"i was taken off of alprazolam, cold turkey, and given gabapentin to help with possible withdrawal.  this was a nightmare!!! i had taken gabapentin for a short period of time before, for carpel tunnel, but it gave me what i call &quot;drunk body syndrome&quot;, and i would be off balance, bump into things, etc.  i didn&#039;t really have negative effects while taking gabapentin this time around until i stopped taking it. no one told me to very veryyyyy gradually ween myself off. i almost immediately went back &amp; forth between having the most severe hot flashes one could even imagine (i mean, i was sweating bullets like a mad woman), cold chills, terrible body aches, flushed face, severe anxiety. it felt like the flu. called my dr and went back on alprazolam."