"i have very bad post traumatic stress disorder with severe anxiety. as for a back story for the medicines i&#039;ve tried: all ssris, two maois, and one tricyclic antidepressants to try to calm the anxiety and bad dreams, all did nothing but either make me a zombie or made me suicidal with severe panic attacks.  now on to benzodiazepines:  xanax, kolonopin, and valium, the first and last were not strong enough for me and being a 5&#039;6&quot; and 110lb woman, i could not get an increase in dosage because i was too small for that.  i was also on buspar which did nothing but make me have fits of rage and very severe panic attacks.   
now what i&#039;m on: ativan 2mg 3x a day and gabapentin 300mg 3x a day
how i feel:  my anxiety is nearly gone. i can only hope that it stays this way."