Misc gabapentin

[Daft Cunt]

i found some of this stuff in my medicine cab a couple days ago. ( never heard of it before)

i had the 300mg capsules i believe, and i took about 5, so 1500mg total. and oh man i got wicked buzzed. it was a odd feeling, very euphoric. i read trip reports on it and it seems like its a hit or miss thing.

has anybody else tried this stuff?

 

[Justin Sane 53]

Yeah there are way too many threads about it, use the search if you don't believe me! I guess everyone has some in their medicine cabinet. Pregabalin is a much stronger form of it.

I haven't ever been able to get a buzz off it- I think it's like tramadol high-wise. A very very weak opiate buzz, maybe? It works on your GABA receptors so I usually take it with food and lemon juice to increase bioavailability, then I either drink alcohol or take xanax since they also work on your GABA receptors. So I would try that next time!

Also worth noting it has anti seizure properties (usually prescribed in conjunction with something) and doesn't diminsh highs like the -statin drugs do so if you're worried about a seizure with whatever drug you're on....

 

[cliffy]

i can't believe you got a buzz off that shit,lol. i use to get a shitload of them and took them at first but it was hella lame, tramadol is like dope compared to gabapentin,lol. your only gonna get that buzz once or twice though so don't think it's gonna happen everytime. i know alot of people that have used these and it's usually 1 and done, enjoy

 

[Vaya]

Welcome!

Hey there!

I see you're quite new, so I'm not gonna blast you with the usual "UTFSE" (use the fucking search engine )

However, please do use it in the future, as gabapentin has been discussed ad nauseum before. Please click the link below for a cornucopia of solid discussion and information relating to gabapentin.

Gabapentin(aka neurontin) Mega Thread and FAQ's

And last but not least, WELCOME to what I consider one of the most wondrous communities of knowledge currently existing on the internet

~ vaya

 

[BrokedownPalace]

Gabapentin (Neurontin), indeed CAN provide some recreational effects for certain people. I remember when I first was prescribed it, 1200mg had me drunker than ever, and in combination with weed it is quite a euphoric, long lasting, fun time. Problem is, tolerance builds fast Fast FAST with it. If you take it for more than 3-4 days in a row, it will drastically reduce the wobbly recreational effects.. It is a gaba drug, so for people with no tolerance to benzos it can work quite well. It also works pretty well aiding benzo withdrawal if you are experiencing such a scenario.

What most people don't know though, is that it is a pretty tricky compound, for lack of better words. For instance, if you take 2000mg all in one gulp, you probably won't feel much of anything. Because after a certain dose (I forget exactly), it just gets excreted without metabolizing. So the way to get IDEAL recreational effects, is to stack/titrate your doses over the course of the day. So instead of taking 2000mg in one gulp, you want to take, say, 200mg every hour. This way each smaller dose can be efficiently metabolized, and add to your previous hour's dose and the cumulative effects will be greater. Sure, it'll take a bit longer to get where you want to be, but taking a huge dose in one shot is basically just wasting it.

So since you have the 300mg capsules, the best way to do it is to take 300mg every 45 minutes or so, starting in the morning, so that way by the early afternoon your stacked doses will reach its peak and you'll be groovin'. Trust me, it really does work. Other can back me up on this, no doubt.

The high from it is actually really enjoyable, if you are into benzo/barbituate/booze/downer/etc type inebriations. Combine a safe dose of an opiate, and a little cannabis and you'll be feeling amazing.

The problem is, like I said, tolerance builds fucking FAST. I've been on them for years and don't get that awesome high anymore, especially since I take benzos in conjunction so my GABA tolerance is jacked up. If you don't legitimately need it for neuropathic pain/seizures, and are purely looking for recreation, it is best to use them 2-3 times per month maximum so your tolerance and GABA receptors don't get man-handled to the point of no return.

If you used the search engine, you would have found a LOT of threads dealing with this substance... Here are the advanced search results for 'gabapentin'.

We also have a Gabapentin(aka neurontin) Mega Thread and FAQs . Between the two you should be more than informed about the basics of this novel substance.

