I take pregabalin for nerve pain but my psychiatrist has told me it is good for anxiety. He's told me if I wanted I could try varying my buspirone (another anti-anxiety) if I wanted - though I'm concentrating on reducing others first. My anxiety is reduced, but I'm generally in better mental health at the moment so can't say if the pregabalin is helping in that area. I can say that I've never suffered any side effects from the pregabalin.