Editing Gabapentin (section)

===Anxiety===
There is a small amount of research on the use of gabapentin for the treatment of anxiety disorders.<ref name="pmid17502773">{{cite journal | vauthors = Mula M, Pini S, Cassano GB | title = The role of anticonvulsant drugs in anxiety disorders: a critical review of the evidence | journal = Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology | volume = 27 | issue = 3 | pages = 263–272 | date = June 2007 | pmid = 17502773 | doi = 10.1097/jcp.0b013e318059361a | s2cid = 38188832 }}</ref><ref name="pmid29579375">{{cite journal | vauthors = Greenblatt HK, Greenblatt DJ | title = Gabapentin and Pregabalin for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders | journal = Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development | volume = 7 | issue = 3 | pages = 228–232 | date = March 2018 | pmid = 29579375 | doi = 10.1002/cpdd.446 | s2cid = 4321472 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

Gabapentin is effective for the long-term treatment of [[social anxiety disorder]] and in reducing [[Preoperational anxiety|preoperative anxiety]].<ref name="NIHR Evidence_2022">{{cite journal |date=17 October 2022 |title=Review finds little evidence to support gabapentinoid use in bipolar disorder or insomnia |url=https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/review-finds-little-evidence-support-gabapentinoid-use-bipolar-disorder-or-insomnia/ |journal=NIHR Evidence |type=Plain English summary |publisher=National Institute for Health and Care Research |doi=10.3310/nihrevidence_54173|s2cid=252983016 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Hong_2022">{{cite journal | vauthors = Hong JS, Atkinson LZ, Al-Juffali N, Awad A, Geddes JR, Tunbridge EM, Harrison PJ, Cipriani A | title = Gabapentin and pregabalin in bipolar disorder, anxiety states, and insomnia: Systematic review, meta-analysis, and rationale | journal = Molecular Psychiatry | volume = 27 | issue = 3 | pages = 1339–1349 | date = March 2022 | pmid = 34819636 | pmc = 9095464 | doi = 10.1038/s41380-021-01386-6 }}</ref>

In a controlled trial of breast cancer survivors with anxiety,<ref name="pmid29579375"/> and a trial for social phobia,<ref name="pmid17502773"/> gabapentin significantly reduced anxiety levels.

For [[panic disorder]], gabapentin has produced mixed results.<ref name="pmid29579375" /><ref name="pmid17502773" /><ref name="Hong_2022" />