I read that it can cause increased sociability and talking. I might have aspergers and I’m worried it might cause me to say stupid, random, and offensive stuff. I have to constantly filter and judge what I say and do. I have a lot of thoughts and fantasies I want to keep private. I’m also concerned about increased sexual interest.
By lowering your anxiety - it reduces the risk of saying stupid things I would think…
I noticed or seem to have analyzed my excessive talking to a lack of proper paranoid thoughts of what others may think of what I have to say, because I will always go over what I have said to others especially strangers and have noticed the lack of paranoia that usually makes me overly couscous of what I say. I have compared this lack of paranoia to that of a very trusting toddler. I am more aware of this now that I have become more accustomed to this odd side effect. But it is a bit fun not be so abnormally paranoid anymore.
I read somewhere that it could trigger Hypomania/Mania in certain vulnerable people.
I know someone that went completely Manic on it and had to be Hospitalized - I decided not to try it.
This wont happen to everyone, but I am not about to chance it.
I am very sensitive to Meds.
I talk more on it, but don’t really care about if it’s stupid at the same time. It frees me up a little.
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I think thats very, very rare.
I’ve heard from psychiatrists that they like to prescribe this Gabapentin because most people have no side effects at all on it - its a really good medication in that way, and non-addictive.
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I’ve noticed no unwanted side effects. However it does often have the side effect of a feeling of well-being.
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My son was put on that for a short time.
He started taking too many ( he loved the way he felt on it ) but it seemed that he needed more and more to feel better. The doctor quit prescribing it.
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Gabapentin made me way more social, but in a good way. I felt more in tune with other people. If you have Aspberger’s, that would probably be a good side effect for you. I also experienced a seriously increased libido while I was on it. We’re talking like twelve times in one day. But, from stories other people have told, it only seems to affect women sexually. I enjoyed the hell out of Gabapentin.
I had to stop taking it because it also made me super high, which made me unable to work anywhere except McDonald’s. I also built up a tolerance to it really fast. I had to increase my dosage like every two weeks.
Overall, if I didn’t have responsibilities, I would go back on Gabapentin in a heartbeat. I had an incredible time.
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I’ve been feeling kind of weird on it. Today I felt pleasure. It was like a high. My head felt weird.
I felt less interest in socializing but less hesitation when talking or quietness.I just wanted to left alone in nature. I actually thought I didn’t need group anymore because I felt so good and didn’t want to be around negative energy lol.
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I don’t know if I have Aspergers anymore. No one brings it up in group. My doctor rarely brings it up. I can make good eye contact now. I don’t have obsessions anymore. But I have an interest in physics and making sense of my delusions. Problem is I don’t know any physics. I don’t study it or work at it. I have no motivation and I feel dumb. So I wouldn’t qualify for a diagnosis anymore.
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I actually signed up just to comment on this, so forgive me if I somehow break any rules. I have bipolar 2 and schizo affective disorder and gabapentin makes me so manic, I don’t sleep for days. It’s textbook mania too. Although, I think you may be right about it being very rare because I don’t know anybody else that it hits the same way
It makes me VERY hypomanic, for the record. I had to stop taking it because I liked it too much (I enjoy my hypomania, provided my schizo stuff is being properly treated, which is 50/50). I liked it a lot because I always love when I’m manic and I rarely experience it since finally finding the best combination of meds for me
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