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← Return to Tapering Off Gabapentin
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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Sep 23 8:37am | Replies (86)
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Late comment. I've never heard of this for anxiety or depression. My son is a DVM, and it's prescribed for dogs at least for pain. I've had it for pain as well. This opens a lot. Thanks to @guener for posting and all the commenters for an education.
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Re Veterinary prescribing: over the years, our cat became a ‘difficult’ patient; growling, scratching, biting, out of control. Our Veterinarian prescribed Gabapentin for the day prior or day of a visit. I don’t recall the dose. We hid it in her food, and she was calm for her next visit. I wish they could/would make meds more palatable for pets.
Re tapering for humans: I never had any bad effects from tapering off gabapentin, but I tapered anyway after reading stories about the difficulties people had when stopping the drug.