#gabapentin

[queerautism]

hot take but: no one forced you to start the pregabalin in the first place

No, of course. I could have told the doctor I didn't want to take the only thing they were willing to prescribe for my chronic pain and accepted that all investigations into it would also stop.

Before pregabalin, they put me on gabapentin, which I had to stop pretty quickly because it made my (usually very background, passive) suicidal ideation Extremely bad. I was also not warned about any potential side effects for gabapentin, and in fact wouldn't have even known this was a possible side effect if it wasn't for some other chronically ill people that talked to me about it, and enabled me to recognise it.

Any chronic pain patient knows how easily and how strongly doctors push these two medications onto us. Often without any discussion of possible side effects and how hard it can be to get off them. I've seen people say similar things about cymbalta / duloxetine as well.

Anyway, my entire point is that patients deserve the chance to give informed consent to medications - And this needs to involve an actual discussion of common side effects, what it is like to stop taking it, etc.

#Pregabalin #Gabapentin #Chronic pain #chronically ill

[medsformyhead]

percs and gabbies.

#my drugs #mine #drugs #girls who do drugs #girls who do pills #gabapentin #percocet #oxycodone #acetaminophen #opiates #opioids #percs #narcotics #substances #pills #pillhead #nodsquad

[etirabys]

been going through it in the damnedest way the past two weeks. I got gabapentin after asking my doctor for an anxiety medication to fill in the gaps between my at-most-weekly benzodiazepine medication.

I've been on the Generic Disordered Person meds/supplements ride for a long ass time and took it without much hope, and

it

fixed my personality?

Here are the two big things that are wrong with me as a human being:

I'm not good at my job because I procrastinate

I'm tetchy. I'm sometimes blind to the degree I'm tetchy because I've arranged my life to avoid Bad Stimulation (e.g. many types of phatic communication), but when I'm in a situation where I can't avoid these things I become rapidly and unhappily aware of how defective I am

I took 400mg-600mg every day for 10 days, happily worked a record number of hours, and was effortlessly nice to everyone. I found myself only mildly interesting in social media.

I got approval from my own psychiatrist (who doesn't seem especially competent) and a friend-psychiatrist (who does) to take it every day. Around day 10, though it occurred to me that if this medication worked so well for me, I should take off periods to guard against tolerance. So I skipped a dose.

I became very mean immediately. A partner said something blatantly but harmlessly illogical. I flipped out. Then meekly took a gabapentin.

Repeat 2 times with new irritations. I think I got unlucky and encountered 80th percentile irritations the first 3 times I tried to skip (I'm writing this in the middle of attempt 4 and have had a fine evening alone in my room) – but I got to 95th percentile angry, which is unusual.

I'm sad! I'm happy! I'm scheming to find out how to make the most of this! I could treat it with the wariness I treat my benzo, but I could also try a two-days-on-one-day-off cycle where the third day is explicitly the day when My Neurochemistry Is Against Me And I Need To Consult My Emotional Regulation Cheat Sheet Twenty Times A Day. I feel like knowing in advance which days are going to challenge me will make it easier to practice the cognitive behavioral part of managing my Difficult Person Disorder.

#rambl #gabapentin #emo depletion

[percpalace]

love my gabbies

#percpalace #gabapentin #drugblr

[baja-blastoise]

So I went to the rheumatologist the other day and they prescribed me gabapentin. However, the doctor never went over any of the side effects, so being the overly cautious person I am I decide to look them up and HOOOO BOY idk if I want to even try gabapentin anymore. They say it can ultimately cause dementia as well as:

• cause memory loss

•weight gain (which I already have problems losing weight anyway)

• clumsiness

Among many other things. Don’t get me wrong, I’m in a lot of pain, but I’m too scared to try it at this point. Has anyone tried gabapentin for chronic pain/fibromyalgia? If so, how was your experience and did you have any side effects?

#gabapentin #chronic pain #chronic illness #chronic inflammation #fibromyalgia #autoimmune #autoimmune disease #joint pain #muscle pain #spoonie #gastritis #what a great way to spend disability pride month #with getting diagnosed with fibromyalgia #they’re still doing the other tests

[clonazepamcuti3]

300mg gabapentin every half hour with a fizzy drink & fatty foods

only the gaba goddess’s get it.

#gabapentin #pregabalin #gaba goddesss #neurontin

[alderfurcula]

#yo gabba gabba #gabapentin #love my life saving meds

[beetlescrub]

bullet witch and gabapentin friendis foreves

#bullet witch #gabapentin #oc #oc art #drawing #sketch #furry #furry art #queer art #trans girls #goatgirl #horsegirl

[cryptid-ink]

Tempted to just up my gabapentin dose on my own but im not going to im going to wait for my doctor like a good bean even though i cant sleep because laying on my spine aches and every other position is excruciating.

