Posted by utopizen on September 22, 2002, at 10:33:43
In reply to Re: Any Gabitril success stories?, posted by cybercafe on September 22, 2002, at 8:43:07
Cybercafe,
If you an epilleticic, or have had seizures before, it is reccomended not to exceed 1200mg/day.
Anything about 3600/day is considered an overdose. Keep in mind when they say "day," they assume you are spreading it out over the course of the day...
I sometimes go up to 2000 at once if it's really important. I'm going to try to start taking just 400 every 4-6 hours this week and see how it goes. The only problem is I have class at 9, and there's a hottie in it I can't be anxious around... so I try to set my alarm at 5am to take 800-1600 and then go back to sleep. But I'd rather not have such a high dose.
It has been found in published studies in JAMA (Journal of Am. Med. Assoc.) that anxiety dosing requires higher dosing, but that's not to imply it's higher than 3600/day.
I'll be honest, there were nights at a dance I took way more than I should have. Don't do this, though, especially if you have to be around people... lol... it'll make you stumble and while you may not slurr your speech, you may have slower speech that is noticable.
Dosing isn't very consistent with N, because a lot of it has to do with how much you've taken in the past few days and how much your body gets used ot it... I wouldn't say it has tolerance, but the 500mg I took and got virtigo for an hour over when I first took it is much different from the 800mg that doesn't do anything for me anymore.
My doctor, who's extremely hesitant about Klonopin, seemed to develop some "Rapport" (the goal of any psychiatrist, as they're taught in school) when I mentioned I'll just continue to take N, and if there's ever a serious function I can't be anxious over, I'll combine it with a low dose of Klonopin.
So even hesitant doctors may let you have emergency supplies of Klonopin if you just tell them you'll work with them on a drug like N...
> yeah, i love neurontin, but i wonder how many people try a fair dose.... and if there is any danger in going really high (like 7000 mg)
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> what dose are you taking utopizen?
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