"thank god for this medication! after a few major life changes i recently went through i developed an anxiety disorder on top of frequent panic attacks. after trying a few medicines my pcp put me on a xanax regimen. bad idea! within 2 1/2 months i was up to 4-5mg/day! i got sick of it and went to a psychiatric nurse practitioner. after being appalled that i was prescribed that much xanax she put me on a gabapentin regimen. 100mg 3x&#039;s a day for one week, then 200mg 3x&#039;s a day for my second week. then a follow up. i just started my second week and i&#039;m already taking less than half of the xanax i was needing. she said within a month i&#039;ll be off the xanax. i feel great all day. i don&#039;t even feel like i need the xanax."