taper failed. i started calling out of work from how uncomfortable i started getting. seems like im stabilized on around 1000mg. so from what i’ve read. you can safely lower the dose 100mg every 1-2 weeks. has anyone else had success with this route and able to come off. i want OFF this medication and it seems like this time i was on too high of a dose for too many years and my CNS has adjusted. :/. this is horrible
I’ve only been taking gabapentin for a few months at 300 mg three times a day (900 mg total).
I decided I wanted to taper off, and I’m currently on day 3. My plan has been to take 300 mg in the morning, 300 mg later in the day, and reduce my third dose to approximately 150 mg, bringing my daily total to around 750 mg.
I’ve been opening the 300 mg capsule and eyeballing half the powder, which I know isn’t the most accurate method.
The problem is that I’m already feeling withdrawal symptoms, and I’m honestly surprised because I haven’t even been taking it that long like less than 6 months and haven’t reduced my dose by that much.
I’m wondering:
Has anyone experienced withdrawal after only a few months of gabapentin?
Is dropping from 900 mg to 750 mg too much at once?
How long did you stay at each reduced dose before lowering it again?
Did your withdrawal symptoms eventually settle while holding at the same dose?
What tapering schedule worked for you?
I really want to get off this medication, but I also don’t want to make myself miserable in the process. I’d appreciate hearing other people’s experiences!
My psychiatrist prescribed me Gabapentin yesterday, I took my first dose last night. I’m on 300mg 3x daily for anxiety + alcohol use disorder. But now I’m reading how awful coming off of it is and I’m kinda confused why she prescribed it rather than a typical anxiety medication. (I’ve tried Hydroxyzine it does nothing for me and Trazodone for sleep gives me restless legs).
How many days would y’all recommend trying it before asking for something else if I don’t see the benefits? I don’t wanna mess with this drug long term if it’s gonna do more harm than good
If someone is taking a medication and tells you they are going to quit it cold turkey and they end up in ICU with seizures from stopping the medication are you in trouble because you didn’t stop them?
Adults in their 70’s, drug Gabapentin taken for 12 years nonstop. They are friends from 15 years old. No power of attorney, nothing legal binding between them.
Hi I have been taking 25mg for a good few years for nerve pain having a retractile testicle it worked.
But i decided to try without it for two weeks the pain returned started taking it again but its not working and has now developed into pudenal neuralgia.
Dr has prescribed gabapentin 100mg to switch too.
But he didn’t say anything about tapering off.
Google said I should be tapering off first before switching and upon reading nortriptyline could have been affecting my acid reflux also over the last few years?.
Any advice on stopping nortriptyline?.
I was just prescribed 300 mg three times a day for sciatic pain. The pain isn’t that bad except when I go to bed, and the doctor said it was not a strong dose, but it seems strong to me compared to what other people take. I drink wine almost every day and I’m going on vacation tomorrow with my girlfriends. We all drink wine from the afternoon into the evening. I can cut back for sure, but none? That’ll be impossible. I would rather just take one pill in the morning and that’s it. Does everybody cut out wine? I didn’t feel any side effects from my first pill that I took six hours ago.
I had 2 months worth. I took my last dose about 18 hours ago. How bad will the withdrawals be? How long?
Is this normal at all?