Hi...I hope everyone is doing well tonight...I suffer from extreme aniexty and I have been taking 20 mg of Citalopram for over a year now....My new Psychiatrist prescribed me 600 mg of Gabapentin about three weeks ago...It has subsided my aniexty, but now I am feeling very depressed and worthless...It took me a year to overcome my depression and now it is back in an instant...I don't want to feel like this...I think nobody likes me and has no time for me and everyone is against me...Please advise... Thank you for your time, understanding, and compassion...
Hello!
I'm very sorry to hear that your depression has got you troubled. I know how hard it could be when you feel overwhelmed by all these thoughts and emotions of feeling worthless and lost. Best thing to keep in mind is that there are lots of people who are here for you to pick you up when you fall down. You are worth more than you know. I hope you are hanging in there and know that you CAN get through this 
Dear moggies,
i was taking citalopram for about 2 years and life was going cool, then suddenly vat came into my mind i left my medicines for 15 days and then i started shivering and all that anxiey stuff. Then i went to my Pschaitrist i forced him to change the medicine, then he changed to
Venlafaxine - 15 days-i left taking- pathetic experience, then changed to
Sertraline - 30 days- i left taking-pathetic experience again, then changed to
Fluvoxine-15 days -i left taking-pathetic experience again and again,
then i told him at last iwant to continue with citalopram and it is the best medicine i ever had. i am from India so might be due to wether conditions salts were not suiting my body,
dont know about weather at ur side, but as per my experience "citalopram" is the best
tc and good luck
I understand how you feel I have suffered from depression for 8 years and at the moment feeling really down I hate myself I want to cry all the time. All I can hold out for is knowing I won't feel like this forever it's so hard when your in the moment all I can think is I want to die as I can't cope with going through this again. I'm on 60mg of citalopram and think it does help but I still get serious bouts of depression when something is going wrong in my life.
Thank you for your kind words of encouragement...My depression seems to have been an onst of my start of taking Gabapentin...I wasn't depressed until I started taking it...It is very frustrating to know that something as taking medication to get better, makes you worse...
Citalopram on its own was working great for my depression, but I was suffering daily panic attacks...My doctor prescribed Gabapentin and my anxiety subsided, but made me depressed, feel unwanted, and wothless...
I understand completely what you are going through...I have seen two therapist for a year now and they have helped me inmensly to overcome my depression...taking citalopram has helped, but taking Gabapentin has brought back my depression and made me worse then I was before...I am very sorry you are going through this pain...If there is anything I can do please let me know...Know that you are loved by many...even if you just want to talk I am here for you...
It's so nice to know that others understand as you feel so alone and can't see a way out.... I just want to feel normal again and am so scared I won't or that this is going to keep happening. Does anyone else feel like they are living in a bubble I just can't stop feeling panicky and tearful. Any suggestions would be welcome. I don't want to do anything stupid but see it as a way out of this pain x
I agree with you that it is nice to hear and talkj to others that don't judge or understand what you are feeling...I see a therapist every week and we are practicing a therapy called CBT...You may want to look into seeing someone to help you...CBT may not work for you, but there are other therapies out there that will work..try listening to meditation tapes, doing Mindfulness, reading, exercizing your mind and your body...Also, I am always here to listen and talk with you...You have a new friend that wants to help you through your pain...I am praying that things will be better you...I have faith in you...
if you are depressed with any kind of situation or thoughts then you might get rid of people around you as you will always think that that are not listening you. You must concentrate on physical and mental exercise given by your physician along with proper food and dietary supplements.
I do all of thosee things...I see a therapist every week, I practice CBT, I do mindfulness, and Cross Fit every day...I started feeling depressed after my doctor prescribed me GAbapentin to help with my panic attacks...I haven't felt depressed in a year and now all of a sudden I'm depressed again..
CBT has been suggested to me before but have always gone down the talking therapy path it helps at the time. I should start excersising again as it did seem to help last time. The doctor has prescribed me diazepam to help with the panicky feeling I'm not sure if it's working I'll feel fine for 10min then bad again, I don't feel safe I just want to sleep but can't.
Do you have a trigger that sets off your depression again mine is always relationship problems.
Exercise has been a life saver for me...I started doing Crfoss Fit in August and every day I feel more and more healthy...both mentally and physically...I have learned that taking medication alone is not going to make you better...you have to be willing to put in the work in order to be happy again...I promise you if you work hard the rewards are sure to follow...have faith in yourself because, even though I don't know you, I have all the faith in you that you can be happy and healthy...
Hi Moggie - sorry to hear about your situation. My advise is to see your doctor asap and arrange to stop taking the gabapentin!
I've recently been prescribed the same drug - but at much lower levels. And it's working okay for me. I also take tramadol, amitriptyline and pregabalin. This last drug is intended as a successor to gabapentin - so maybe you could discuss with your psychiatrist taking pregabalin instead?
Gabapentin is known, in some cases, to cause feelings of depression. So, since your depression has flarred-up now, just as you've started this drug, it's probably a cause.
How are other things in your life? Might anything else have contributed to your feelings?
I hope you work through this quickly, and start feeling better soon.