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Gabapentin (Neurontin): How it's Used for Depression and Anxiety

Denise Griswold, MSc, LCAS
Gabapentin (Neurontin): How it's Used for Depression and Anxiety

有几种药物可以为焦虑发出的焦虑而被规定,这是最初用于焦虑治疗的焦虑。一种这种药物是神经蛋白。Neurontin - 也被称为加巴亨坦 - 是一种药物,有时有有时被规定的药物,这些药物尤其是在焦虑与双相情感障碍共同发生的情况下进行焦虑的那些药物。

This article explores the usage of Neurontin, as well as the benefits, weaknesses, and side effects for those looking to learn more about this medication when used for anxiety.

Neurontin Drug Usage Information

Neurontin is not your traditional anxiety treatment. It was originally created as an anticonvulsant used to treat epilepsy though for some people who anxiety, it may be an effective treatment.

如果患者已被诊断出患有双相障碍,那么令人焦虑的医生通常只是这样做。Neurontin用作辅助药物,用于对双极治疗的那些药物,但需要额外的治疗方法以克服与其诊断相关的一些焦虑。

最焦虑的患者不太可能prescribed this medication due to it being used primarily for a small section of the overall population.

Drug Origins

As noted above, this medication wasn't originally prescribed for anxiety at all. It was originally used to prevent seizures. It wasn't until years after it became FDA approved that doctors realized it had the potential to reduce anxiety in patients with bipolar disorder.

The drug mimics the chemical structure of GABA, but its mechanism of action isn't entirely known, and it doesn't appear to affect GABA receptors. Its use for bipolar disorder is considered "off label," meaning that it is not FDA approved for this use.

How Effective is Neurontin?

There is no such thing as an anxiety drug that “cures” anxiety. All medication can do is make it easier to live with anxiety now. It will have no effect on long term anxiety or learning to better deal with anxiety producing stimuli. For this reason, you should always pair any medication for anxiety, with therapy or other treatments that assist in learning to manage anxiety. While anxiety drugs like Neurontin have their place for helping cope with anxiety, they're not something that you should generally be solely relied on.

As for Neurontin itself, the results are fairly mixed. It is used for such a specific purpose (reducing anxiety in bipolar patients) that it can be hard to differentiate between the anxiety reduction qualities of other medication concurrently prescribed to treat bipolar and the anxiety reduction qualities of Neurontin. However, it appears that for this subsection of the population there have been some promising results.

Side Effects of Neurontin

Neurontin has a host of side effects, several of which were powerful enough to cause lawsuits to be filed against the manufacturer. As with many powerful medications, it comes with common but fairly benign side effects, including:

These side effects appear more common in the elderly. One of the biggest problems identified is that Neurontin causes dependency. This then results in withdrawal symptoms if the medicine is stopped suddenly. These withdrawal symptoms are likened to various types of withdrawal from recreational drugs.

研究发现患有神经蛋白的患者的自杀风险增加。由于这种原因,没有医生的监督,永远不应该被扣除,以确保患者没有经历任何含有自杀意念的增加。

Taking Neurontin for Anxiety

Bipolar disorder is a complicated mental health problem that requires medical treatment. Those who have been prescribed Neurontin should discuss any concerns with the prescribing doctor as depending on your symptoms, the benefit may outweigh any perceived risks.

对于那些没有双极诊断的人来说,神经蛋白不太可能被规定焦虑。如果您正在考虑向您的医生询问Neurontin,请在没有双极的情况下治疗焦虑,您可能希望与您的医生讨论其他选择。请记住,始终伴有某种类型的抗焦虑策略伴有药物最有效,以确保您有一天能够停止服用药物,仍然没有焦虑。

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