Posted by zonked on January 28, 2015, at 23:50:25
Hi all:
Gabapentin apparently prevents new synapse formation, I've learned in the last year.
Won't touch the crap with a ten foot pole. Being a chemical cousin, does anyone know if Pregabalin (Lyrica) does the same thing?
The reason I'm asking is that it's very very hard to find a doctor who will maintain patients on benzodiazepines in Washington - I meet my new provider tomorrow, and I am struggling with an alprazolam (!) taper imposed on me by another doctor, but I need to find *something* effective just in case he refuses to prescribe me alprazolam or diazepam.
It seems some clinicians here would rather have their patients on antipsychotics for anxiety (who else agrees - if these drugs were truly safe and effective for anxiety disorders, they would have gotten indications by now - it'd be the ultimate wet dream of big pharma!) than benzos.
Yuck. Wish me luck - I function a lot better than I have been on 1mg alpraz bid.
-z
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