Posted by wendy b. on March 27, 2003, at 8:15:57
In reply to Neurontin , posted by SpreadDaALoha on March 26, 2003, at 6:36:05
> I had good experiences with Neurontin. It helped my general anxiety, my social anxiety, and my irritability. But my doc had me quit taking it to concentrate on bipolar meds (I know it has been shown to not work for bipolar). I miss it for its social anxiety benefits...
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> Anyone having similar thoughts?Hmmm. Very interesting... Actually, I have been feeling the same thing. My social clumsiness has come back after stopping the neurontin altogether, and I seem to have less patience with the kids I work with. Not no patience, but noticeably less. I think Ritch et al are right, it helps with anxiety and is not bad for the liver, so what's wrong with staying on it while you try other things? It isn't a "dirty" drug like some pdocs think. Of course, they've never been on it, either... which is why anecdotal evidence is, to me, still a valid type of evidence.
thanks for the thread,
Wendy
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