Gabapentin please help

[Jones1431]

So my dr gave me gabapentin for tramadol withdrawals. It has helped wonderfully. This was 7 days ago. So I think I am over the withdrawals from the tramadol but I have been taking high doses of gabapentin in that 7 days. Like anywhere from 900-1800mg a day to stave off withdrawals. My question is how long will it take to develop a gabapentin addiction because I've read horror stories about the withdrawals. So I wanna stop taking it in like 3or 4 days but I just wanna make sure I won't suffer any withdrawals.

[Jones1431]

Thank you! I want to not take any medicine but I don't want to get through one withdrawal only to have another

[Julia M Aharonov, DO]

After seven days you should not have developed an addiction to gabapentin, But I would stop it by tapering slowly, possibly down by 300 mg down a day. Congratulation on getting clean!