It is helping me more than my benzo script ever did and I’m in a low dosage! I was able to cut way back on my ativan use. I am now enjoying living on campus at ASU and am getting out more by myself. I think Gabapentin is more for people who have social anxiety disorder, at least through my experience. The dose will then be increased every 3 to 5 days, going up to 900 mg/day, or even up to 4,800 mg/day in some people.Gabapentin is not metabolized in humans and is excreted unchanged, mainly in the urine. I read tons of info on many, many anti anxiety meds. However, I had to discontinue using it because it significantly impaired my ability to drive safely- I had two near car accidents in two days; and it caused major abdominal bloating in the evening.

The first week I was extremely high on this medication I even left my phone in a Chinese tea shop and had to turn around no joke.

It takes anywhere between a week and a month for gabapentin to work.Gabapentin finds use in controlling seizures in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy as well as focal epilepsy.A few studies show that gabapentin has been a successful treatment for individuals who suffer from anxiety. Gabapentin is also an anti-seizure medication and treats nerve pain from shingles.

I took 100mg every 6 hours and it helped me for a while. My anxiety was full blown and I debated whether to take a Xanax to calm myself down because it was so severe.

In the past I have quit xanax, alcohol, cocaine and a few others and those drugs were a cake walk compared to gabapentin.

Then I was prescribed Neurontin, and I can 100% feel the difference.

“I was prescribed neurontin for pudendal neuralgia.

I noticed mood stabilization and anxiety riddance by day 4 or 5.

I would wake in the middle of the night and with my eyes closed, I would see beautiful brightly colored patterns, which I would enjoy until I drifted off to sleep again. By the way, the optimal dose for anxiety is 900 to 1,800mg. Blurred and double vision, falling, memory gaps, diarrhea, way too hungry, 12 hour sleeps, ears ringing, and now hands and feet tingling and numb. “I just started Gabapentin 600mg per day. They wouldn't stop. Antacids decrease its absorption, and decrease its blood level by 20%.

I'm actually living for the first time in my adult life. After several hours I do feel that it helped my anxiety briefly, however I became very drowsy. Not sure if the dosage is low but not experiencing the relief I expected.

My psychiatrist in rehab prescribed me Gaba 2 years ago and I've been on it ever since. Background: Previous studies in predominantly bipolar patients have suggested that gabapentin may be useful in treating mood disorders.

That med can permanently change your brain. I had to ask for it.” “I have been on Gabapentin for years at 3600 mg. Works for me as well as the benzos did. Made me feel very dizzy, hot, anxious, and made my muscles tense. a week and at the right dosage for it to work. Anti-depressants would probably work better.

However, the last week my anxiety has shot through the roof and I have had to take gabapentin about every two hours instead of four.

This is the only medication that has helped.” The easiest way to lookup drug information, identify pills, check interactions and set up your own personal medication records.

Gabapentin is broken down into its chemical constituents in the kidneys, and those who have kidney problems (the elderly, for example, or those who struggle with chronic kidney disease) are in danger of the gabapentin components staying in their systems for longer than necessary, leading to gabapentin toxicity. Gabapentin increases the concentration of oral contraceptives by around 10%.

At first it did a lot for my anxiety, although I experienced a lot of side effects: dizziness, bloating, weight gain.