I will probably end up merging this thread with the mega thread but I will leave it for a while so you get a chance to see it and aren't left wondering "where da fukz did me thread g000Hh"? Lol sorry not trying to be mean or anything..

I have years of experience with gabapentin, so if you still can't find what you are looking for send me a private message and I can help you out.

Otherwise - Welcome to bluelight, it's a pleasure to have you around ! Feel free to introduce yourself in New Member Introductions. Also take a moment to read the BLUA and the OD Rules and Posting Standards, located in my signature, for convenience.

Mike

 

[Vaya]

i know alot of people that have used these and it's usually 1 and done, enjoy

Citing my own vast personal experience coupled with the overwhelming number of anecdotal reports within this community over the years, I most certainly have to disagree with this statement. There are exceptions, and tolerance builds quickly, but gabapentin is hardly how you make it out to be. I personally prefer pregabalin, a close chemical cousin of gabapentin, but pregabalin's tolerance builds eons more quickly than does that of Neurontin.

I don't mean to be rude by asking this, as nature never quite programmed rudeness into my temperament, but have you ingested the compound in question before?

~ vaya

 

[Vaya]

Other can back me up on this, no doubt.

The problem is, like I said, tolerance builds fucking FAST. I've been on them for years and don't get that awesome high anymore, especially since I take benzos in conjunction so my GABA tolerance is jacked up. If you don't legitimately need it for neuropathic pain/seizures, and are purely looking for recreation, it is best to use them 2-3 times per month maximum so your tolerance and GABA receptors don't get man-handled to the point of no return.

(Wow, your post essentially mirrored my own, and posted only two minutes apart!) Yours, however, went into greater depth (all of which is factual, I can attest to that as I was prescribed Neurontin for seven years before switching to Lyrica). Really, a very well-written "Neurontin 101" post, there, BDP.

I am curious - would you agree with the statement that I made in my post directly above yours, where I maintained that tolerance to pregabalin builds more quickly than does tolerance to gabapentin (and, as stated, gabapentin tolerance builds very, very quickly in its own right!!)? I have extensive experience with both compounds. I loved how you called it a 'tricky compound,' because that really does tend to sum up my feelings, experiments and experiences with these GABAergic AEDs. IME, if one thinks gabapentin is tricky, then pregabalin is 'tricky' on steroids lol.

I, too, am (and have been for over a decade :/ ) been concomitantly prescribed various benzodiazepines - one, or another, or two to four at the same time, what a journey - but I have noticed that my overwhelming tolerance to GABAergics has not seemed to interfere with the pharmacological activity of these AED GABAergics - at least, not according to the compound's pharmacological profile and the vast number of like experiences I have obsessively studied since my join date (I am such a fucking neuropharmacological geek and I loves it! :D ). But I am left with one simple question - if my perception of little to no interference between, say, pregabalin and alprazolam or gabapentin and midazolam is accurate, then why? By all clinical accounts one class of these drugs should compound tolerance to other GABAergics, thus lessening the effect of one or both.

This question has proven itself quite resilient as the nexus of my preoccupation with compounds that primarily affect the facilitation, upregulation, efficacy and the quantitative presence of GABA and its corresponding receptors in the brain.

Anyway, I'm quite out of my mind at the moment and you've gotten me on quite the bender of psychopharmacological jargon and run-on sentences I must now end my doped-up tirade. However, if any of what I've just written, especially the question(s) I've posed, is in any way sensical, hit me back with some information! I can already tell that you know your shit, and it is with those types of people I enjoy discussing the tricky conundrums presented by these new-age pharmaceuticals. I mean, shit, pregabalin is a structural analogue of gamma-Aminobutyric acid which itself flows constantly and naturally in our brains. How space-age is that?

Ok, I'm done. Peace

~ vaya

 

[Dankycodone]

I don't think benzo tolerance varie's all that much though. Please correct me if I am wrong as when I was quite benzo tolerant Gabapentin and preagabalin would get me quite high.