Posted by scientist on December 14, 2003, at 23:15:30
In reply to Re: Any one ever heard of Gabitril for anxiety, posted by worrier on July 8, 2003, at 22:00:12
I was on paxil a few years pack but it gave me symptoms similar to manic depressive disorder. He tried Wellbutrin which more or less killed the little depression I had but didnt do a thing for the anxiety. We also tried Lorezapam which would take the edge off of a really bad panic attack but did nothing at all for my gad. It really just made me drowsy. So my doctor started me on gabitril.
After 10 days on gabitril 2 mg I noticed no change at all
After 10 days on gabitril 4 mg I noticed no change at all
After raising my dose to 6 mg I think I'm pretty sure it is beginning to make a difference. I finshed 7 days on that. I have just raised the dose to 8 mg per day. I'll let you know if it helps more. I really hope this works. If it does all I need to do is convince my doc to let me cut out the wellbutrin or at least lower the dose. I can't write well while on this stuff.It's hard to say if I am experiencing any side effects since the Wellbutrin is ging me some probems. I have a little twitching and I have a bit of trouble concentrating. I think it made my gad a little worse although it lessened the strength of the panic attacks. No sexual side effects or anything like that...at least I don't think so. My sex drive has been way down lately but I think that's just because I'm so busy and frustrated with my xgirlfriend.
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