What's the deal with gabapentin

[F1n1shed]

I have heard all kinds of things with this stuff. I have 100mg capsules, can i take 200 followed by 200 and feel a buzz or is that a waste?

I know it potentiates opies.. that's all i want. Any thoughts on this or is this stuff complete garbage?

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O Yea, do i have to keep dosing daily for this drug to work or can i just take it on random days?

 

[wezface]

It depends. Some people love the stuff in its own right as a recreational drug. Some people love it for pain or mental illness or epilepsy (count me in that camp). The opiate potentiation is sort of secondary as it is sedating in its own right.

Tolerance does build very quickly. If you've never taken the stuff before, 100-200mg is a good place to start. Give it about two to three hours and see how you feel, and if you're not happy with the result, you can take another 200. Luckily gabapentin is just about impossible to OD on, but don't expect any grand fireworks or anything. It's not crack, after all.

 

[《Plasticity》]

Gabapentin is very hit or miss. For those that it does work for it usually does wonders. I personally love the stuff, a dose of 800-1600mgs has always been more than enough for me. A lot of people reccommend taking absurd amounts of gabapentin but I would start with 400-600mgs tops and work up from there.

High doses with no tolerance tends to leave me very dizzy and lightheaded, sometimes mildly tachycardic. On the topic of opioid potentiation, I vividly remember reading a study that showed it potentiated some opioids but also weakened the effect of others. Unfortunately I can't seem to find it nor can I remember which opioids benefited and which one's didn't.

Gabapentin can take a couple hours to kick in, I would wait at least 2-3 hours before redosing. Although staggering can have a mild effect on bioavailability, the difference isn't significant. I personally find that staggering has no, or very little effect on the strength of my high so if you're impatient like me I would just eat it all at once.

I rarely drink soda but from what I hear carbonated beverage lessen the come-up duration and may even increase the strength of your high. Like wez points out beware of the tolerance, a few days of use renders it useless for recreational use... though the medicinal benefits stick around for longer IME.

 

[F1n1shed]

Gabapentin is very hit or miss. For those that it does work for it usually does wonders. I personally love the stuff, a dose of 800-1600mgs has always been more than enough for me. A lot of people reccommend taking absurd amounts of gabapentin but I would start with 400-600mgs and work up from there.

High doses with no tolerance tends to leave me very dizzy and lightheaded, sometimes mild tachycardia. On the topic of opioid potentiation, I vividly remember reading a study that showed it potentiated some opioids but also weakened the effect of others. Unfortunately I can't seem to find it nor can I remember which opioids benefited and which one's didn't.

Gabapentin can take a couple hours to kick in, I would wait at least 2-3 hours before redosing. Although staggering can have a mild effect on bioavailability, the difference isn't significant. I personally find that staggering has no, or very little effect on the strength of my high so if you're impatient like me I would just eat it all at once. I rarely drink soda but from what I hear carbonated beverage lessen the come-up duration and may even increase the strength of your high.

Yea i read about the staggering idea, i am impatient as well so i will probably just take it all at once. Does taking it anally increase bioavail?

 

[wezface]

The BA is pretty high orally and there is a lot of stuff if you have 100mg capsules, so I'd stick with the oral route. Also avoid things like black pepper and omeprazole (Prilosec) or any other antacids or dairy within an hour of taking it.

 

[F1n1shed]

The BA is pretty high orally and there is a lot of stuff if you have 100mg capsules, so I'd stick with the oral route. Also avoid things like black pepper and omeprazole (Prilosec) or any other antacids or dairy within an hour of taking it.

aww man! the one day i drink milk with cookies when i shouldn't have lol. I just took some of the gaba down with milk, fuck!

 

[wezface]

Lol it won't do any damage, but it will increase the time it takes for your body to absorb the medication and it might slightly affect the absorption. No serious harm done, but now you know for next time (if it isn't a total flop for you. I've never gotten high off it though it's great for my neuropathy).

 

[jammin83]

The BA is pretty high orally and there is a lot of stuff if you have 100mg capsules, so I'd stick with the oral route. Also avoid things like black pepper and omeprazole (Prilosec) or any other antacids or dairy within an hour of taking it.

I was under the impression that it wasn't...hence lyrica.