Posted by Ritch on July 1, 2003, at 10:01:07
In reply to Any one ever heard of Gabitril for anxiety, posted by krybrahaha on July 1, 2003, at 0:49:10
>I have extreme anxiety along with OCD and TS. I have been on every med except for Luvox and the tricyclics(prone to side effects) and maoi's(cant handle the food restrictions.) The meds I have been on so far include: Paxil, zoloft, celexa, prozac, serzone, effexor xr, buspar, remeron, ativan, valium, klonopin(awesome for social phobia but made me irritable), and now Tranxene. ( this med doesnt seem strong enough though, i feel i keep getting tolerant to the dose, Im at the max of 60 mg daily now.
>I have read a few articles recently (one in particular) that state that Gabatril might work wonders for people with treatment resistant anxiety. Gabatril is non addictive and the first gaba inhibitor. Anyone tried this med for anxiety?
You can try it out and see what happens. I was switched to it from Depakote as an experiment for bipolar disorder. Watch out with the dosage, though. I had a pretty intense depersonalization/derealization experience at higher doses (20-24mg/day) which ended the med for me. At the middle dose range (12-20mg/day), I had some pretty significant cognitive problems at work (forgetfulness-word-finding difficulty, etc.) However, on the plus side, lower doses seemed to help sleep, and it had a mild antidpressant effect. If I ever tried it again, a bedtime dose would be all I could stand for sleep (no more than 8mg).
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