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Originally Posted by Wild Coyote
It is very disturbing, for sure. I think benzos are safer than APs.
Some are using gabapentin in place of benzos. I have recently replaced my benzos with gabapentin. It's been okay for now. I am not sure it will always work okay for me. Everyone is different.
I was on both benzos and an opiate at the same time. It made my new docs nervous. I cut back on the opiate and traded the benzos. Not everyone is in this situation.
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I'm on gabapentin for fibro. Not doing a thing for me. Many fibro meds I took before were NSAIDs, so that is out for me. But the gabapentin has so little effect, I really just feel like stopping it. I see the rheumatologist next month, and definitely I want something other than gabapentin. If my Klonopin was replaced by that, I'd be a basket case.
It has never helped me for sleep. Even Trazodone works better than that (though then you have the "Trazodone-hangover" effect until 4 PM or even later). Even a small dose (25 mg) of Trazodone is helping me sleep better than 300 mg gabapentin.
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Seroquel, Cymbalta, propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, lamotrigine, hydroxyzine,
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