zuzu8

Tm,
I am so sorry to hear about your dear friend. How devastating for you.

Nuerontin is often prescribed for epilepsy and/or neuropathic pain. Not sure why your friend was taking it but there have been reports of emotional lability on this drug, including what is characterized as "abnormal thinking", and hostility.

In epileptics, studies have reported the following possible side effects: Anxiety, hostility; apathy, hallucination, decrease or loss of libido, agitation, paranoia, depersonalization, euphoria, feeling high, doped-up sensation, suicidal gesture, and true psychosis.
Rarely, there have been reports of personality disorder, "subdued temperament", mania, neurosis, hysteria, antisocial reaction.

Studies in adults with neuropathic pain have shown some reports of confusion and depression, anxiety, and basically the whole gamut of emotional "disorders" one can think of.

When someone close to us commits suicide, the first question we seek an answer for is "WHY?"

We want to find a reason. Suicide always seems so incomprehensible to those of us who have never felt those feelings. If your friend was never depressed to begin with and started showing signs of depression after being put on the drug, then the drug might be suspect. However, if your friend was in chronic pain, this alone can cause depression leading to suicidal ideation.

Again, I'm so sorry for your loss...

zuzu xx