Quote Originally Posted by olivia0703 View Post
Thanks so much! So would they have an impact on neuroplasticity, broadly speaking?
Quite likely. Whether it is significant is another matter. I guess it comes down to whether you're improving or getting worse. It sounds like it's the former for you.

I am just worried I am making myself stupid with them.
Your comment about reading for pleasure again indicates the opposite.

I take 1200-1800mg a day, so not a massive dose, but coming off them spikes my anxiety to crazy levels.
How are you coming off, a complete stop, or by weaning down with gradual reductions in dose? It should be the latter.

I am also taking Lexapro 20mg, and am unsure what is behind the sudden and dramatic ability to focus. Any thoughts?
It might be the Lexapro, the gabapentin, both, serendipity, or Venus' transit into Scorpio, or whatever male bovine excreta astrologers are currently bedazzling their sucke...er...clients with. It pays to avoid dental examinations of gift horses, ime. Just enjoy the good days while they last. We get enough bad ones as it is without ruminating ourselves into more of them.