I think I missed an interesting drug talk between you and SynthGirl?
I use gabapentin for severe anxiety relief and also for sedation, when necessary, though due to my living environment the sedation has to occur almost daily. I smoke and I feel that on the days when I “over-smoke” it has some sort of horrible chemical reaction with the gabapentin and ramps up my depression; I’m still trying to navigate smoking less so as not to upset myself while using this drug. Smoking is just (another) trauma-response so it’s been rather difficult to cut back.
Either way, I was badly addicted to prescription Xanax for four years so I’m at least glad that gabapentin is an anti-anxiety that I can comfortably and pretty safely depend on without going overboard.
I’m very sorry you had such an unpleasant reaction to it! I’m emetophobic (irrational fear of vomit), so just the thought of taking something that could even make me SLIGHTLY feel like throwing up is a nightmare. I should be grateful for the good medications I take whose side effects normally include nausea but don’t actually trigger it in me because I wouldn’t be able to handle them otherwise; I do take it for granted and I shouldn’t.
I really hope you have found or are in the process of grabbing something that will make you as safe and comfy as possible. Medicine trials are frustrating as all hell, says summer 2020 RTP.
I really hope you get what you need!