Anyone on Gaba and Rivotril (Klonopin)?

[Zuriel]

I have started tapering a little off 0.25mg night dose of Rivotril for the past 2 weeks with no side effects. The melatonin spray I'm taking has 2.5mg Gaba, which I suppose helps me maintain 10 hours of sleep.

Does anyone consume a higher dose of Gaba while going off benzos? Would love to hear your experience. Thanks.

 

[Nielk]

Hi Zuriel,

Klonopin (which I'm on) increases the amount of Gaba in your brain.
I don't know about the supplement GABA.
Logically, it would make sense that it should help with Klonopin withdrawal symptoms as it would fill in the gap of GABA depletion.
I have no experience doing this and never took GABA supplement. The only possible difficulty that I can think of, is the quantity question. How much GABA to take to compensate.
I would not try this on my own without a doctor's guidance. You don't want to mess up with your brain.
Good luck.

 

[Wonko]

Unless taken at fairly high doseage GABA suppliments wont pass the blood brain barrier, for me that doseage is about 3g (it's supposed to be 6g for a 'healthy' individual), if it does pass the blood brain barrier the effects can be quite unpleasant and debilitating (at least in my case).

However I do take GABA regularly, generally under a gram a night as it significantly improves my ability to recover from just being alive, it's not only (or even primarily as far as I know) used in the brain, it down regulates practically all 'neuro'transmitters and allows anything which has been up regulated to recover.

I can see why it might help with withdrawal but would suspect the melatonin is assisting sleep which is helping more with the withdrawal than a very low dose of GABA.

I would concur with the above advice, seek a medical opinion before doing anything.