#personal #chronic pain #gabapentin #chronic illness #hypermobile ehlers danlos #hypermobility #eds #heds

[fitgothgirl]

Had a weird, blah day yesterday since I basically didn't sleep the prior night. Since starting the Wellbutrin in early July, my insomnia hasn't improved. Falling asleep is never the problem but if I don't take either gabapentin or trazodone, I'll wake up for hours in the middle of the night, maybe only falling back asleep in the early morning. I told my psychiatrist I was taking either one of those meds probably most nights and he said it's fine since it's such low doses (50mg of trazodone or 200-300mg of gabapentin) of low-risk meds that aren't even sleeping pills. The trazodone is technically an antidepressant that often gets prescribed off label for insomnia, and gabapentin is technically an anticonvulsant for epilepsy but gets prescribed off label for anxiety. He had given the gabapentin to me in relation to trying to cut back on weed, but I inadvertently found it helps me sleep great and he said it's fine to use it for that too (another issue it often get prescribed off label for). But I'm at the point where I just want to take either one of those meds every night rather than fighting the meds-less nights every third night or whatever. The Wellbutrin helps me so much and the insomnia isn't getting better, but I sleep so well on either of those meds. So if it's okay to just keep taking them then I'd like to do that; I'll ask my psychiatrist at my next appointment. When I take them I sleep great and I don't wake up all groggy or anything, I just feel refreshed. The stark difference is reflected on my Fitbit too.

Makes me wonder if a stimulant would be better since it would have a shorter half life (I think? Correct me if I'm wrong). Doesn't matter how early I take my Wellbutrin in the morning - still the same insomnia problems. But if a stimulant wears off faster then maybe I could get the same benefits without this insomnia. That'll be another question to bring up with my psychiatrist. But based on our first few meetings like 6 months ago, he'll likely want me to go to through the full ADHD cognitive testing ordeal before prescribing me a stimulant, even though it's obvious I have ADHD and my therapist (who's in the same company so my records with her are visible to him I think) has diagnosed me on her end. But LMFT findings probably don't matter to MDs.

Anyway, I let yesterday be weird and blah and ate a bunch of random junk and didn't log anything. I was wanting to go to the gym after already having had two rest days but skipped that too. Took trazodone last night and slept well except I could've gone to bed a bit earlier to catch up a little. But I got back to the gym and tracking my intake and eating well today. Still a bit tired so I'll use tonight to catch up on some sleep and I'm just eating maintenance calories (or a little surplus) as well.

#mine #personal fitblr #antidepressants #wellbutrin #bupropion #trazodone #gabapentin #insomnia #sleep maintenance insomnia #adhd life #adhd inattentive #adult adhd #adhd in girls #adhd in women #fitness #girls who lift #strong not skinny #weight lifting #losing weight #healthy weight loss #healthy weightloss

[sebastianraphaelvalentine]

gabapentin the clown and their ex-boyfriend, by me

#gabapentin #clown

[hail5tan]

I fucking love making Playlists

If you're on downers and like eerie vibes you should check this one out

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3aPlWsSSJPYtcwXrtRyRkK?si=FTK23TUSRvqbcFvmRTQ0JQ&pi=u-gnSMOz82QnGo

#spotify playlist #candy flip #lorazapam #gabapentin #edm #electronic #music #lofi and chill #chill vibes #wait how da fuck are people on mobile supposed to enjoy my gift #benzodiazepine

[medsformyhead]

my favorite thing is getting high, listening to music and going on tumblr.

#💭.txt #drugs #girls who do drugs #girls who do pills #pills #gabapentin #opioids #opiates #norco #lortab #vicodin #hydrocodone #benzo #benzodiazepines #nodsquad #blurry

[lifewithchronicpain]

The risk of prescribing gabapentin (Neurontin) off-label for pain management may finally be sinking into the medical community. The latest sign is an op/ed published in JAMA Internal Medicine, which warns that gabapentin is often ineffective for pain, may raise the risk of overdose, and “will not cure the opioid crisis”

Gabapentin is a non-opioid medication that was originally developed as an anticonvulsant to treat epileptic seizures. In recent years, gabapentin prescribing has grown 5-fold, with a growing number of physicians prescribing it “off-label” for both acute and chronic pain. Some do it as an alternative to opioids, while others prescribe it in conjunction with opioids.

“Gabapentin is often thought of as a safe alternative for pain management and may be initially enticing as a nonopioid medication, though the evidence for its efficacy in pain control is limited,” wrote lead author Raegan Durant, MD, a Professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and Associate Editor at JAMA.

“With more restrictive opioid prescribing guidelines, physicians may be struggling to treat pain effectively and more frequently turning to gabapentin as a nonopioid option. However, avoidance of opioids at the expense of either more frequent use of gabapentin or concurrent gabapentin and opioids simply exposes patients to similar risks for harm often without improving the likelihood of actual pain relief.” (Read more at link)

#chronic pain #disability #opioids #gabapentin #ableism #medical bias #opioidphobia #overdoses #article

[heavenlykittens]

pink pill bottles for breast cancer awareness this month

#gabapentin #personal #pink

[prehistoric-faggot]

medicine that makes you tired vs redbull

FIGHT

#gabapentin #lav talks