Misc Effects of Gabapentin (Neurontin) on different people

[shpongle1987]

So I have a script for gabas and recreationaly i take about 2400mg spaced out over a few hours. Now the thing is gabas make me hella energetic to the point of almost jittery adderall feeling type stuff. When i ask other people that take gabas there responses are all different as to what the effects are on them. 75% say it makes them get a mild buzz and relaxation and the others say it has the same effect that i get from it. What is the reason for the? Is it simply just the fact that everyone reacts to drugs differently? Different brain chemistry? I know the people i asked that said it make them relaxed weren't big drug users, just weed. Ive had a long history of dissociative drug abuse to my brain chemistry mite be altered..who knows. If anyone has any thoughts regarding this please send a reply! thanks!

 

[NegativeKC7]

When I started taking gabapentin in detox/rehab it made me very relaxed and almost like I was walking on air...I felt great. Now I take about 1800mg two or three times a day (as i hear that's really the ceiling dose before it stops adding anything) and its just become another crutch. If I don't take it I get almost withdrawal feelings withing 8 hours. Yawns, pains, the whole 9 yards

To answer your question...yes, it works differently on different people.

 

[Keif' Richards]

I'm sure that just with any substance, people metabolize it differenty which is going to lead to different effect profiles from person to person. Codeine for example: I do not metabolize it. I have taken up to a gram through CWE with zero effects. Some people can drink lean/cheratussin/syrup and get FUCKED UP. Those people live my dream.

Alll of that aside. I've got some experience with gabapentin, as well as the other GABA drugs. The dose/effect curve is different than mostl substances I have tried. I usually take doses of 3-5 grams at a time, staggered for maximum effect. On some occasions I get some preferable efffects: increased sociability, physical relaxation, verbosity etc. On some occasions though, I have taken those same rather high doses, with zero effect. It's a bummer when than happens, but in retrospect it's really kind of interesting.

Stomach content has a very real effect on gabapentin. On an empty stomach it has produced zero effects. Taken after a couple of tablespoons of peanut butter the effects are bolstered due to its lipid solubility. Try taking your pills after eating a full meal high in fat, make it an experiment. You might get a much more pronounced effect.

Just my two cents.

 

[《Plasticity》]

I've always found this strange as well. Yeah, everyone reacts to different substances differently but the variance in this one is essentially all or nothing. I personally respond very well to gabapentin and find it recreational and particularly useful in social situations due to the huge confidence and mood boost along with an increased talkativeness.

I commented in a BDD thread about the exact effects I get from neurontin so I'll just copy em here, but for some reason a select amount of people feel nothing, zip, nada. Very strange... The stuff does wonders for opiate withdrawal too, though lyrica is a bit better for both uses.

- Moderate to strong mood lift
- Minor body oriented euphoria
- Strong increase in confidence
- Reduction of anxiety
- Ever so slight OEV and CEV
- Minor loss of coordination
- Sometimes severe case of the giggles, hilarity
- Increased socialization

 

[ParappaTheRapper]

Its kind of trippy. It feels like a benzo, opiate, and stimulant in one, but mild and leaning towards benzo feeling.

 

[ticking]

gabas pretty sweet to rave to