Hi. I'm wondering if it is safe for me to take Gabapentin for withdrawal symptoms from methadone? I read somewhere that the gaba is sometimes prescribed for that. I have never taken it before in my life and got a hold of a few 300mg capsules the other day. I have been into opiates off and on for about 8 years, getting pretty bad into them this past year. I think it is alot mental with me though. I started off on Perc 5's and 10's, graduating to oxy 30's about a year ago. I was taking about 60mg a day of oxy which I know isn't a lot, but for me it was. I couldn't afford it anymore and just wanted to stop, so I got a hold of some 8mg subs and started doing them. I was doing really good, only taking about 2 mg a day trying to wean down until a friend introduced me into snorting them. That's when I got all f'd up on them. That was 2 1/2 months ago. About 2 weeks ago I couldn't find any anywhere so I had no choice but to quit ct. I made it to day 3 and ended up finding some vikes and tried to ease my withdrawal symptoms, which were torturous. Chills, insomnia, depression, aches, pains, moodswings, you name it. I took 22.5 miligrams and didn't feel anything, naturally as I had been taking subs, but they did help with the wd's. I took the same amount the following day, and about 7.5 mg the day after that. I couldn't get a hold of anymore and took nothing the day after that. I thought that I would feel better because I had only took them for a few days and been off of subs for 7 days at that point, but my symptoms were back as if It was just starting all over again. Anyways, I ended up finding some methadone 10's and took one that night. The next day I took 5mg, and the day after that and so on. So, long story short, it has been 2 weeks since I have been on the methadone, with yesterday being my last dose of 5mg. Physically I have been fine today. The mental part of me really wants to score something but I know that it will just be a vicious cycle if I don't get off of these things now. I'm sorry this is so long but I wanted to give a little insight into my situation. My question is, will the gabapentin I got help out with wd symptoms if I take them? I have 3 300mg capsules. I'm kind of scared to take them as I've heard mixed things. Help me! I need advice.