"i was taking lamictal and klonopin for a long time and doing very well on it.   in 2010 i had to have a lumbar disk replacement from an old hockey injury in college.  sadly i got hooked on pain pills and when i finally stopped i was spending about 5k to 6k a month on pills which indicates how much i was taking.  since about xmas of 2013 i have been going through a period of major depression and severe anxiety.  i just kept getting worse and worse and the klonopin/lamictal stopped working.  i had a prescription of gabapentin sitting in my drawer that i had been prescribed but stopped using because it was making me dizzy.  i decided to try it our of desperation and all i can say is wow.  my anxiety has gone from a 10 to a 2 and no side effects."