Need advice on duration of Gabapentin/Clonodine/Other use for Acute Withdrawl/PAWS

[ExInMil]

I have about:
10 - 600mg Gabapentin
2 - .1mg/day clonodine patches left.

I dont want to switch to anything after my w/ds which were made so much easier with the help of these meds, and in my opinion my SSRIs for depression.

Any advice would be appreciated.
-ExInMil

 

[WantToBeReborn]

600mg Gabapentin is a big doseage to just go straight onto.

It is usually recommended that one starts on the 50mg doses and works up to the increased doses.

 

[ExInMil]

Ha... too late. Thanks for the reply.

 

[love88]

Ha... too late. Thanks for the reply.

Jus wanna say I'm 52 hours clean and I jus go right to a 900mg GABA dose when I detox. I don't regularly take it. And as of right now my wd is at like a 2.... In in like no pain. I took 900mg gaba four times a day
i had anywhere from 150mg to 400mg of oxycodone Habit

Good luck

 

[downfallin]

Ha... too late. Thanks for the reply.

ha thats cool, you can`t really OD on it. You can take grams at a time but I wouldn`t recommend it, but mainly because this is bluelight and a HR site haha.

 

[ExInMil]

Thanks for the replies everyone, I am on day 6 and pretty much done. Just cant sleep for shit. I was taking 600mgs like 2-3 times a day. Down to once a day.

 

[Oxy_Ghost]

I'm glad the Clonodine helped. A couple years ago when I first tried quiting, I went to detox and Clonodine is what they had me on. Needless to say it didn't do a damn thing for me. IMO it only works in theory cuz apparently durring w/ds your BP is high so if they can lower it than the w/d intensity is lessened. But I hear a lot of talk about ppl using it for w/ds but it just didn't work for me. Glad it did for you though. And congrats on 6 days. I'm on day 4, I stopped cold turkey from oxycodone and H with no medication help except for a couple lorazepams for my first couple days.


I would've liked to try GABA, I've heard that it's a real life saver. I think a couple more days and the physical pains will be very light if not gone. In the past my w/d symptoms have only lasted a week. I'm looking forward to the RLS subsiding. It's what annoys me the most and what would break me every time in the past:/

 

[ExInMil]

Yeah... im not sure what what helpped more since I was on both at the same time, and apparently high level of gabapentin. Day 7 and I slept last night for a full fucking 5 hours, which is what I wanted, but now im a little more depressed than I was before when sleep was tight. Sleep deprivation helps with depression.... until you go to sleep. Day 4, good for you. Day 4 was my first real good day, and the RLS went away in the next day or 2. Keep it up. - Peace