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Is It Safe To Take Gaba For Anxiety?
Question: Hi I've been prescibed Gaba for anxiety, about 4000 mgs a day. Each capsule is 500mg. What is you opinion on this treatment? Thx
Brief Answer:
Tee dosage is too high. Ask your doctor again!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
This dosage of 4000mg per day is too high. I suggest you double check with your doctor to make sure he did so intentionally. Rarely would I give dosages of more than 1800mg to my clients. In exceptional cases, 2400mg/day may be used but 4000mg is not very convincing. Talk to him and hear what he says.
I hope this helps. I wish you well. Thanks for using our services and do feel free to ask for more information if need be.
Tee dosage is too high. Ask your doctor again!
Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.
This dosage of 4000mg per day is too high. I suggest you double check with your doctor to make sure he did so intentionally. Rarely would I give dosages of more than 1800mg to my clients. In exceptional cases, 2400mg/day may be used but 4000mg is not very convincing. Talk to him and hear what he says.
I hope this helps. I wish you well. Thanks for using our services and do feel free to ask for more information if need be.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
At the moment when he prescribed it i didnt know much about it. But i came home and googled it and yes that dose seemed too high, thats why I sent my query to you. My Doc wants to know if it will work for me, if not, he will recommend another supplement...im trying to treat my anxiety without meds..So I took 1 cap 500mg around 11am today...i feel relax and not anxious but i had some stomach cramps. Im not planning to take the dose recommended. What dose do you recommend? Can i just do 1 cap once or twice a day? Does it work well for anxiety? Any side effect uou have seen with it? Thanks.
Brief Answer:
I cannot change the doctor's precription!
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I cannot change your doctors prescription. Though I do not totally understand why and may disagree with the high doses, my advice is that you talk to him to make sure he got it prescribed as intended and justified. Changing the prescription would not be okay but guiding you on how to address this problem is the best I can offer.
Gaba is typically not used for anxiety. Again, it is his reasoning and you may only confront him on this for clarifications and adjustments if he thinks so. Talk to him.
I cannot change the doctor's precription!
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I cannot change your doctors prescription. Though I do not totally understand why and may disagree with the high doses, my advice is that you talk to him to make sure he got it prescribed as intended and justified. Changing the prescription would not be okay but guiding you on how to address this problem is the best I can offer.
Gaba is typically not used for anxiety. Again, it is his reasoning and you may only confront him on this for clarifications and adjustments if he thinks so. Talk to him.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju
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