What would happen if I drank alcohol while taking Gabapentin?

Take the medicine at list onece in 3months , my stop for 6year after talking gabapentin for a year and it just started again .

I literally just did that. I waited a couple hrs before drinking back Daniels sour mash whiskey. Ive only had one shot, and i feel a bit tired, and nervous, just cuz sometimes I can act like a hypochondriac...but I did my research and I'll be just fine. I took 209 my of gabapentin this morning because I was shaking bad. I drink alot, usually everyday I drink 375ML of whisky, each day with 2 needs at night. So I do need to wean myself off of the boos.cuz now that I sweat&shake every morning, then when I drink I feel normal. So just be careful, don't let yourself beccome dependant on alcohol and pills. It's a slippery slope. And I'm in recovery from pain killers. It's hard to stay sober,cuz I I have really bad anxiety and sleep paralysis...but I'm working on it. Just be careful! Godbless you, ♡.

Hi Jo
Get another doctor. Preferably a good Neurologist. Im in the same boat with Gabapenten not covering the pain enough. There are other meds that make Gabapenten work better. Wish you well and more relief

Hi Jo
Get another doctor. Preferably a good Neurologist. Im in the same boat with Gabapenten not covering the pain enough. There are other meds that make Gabapenten work better. Wish you well and more relief

Feb 12/2019
I got shingles on my face the first week of December. Took Acyclovir a few weeks until sores dried up then was prescribed Gabapentin. I get a sharp pain across head off and on but mostly its itchy and short of using battery acid, I want to rip my face off ! Face is really red around cheek and really affecting the right eye, and is itchy where all the sores were. At least I can cover it a bit with makeup now if I have to go out but don't feel like going anywhere socially. When this first started, I looked like a bulldog that had a fight with a blender. Anyway, I am weaning off gabapentin and now back to the orig amt of 300 mg X3 daily so far. They don't seem to be working and had been taking advil too which I think is what was helping.. Will do that for a few days and lower it again. I got another prescription from doc which I will start the last night of weaning. It is actually an antidepressant type drug (which I haven't ever had before or tried yet this time) they use for this kind of pain/itch from shingles. Maybe it is used with shingles because the stress factor really can start a bout of shingles, and I have had a real mess of stressors for years, haven't been ill though, no flues colds, for years so don't think immune system is wrecked. One thing that helps a bit is an ointment called Biofreeze; (got at London drugs) it penetrates deeper than itch creams and lasts a little while. I tried mixing it with a natural moisturizer I have and that works even better. Seems to calm the nerves causing the trouble for a few hours. Some days it is worse. Anyway, really fed up with this and taking drugs. I am 72.5 years old and don't take anything and use supplements for problems, naturally. I want to dump these poisons and get "on with it' , like life.. Maybe check out the Gaba info on a natural site. I found an interesting article, actually when reading about MSG allergies; and it explained a lot about glutamates something like when there is an imbalance in brain, they can overwhelm neurotransmitters such as gaba and glycine; nothing to do with shingles, but it had some really good info on what may help this. One reader actually said to take glycine and that it helps, so I guess this is why. Check this yourself, because this statement is very vague that I wrote. Anyway hope some of this helps someone. Am anxious to try the new 'script' I got in a day or so.
L.R (BC Canada)

But does it feels like it still be working even when you drink

I stopped Gabapentin cold turkey. Bad Idea. I had the shakes for a week. I'll just drink a beer. Good bye to that stuff

I drink a couple of glasses of wine with my night dose of Gabapentin and it does help me sleep. I limit my intake to two glasses so I don't get addicted.

I was drinking because we had friends over for a bbq. We were target shooting a gun early in the day. After our friends left, I took my gabapentin and went to bed. Apparently, I woke up and took off down the street for a mile barefoot. My husband went and got me and was trying to get me to go to bed, but I freaked out, thinking he was putting a gun to my neck. I called the police, and they arrested him for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He would never do that to anyone, especially me, and I have no idea why I even said that. I was clearly delusional, and I remember telling the cop multiple times that I have MS, and I'm on medication. Still, they arrested him anyway with no evidence of a gun or assault. So, I have ruined our lives because I decided to take this medication while intoxicated. I don't think the DA will drop charges because she keeps blowing me off and telling me to call back. Each time I call, I'm told a different amount of time before I can call back because they say that they don't have the case yet. I have been trying to get the EPO dropped as well, but I feel like the judge is blowing this off because they think I'm a victim. I am not a victim, and if there is a victim, it is my husband because I messed up and mixed this medication with alcohol.

Do gabapentin and alcohol mix well? Or not mix well? I believe everyone gets a different reaction. We all have a different chemistry. Am I right?

I think having over 6 hours before you drink has more of the gabapentin out of your system.

I go out and drink 5 or 6 drinks a day. I stop drinking about 7pm and I take my 100 mg of gabapentin at about 10pm. I have no side effects other than i sleep through the night more easily. Beside that drug I also take 50mg of Metpprolol 1x daily, Amioradone 200mg 2x daily and Diltizam 180 mg 1daily. I agree that everybody is different.

I just began on 300 mg 5 days; supposed to build gradually to 900mg - seems like a lot. Thinking a couple of beers will not cause problem: @ home no driving involved. I'll see.