Gabapentinoids What's the most Gabapentin you have taken?

[Jnowhere]

It's a weird one. People either feel like a relaxed euphoria...or NOTHING.

It basically indirectly increases the GABA in your brain, similar to a light benzo like Chlordiazapoxide (Librium).

I would save the gabapentin for when you get opiod wd's. Which from your posts happens regularly.
Not being mean, I actually don't want you to waste something that could help you, when you run out of morphine.

Also, if you start taking large doses, not only will it be wasted; but you build a really high tolerance, very quickly. Trust me; I have a script for it, and I am occasionally stupider than usual.

Also you shouldn't use larger doses; too frequently, without giving your body a break, to lower the tolerance for it too work.

Whether used properly or used recreationally, it is something you should to be careful with. It can apparently can cause bad wd's if used regularly, especially in higher doses.

I don't think you can OD on it.

Also, I would like to again really recommend that you save it, let your tolerance go down and use it for morphine wd's.

 

[ChemicallyEnhanced]

I would save the gabapentin for when you get opiod wd's. Which from your posts happens regularly.
Not being mean, I actually don't want you to waste something that could help you, when you run out of morphine.

Also, if you start taking large doses, not only will it be wasted; but you build a really high tolerance, very quickly. Trust me; I have a script for it, and I am occasionally stupider than usual.

Also you shouldn't use larger doses; too frequently, without giving your body a break, to lower the tolerance for it too work.

Whether used properly or used recreationally, it is something you should to be careful with. It can apparently can cause bad wd's if used regularly, especially in higher doses.

I don't think you can OD on it.

Also, I would like to again really recommend that you save it, let your tolerance go down and use it for morphine wd's.

Yeah, that's good advice
I have to take it every day 'cause I'm dependant on it, but usually try and take less than I'm prescribed so I can take extra when I run out of Morphine

 

[isthisreal?]

The most I ever took was 1700mg and tbf I didn’t notice any more effects compared to 500mg. Felt like a massive waste

 

[placebonaut]

Also you shouldn't use larger doses; too frequently, without giving your body a break, to lower the tolerance for it too work.

I'd be interested in hearing what kind of frequency and breaks do you suggest.

I took some for the 1st time this weekend and loved it, I can see it replacing some of my pregabalin doses, maybe even most/all of it

I don't think you can OD on it.

I don't think so either, you get to a point where you saturate your LAT system so can't take in any more

 

[Jnowhere]

I'd be interested in hearing what kind of frequency and breaks do you suggest.

I took some for the 1st time this weekend and loved it, I can see it replacing some of my pregabalin doses, maybe even most/all of it


I don't think so either, you get to a point where you saturate your LAT system so can't take in any more

Yeah, I am not really sure, I am kinda of waiting to see, right now,lol

 

[JackARoe]

3600 mgs but that was too strong. These days based off of what nzity had said it doesn't pay to go above 1200-1500 mgs and that is where I settled. Like once a week. Sometimes twice. I like the subtler effects over the strong effects. Just barely perceptible although I can feel that with 300 mgs. 1200 mgs is pretty strong. With pregabalin 300 mgs is as far as I go but I do like gabapentin better. Pregabalin shakes my vision, gabapentin just feels like a deep down body high with some of the easier pregabalin head space. Of course all that could be placebo. People say they are the same thing with pregabalin being stronger and more absorbable and at low doses they feel similar.

One thing I had read some years ago doing research is that some people actually got up to like 10,000 mgs a day. That's crazy. I see people post they take a gram of pregabalin in a shot. Too much.

 

[placebonaut]

People say they are the same thing with pregabalin being stronger and more absorbable and at low doses they feel similar.

certainly not the same effects from a rec perspective, gabapentin was for me sedating and like a nice warm blanket wrapped around me, pregab is energetic for me and much more intense.

One thing I had read some years ago doing research is that some people actually got up to like 10,000 mgs a day. That's crazy. I see people post they take a gram of pregabalin in a shot. Too much.

a gram isn't as much as you might think especially with tolerance, I've had around that with no tolerance a fair few times, it gives some crazy OEV for me, you're definitely jacked up on that amount

 

[JackARoe]

certainly not the same effects from a rec perspective, gabapentin was for me sedating and like a nice warm blanket wrapped around me, pregab is energetic for me and much more intense.

Exactly how I feel. Good to see another perspective. Gabapentin lets me sleep deep. Sometimes pregabalin doesn't sooth the body like gabapentin.

 

[DeathIndustrial88]

Sorry to hear about the arrhythmia! Is it under control? Like with a pacemaker or meds or anything?

Does snorting lope help more compared to just swallowing it??

Thanks! ^_^

It's sort of more under control now.
It just started one day out of nowhere. I woke up & it felt like my heart was skipping a beat every 10 minutes. And not just skipping a beat, but I'd get this heavy "thud" feeling in my chest when it would happen. It would even take the air out of me for a second. And they continued on all day & I had no idea at the time what it actually was. But after a few days of it continuing, I went to the ER & they diagnosed me with PVCs ( premature ventricular contractions ).

After I got out of the ER, they continued on every day for months. I'd feel that "thud/kicked in the gut" sensation up to 100+ a day, every day.
I was completely miserable & thought I was gonna die for sure. Saw a cardiologist, did a stress test, EKG, echocardiogram. The EKG said I had had a heart attack at some point, but the cardiologist said it was just their machine being sensitive. And then everything was fine with the stress test, but they saw an "imaging artifact" on my echo. But they said it looked more like sub-diaphragm activity rather than anything with my heart.

So they concluded that my heart was "normal, but can't rule out infarction (heart attack)". So that didn't give me any answers & just left me with more questions.

But then after awhile, the "thud"/pvcs started coming & going. For the first year, they were almost daily. And then it turned into them going away for a month & then they'd come back for a month & then they'd go away again. And over the last 2 years, that period where they go away has gotten longer & longer. Now I can go like 4-6 months & only have like maybe 5 "thuds" during that time. So I'm staying hopeful that one day it goes away for good.

Currently they've come back within in the past month after like 8 months of barely any. But it's only been about 5-10 thuds a day. Hopefully it just goes away again.


As for snorting lope, I'm not sure it's worth it. I've done it in the past & I think I use to placebo myself into thinking it did a little something.
Technically lope does cross the blood brain barrier, it just won't stay there because it's get pumped back out right away.
Out of my dozens & dozens of lope experiences, I can honestly say I think I only felt any mental effects from it once. And they were actually really nice. I got really relaxed, noddy even & just felt amazing for 30 minutes after doing some once. But then it disappeared incredibly sharply, almost like it made it into my brain & then stayed for 30 minutes for whatever reason & then was immediately pumped back out & I felt a sharp return back to baseline & normality.

Some times lope made it almost impossible to poop for days too, without much effect worth being that constipated for.
But in lower doses, I do think it can help somebody at least a tiny bit if they're in a jam & have to wait to get their meds. Just be super careful & do all your diligent research (this is directed at any randos reading, rather than you ChemicallyEnhanced, since I know you do your researching ).

 

[Ozymandeus]

For me anything over 2g in a 12hr period gives me some effects like headache and dry mouth. With no high to speak of.

I can only use it for about 3 days before tolerance makes the high imperceptible. I don't have neuropathy so I don't get anything out of it. It was prescribed to me for seizures and to help me with alcohol cravings.

When I dose it's generally 600mg every 4-6hr. Your body can absorb so much. Taking more than that at one time is a waste.