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Gabapentin for anxiety

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@colely It can work, for pain, but to use it for anxiety sounds like a very bad idea. I was put on it, experimentally, for migraines. It turned me into a zombie.

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@colely I just looked it up. Just as I thought, gabapentin prescribed as an anti- anxiety medication is an off-label prescription. The Food and Drug Administration do not recommend it. My Neurologist prescribing a gabapentin every day to prevent migraines was an off- label prescription. In my case, my doctor was working with a drug company to see if the drug company could get approval for this drug to be approved for use as a migraine preventative. She was being paid per patient head. I did not know this, at the time.