Posted by reefer on January 11, 2006, at 14:36:09
In reply to Neurontin or Lyrica ... which better for anxiety?, posted by chess on January 11, 2006, at 14:23:59
> which works better for anxiety/panic?
> Neurontin (gabapentin) or Lyrica (pregabalin)?
> i'm deciding whether to use one of them instead of a benzo
>Hello chess!
I don't want to ruin anything for you but i tried Lyrica(pregabalin) a couple of weeks for anxiety. The plan was actually to try and taper the benzo when i got on the Lyrica. It all ended as a miserable failure. Lyrica wasn't very anxiolytic at all. I would rate it no better than atarax as an anxiolytic. Also it carries far to much "side effects", it was like being drunk in combination with ecstasy 24/7. Some may say that is a nice side effect, but i'd say that isn't really proper at work or in public on weekdays. And when that feeling faded after a week or so on 600mg/d i was back to 0. No drunk/high feeling, and same anxiety as before. Just like a sugarpill. I bet the FDA had reasons for not approving it for anxiety.
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