I was prescribed Gabitril for my anxiety. My prescription is to take up to three 4mg pills at bedtime. Well, I was bored last night and decided to take nine 4mg pills, for a total of 36mg. Let me tell you, this is not something you want to try to trip on. It's not fun.
Tiagabine
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Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
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- PubChem toxicity data
Limited data
Sparse data. Doses and effects may be unreliable or untested.
- 1 source
- no dose data
- PubChem toxicity data
Aliases: Gabitril
Summary
Tiagabine is an anticonvulsant prescribed as an add-on drug to help control epileptic seizures. It is believed to work by enhancing the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA. It is also prescribed off-label in the treatment of bi-polar disorder [BPD], chronic anxiety disorder, and insomnia.
Tolerance
Build-up
varies by mechanism; therapeutic tolerance may develop over weeks of regular use
Reset
typically days to weeks after discontinuation
Tolerance Decay
Full tolerance
3d
Half tolerance
8d
Baseline
~14d
Acute tolerance: develops within a single session — the reset numbers above apply after sustained heavy use, not after one binge. Within-session tachyphylaxis usually resets largely overnight.
Effects
Aggregated from 7 Erowid experience reports
Positive Effects 1
Sedation
57.1%
70%
Adverse Effects 0
Community Trip Reports
Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, and Bluelight. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance.
Erowid 6 reports 1 positive 3 neutral 2 cautionary visit
Last weekend I was bored so I decided to pay my good friend 'G' a visit. Upon arriving at his house he told me he had gotten a new perscription to Gabitril, something I had never previously heard of.
[Erowid Note: The dose described in this report is very high, potentially beyond Erowid's 'heavy' range, and could pose serious health risks or result in unwanted, extreme effects.
My chronic pain doctor gave to me several boxes of free samples of a drug called Gabitril. Apparently, it is good against nerve related pain (pinched nerves in the spine, etc) so I said I would give it a shot. She warned me it might pack a punch though, dizziness, drowsiness, the works.
About three weeks ago, I was hanging out with my new roommate (weve been friends for a long time), and I was feeling too sober yet didnt have any money for trees or alcohol, and he is prescribed many things for bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression and also adhd.
This happened to me not too long ago. Since I saw there weren't any reports on Tiagabine and it's dangers, I decided to submit this. Please be forewarned that this drug is not something you should even consider messing with.
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