensive.


Anyway, even at such a low dose, I tend to wake up very tired and end up passing out again... (benzo tolerance is insane and i have terrible insomnia, always have)

I am told to take it at night, rather than morning.... would that be proper for anxiety treatment..? I feel like a morning dose would be more effective, since this stuff takes forever to kick in. Took 300mg the first day I got it because I was tweaking (rare these days) and it took a long time for it to kick in. I have had experience with gabapentin one other time, last year... gave me a trippy feeling with xanax (took away the xanax feeling.. i remember that).

 

[Screaming_Skull]

I'm starting to think Gabapentin works better for anxiety than benzo's for me, but I have abused the fuck outta xanax, for example once again I got around 25 footballs 2 days ago...now have 8, took 8 the first day, 8 again the next, didn't take any today until now((3mg), BUT I had taken 1500mg of Gaba around 10 oclock last night cuz it seemed like a good Idea after having 8mg of xanax in 4 hours...was still feeling the Gaba when I woke up at noon, and it just started to wear off about now..it's different from benzo's though, sometimes can make me feel like II'm on a stimulant instead of a downer, but without all the side-effects of stims, I will talk your ear off on the shit, also unlike benzo's it raises my sex drive. But ya, makes me energetic and anxiety free during the day, then towards night time It makes me kinda drowsy...add benzo's and I'm noddin..my gaba receptors are FUCKED. And xanax is the only benzo that makes me compulsivly redose, but unless you know me really well, ya wouldnt be able to tell I just took 4-5 Bars(not bragging) which is why I prefer Klonopin, I don't have the urge to redose every hour. Anyway...

Edit: Oh but to answer your question it might be better to take at night for anxiety, as the example I just gave when I took it at 10pm and was still feeling it strong at noon,and felt anxiety free until 24 hours later...BUT you are on a VERY low dose, sooo it might take a while to start working until you are on a higher dose,100mg a day just seems like a really low dose, Gaba is a wierd drug. It constipateds me really bad, but I think thats cuz I'm on Suboxone also, because if I just take my subs thats all fine and dandy,but if I take Gaba with it, I'm not gonna take a shit that day...and about it kicking in faster, take it with soda(dump the powder into a cola and chug and I start to feel it 45 mins later instead of a couple hours, also stuff like Aleve,Ibuprophen raises the bioavailability of Gaba too(so does staggering doses 30-45mins apart, which could come in handy since you are on only 100mg..) But ya, Gaba is a wierd drug, compared to Lyrica, which I once got prescribed with some xanax(xanax for anxiety,lyrica for sleep.) The pharmacy changed my lyrica script to Mobic because it was 100 bucks WITHOUT ASKING ME,but I didn't have the money anyway cuz I was going to get some pain pills anyway...

 

[XANAX XR]

thank you for the informative reply.

i will comment on it when im not fucked up on dillies. haha.