Posted by Nickengland on November 1, 2005, at 4:47:48 [reposted on November 1, 2005, at 6:25:18 | original URL]
In reply to Re: please be civil : neurontin, plz read. » Nickengland, posted by Phillipa on October 31, 2005, at 20:38:45
Hi Phillipa,
Although I have bipolar disorder, the reason I take it is mainly for anxiety. I've found it only very slightly benefitial for mood stabiliation, but the main purposes and benefits I receive are for anxiety, and then following that it gives me a nice warm anti depressant feeling too that i've never received from any other anticonvulsant drug - basically makes me feel comfortable in my own skin for want of a better word. Good for sleep too and kind of good for reducing pain. (I take it along side another drug for my main mood stabilisation Topamax)
Makes sense that your doctor would want to precribe the drug to see if it would relieve anxiety from my experience with taking it.
These studies confirm its role in anxiety too..
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed
Kind regards
Nick
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