Gabapentin prescribed for PTSD

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looking for some advice... or possibly others that are prescribed Gabapentin while managing their symptoms from Benzo cessation.

Ive been struggling pretty badly after stopping Klon back in October 2023,  I met with a Neurologist today & he mentioned I would need to take Gabapentin to manage the severe flushing & skin burning that is wreaking havoc on my face.  Im hesitant to take this but my face/skin is being damaged with this symptom reoccurring everyday.  He mentioned this symptom is  a result of an overactive nervous system & issues relating/stemming to my PTSD diagnosis from years ago. I declined the medication at first but he said that this will not go away on its own or if it did that it would be a "miracle"

 

anyone else have this symptom & what did you do too manage or resolve it?

 

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I’d suggest you research everything about Gabapentin, including side effects and discontinuation, and do a search here.

Gabapentin is kind of a go to med from doctors for people in w/d and many on BB have taken it.

[[PE...]]

59 minutes ago, [[n...] said:

looking for some advice... or possibly others that are prescribed Gabapentin while managing their symptoms from Benzo cessation.

Ive been struggling pretty badly after stopping Klon back in October 2023,  I met with a Neurologist today & he mentioned I would need to take Gabapentin to manage the severe flushing & skin burning that is wreaking havoc on my face.  Im hesitant to take this but my face/skin is being damaged with this symptom reoccurring everyday.  He mentioned this symptom is  a result of an overactive nervous system & issues relating/stemming to my PTSD diagnosis from years ago. I declined the medication at first but he said that this will not go away on its own or if it did that it would be a "miracle"

anyone else have this symptom & what did you do too manage or resolve it?

Gabapentin comes with problems on it's own.. it's really the same medicine as pregabalin just less potent.

Mom had it for a year or so, 300mg i believe, and just stopped taking it. I took another gaba drug, phenibut, and i got a fast but intense withdrawal from it. Kind of the mental side of a benzo withdrawal.. I did it daily for 6 years and was fine after 2 weeks.

Gabapentin, pregabalin and phenibut are all in the gaba drug family. Why the withdrawal from these are over much faster than a benzo wd i don't know. It's more of a hit and run thing than a being slowly overrun by a train lol.

Good luck 😊😊

Edited June 6 by [PE...]