when I had an elderly cat with painful gastric problems my vet and I decided to try gabapentin – which turned the little guy into a semiconscious shambling shadow of himself with the first (and only) dose. No human experience, but one of our cats has been on gabapentin for a few months now. 900 mg TID . Those are rookie numbers. What about the 85 year old frail woman on 1200 mg TID. In all seriousness I thought that the therapeutic benefits, if any, topped out around 1800 mg total daily with dosing above that just leading to increased risk of side effects, so I'm always confused when I see higher doses. My doctor just prescribed me Gabapentin 100mg 3x per day for anxiety. She said she’s had much success with patients who can’t use benzos. And the online reviews are very positive. HOW TO PROPERLY USE GABAPENTIN: Drink each down with a decent amount of fizzy soda. The acidity helps it absorb in the stomach. Trust me. Do this. Once you've taken the last pill, have a nice meal. This drastically aids your body's absorption. GABAGoodness is devoted to the discussion of all GABAergics, Gabapentnoids and VDCC inhibitors such as Pregabalin, Gabapentin, Phenibut, Carisoprodol, GHB, Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates, and more! This is a great place to ask general or recreational questions, get harm reduction advice, or share your experience with withdrawal syndromes. My vet regularly prescribes 300mg for two of my particularly skittish cats before any in-person visits. Although I can understand your husband’s fears (I remember being really worried myself the very first time, and actually didn’t listen to the vet and split the 300mg dose into 50mg doses, and gave one 50mg dose to one of my cats that time - it didn’t do anything for my kitty), your vet with klonopin (posted this recently as a topic). I just started using 300 mg gabapentin (100 mg in morning and 200 mg) in evening). Seems to be helping. Anyone else using it? Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Mental Health Support Group. My 90+ mother used it for anxeity and sleep. i’ve had horrible experiences with psych medication in the past so it took me awhile to get the courage to take my first dose of gabapentin (100mg) after i was prescribed it. sign in; Don't have an account ? Create one now; Enjoy faster checkout, create ideaboards, earn My Funds and become a Beyond+ member! track order; my offers From a pharmacology standpoint: human gabapentin and "dog" gabapentin are the exact same, but given at different doses, intervals (times or frequencies) and used for different amounts of total time. I've personally been on gabapentin for a period of time due to nerve pain and was warned by various doctors about the possible long-term effects. I have to give my cat 100 mg of gabapentin tonight and 100 mg tomorrow 3 hours before the vet visit as she is getting her blood drawn. I’m nervous because she’s a 9.7 lb cat and I don’t know anything about how sedatives work on cats. For this reason, people came up with a method for ingesting gabapentin recreationally. Start at the begining of the day so there is enough time and try to be on a light or empty stomach. You dose it out into timed intervals, and make the doses rather small such as 100mg each time. Take each dose 45 - 60 minutes apart from eachother. We do NOT promote drug use; - Accept, for better and or worse, that licit & illicit drug use is part of our world and choose to work to minimize its harmful effects rather than simply ignore or condemn them; - Utilize evidence-based, feasible, and cost-effective practices to prevent and reduce harm; - Call for the non-judgmental, non-coercive provision of services and resources to people who It’s been 1 week and I no longer get that buzzed feeling at 100mg but I have no plans on increasing the dose, unless it is necessary to help my anxiety. I am not really noticing the loopy groggy feeling at 100mg after 2 days. It is helping mildly with the anxiety so I’m going to try a 300mg dose today and I will report back how that goes. Let me offer my advice as I have been using gabapentin on and off for over a decade. My method almost always leaves me with a high resembling a cross between a drug that releases dopamine, a mild euphoriant such as mdea, and a tiny dose of phenibut or moderate dose of baclofen. I was out on 100mg 3x a day and eventually they worked my dose up to 800mg 4x a day. I know it's a high dose but even the low doses cause cognitive side effects. Gabapentin is actually more effective in lower doses so taking less won't prevent side effects. GABAGoodness is devoted to the discussion of all GABAergics, Gabapentnoids and VDCC inhibitors such as Pregabalin, Gabapentin, Phenibut, Carisoprodol, GHB, Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates, and more! This is a great place to ask general or recreational questions, get harm reduction advice, or share your experience with withdrawal syndromes. I have used Gabapentin before just not anything over 1,200mg which most would consider to be a fair dose but it got me not even close to my desired effects I took 3 600mg pills then split one to 300mg Each pill was took 30 minutes apart except for the 300mg I took about 2 and half hours after I took the first 600mg pill i ate a bunch of fatty Gabapentin has an average rating of 7.2 out of 10 from a total of 2,568 reviews on Drugs.com. 64% of reviewers reported a positive experience, while 21% reported a negative experience. HBe For Anxiety "This is the best medication for anxiety that I've ever tried. You know what it makes me feel like? I have been prescribed 300mg a night for RLS and Sleeping through the night. I only take 100mg every other night so I don't get withdrawls if I stop, so now I'm sitting on a year supply, lol! I really look forward to those Gaba nights. I sleep like a baby.
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