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Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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djchurn 02/13/2017

Normally I do not talk about meds but this one was different. It is the only one that made me feel different, other that benzos but I avaoid them now.

Have been taking the gabapentin for 3 weeks now and would like to hear from anyone who has experience with this med. It was prescribed for me as a solution for diabetic nerve pain and I was suprised to find that it effected my mood. But my mood changes by day. Some days I feel manic and others the same old "what if" kind of thinking comes back with a vengance. Hoping this "mood stabilizer", as a google search revealed, will stabilize and I will feel in the middle of these two states. I do take it with an SSRI (Prozac) and the web has also revealed that these two a good when taken with each other. Sometimes the feeling I have is the best in 35 years and I have never been able to say this. Any comments greatly appreciated.

ruthgrps 02/13/2017

My daughter had gabapentin for epilepsy, her mood changed completely, she became very moody and not herself at all. In the end we had to stop the medication because of the moods, and also nausea.

djchurn 02/13/2017

Thanks for the info. The other reason the med was prescribed for me was that I may have had a diabetic seizure. I know we all react differently and it helps to hear others experiences. Hope you daughter is well.

SunCloudJD 02/13/2017

Some people really like it.... I was put on it to help with insomnia and it induced panic attacks .... I tried it a couple of times because it did help a lot with sleep but I couldn't deal with that side effect

I don't think it's a common side effect though... I hope you continue to do well on it.... Big hug......x

ritkat 02/13/2017

I had a bad experience with gabapentin mood-wise. It kind of seemed to cause bad mood swings.

djchurn 02/13/2017

Thanks to all that have responded. This med initially made me feel very good but, I have learned to be suspect of quick results to any med. Yes it seemed to be to good to be true. Read many comments at Drugs.com and wanted some more personal experiences. Seems like I may be experiencing mood swings now and that it one thing it is supposed to help. For now I will give it a couple of weeks.

Bella12 02/15/2017

I got a rash on my arm. I had to go off of it.

djchurn 02/15/2017

Changed my mind. Been off of this for 2 days now and I am feeling a bit more "normal". This is the first time I have ever walked away from a med that was supposed to help.

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