Experience: 2100 mg Gabapentin (Oral) - Nodding Off

Date: 2021-01-31
Age: 17
Sex: Male
Height: 193 cm or 6'4
Weight: 68 kg or 150 lbs
Miscellaneous
- Medication:
  - I took 30 mg of mirtazapine the night before which I'm prescribed for depression, anxiety, and insomnia.
  - I also took 25mg of quetiapine for sleep.
  - I also consumed some supplements as well as 5 mg of desloratadine like I do daily to ease the symptoms of my cat allergy.
  - I also inhale 320 µg of budenoside and 9 µg of formoterol once in the morning and once in the evening for asthma.
- Experience level: First time doing gabapentin but lots of experience with other depressants and GABAergic drugs like alprazolam.
- Set & setting: Ashamed, suicidal, restless. In my room.

Report

I took 300 mg every 30 minutes until I reached 2100 mg. Instead of taking another 300 mg I took 25 mg of quetiapine and 30 mg of mirtazapine (my daily sleep medication). I believe I was awake for another 2 hours, then I passed out at my desk and woke up 1.5 hours later being extremely intoxicated, having reduced visual acuity, double vision, and severely impaired motor control. It was very difficult to walk. It was pretty similar to being very drunk. I don't think I was slurring or having difficulties speaking but at that dose it actually became a little amnesic so I don't fully remember the details of what happened. Pretty interesting drug I guess. I took 1.5 mg of alprazolam 50 minutes before my first dose. I know you're not supposed to mix benzos with other GABAergic drugs, but I figured it would clear my system before any of the gabapentin would kick in. As far as I know, it did. I wouldn't combine it with quetiapine again though at that high of a dose. It just knocked me out and removed the rush.

Submitted by IJUSTPOPPEDAXAN

Effects analysis

Sedation - "then I passed out at my desk and woke up 1.5 hours later"
Dizziness - "It was very difficult to walk"
Motor control loss - "severely impaired motor control. It was very difficult to walk. It was pretty similar to being very drunk."
Thought deceleration - This isn't explicitly mentioned in the report but I was using the substance to numb my emotions and it did.
Emotion suppression - This isn't explicitly mentioned in the report but I was using the substance to numb my emotions and it did.
Amnesia - "at that dose it actually became a little amnesic so I don't fully remember the details of what happened."
Sleepiness - "then I passed out at my desk and woke up 1.5 hours later"
Visual disconnection - "It was pretty similar to being very drunk."