Gabapentinoids The Lyrica (Pregabalin) Mega Thread v 2.0

[Strype]

i would much rather have it work again than take shitty ass xanax and/or klonopin. that shit kill my anxiety but makes me crash cars.

Yikes. Yeah, I think I speak for everybody when I say we'd rather have you be a little bit anxious than be crashing cars.

 

[Solipsis]

I live in the netherlands and requested this out of the blue for anxiety as a part of ASD and was given it, for about 2 years during which the most part of the first year was amazingly effective and the rest of the time it was still moderately effective. I did get some tolerance but not stupidly high or dangerous tolerance, nor any clear and blatant withdrawal symptoms if I skipped a day, or withdrawal from the effects dropping off after a dose. But yes the anxiety and depression were really brutal when I tapered and quit which was also entirely my own decision...
Weirdly I did not feel like I wanted to take as much as I could like with having to withdraw from benzos or opioids. Instead I felt encouraged to just take as little as possible and get off it. The nasty anxiety and depression for some reason were not linked to taking the drug!

I only 'abused' this on occasion although there were enough days where I took a significant bit extra for non-recreational reasons and other days when I didn't take any at all... none of that gave me additional anxiety like fucking with benzos like that would give me. So, considering that there are almost no good medications to give for anxiety anyway, I think pregabalin is one of the least bad ones for it. But it's not effective (enough) for everyone or every type of anxiety. My ex and best friend have both been on it, but I had the best effects from it apparently.

I am seriously considering going on it again though... the withdrawals were more or less the only big downside (I should be able to manage such a temporary thing again). Minor downsides were the loss of coordination, issues with driving / driving lessons.

It does have a good therapeutic index but I think I was lucky not really having any serious side effects, some people get pretty nasty shit from it.. but I guess with most medications some people lose out hard. I just hope that my odds of that don't get too big as my total lifetime use becomes longer / more chronic.

Last time I brought pregabalin up again with my psychiatrist (a different one than initially started prescribing it), and suggested putting me on it for incidental use. I agreed to just hold off for a few weeks and take the time to reconsider which is a good idea... but he said it is not proven to be effective for incidental use.
In my experience, it is definitely effective that way and works wonders immediately for me. Also with incidental use I hope to build less tolerance and reset more of my tolerance which apparently also happens quickly. I really hope he would agree with incidental use (otherwise I will get a full time script I think, if he agrees), and also hope that I can get a new honeymoon with it that could perhaps be longer than the first one.

 

[Squeaky]

I was up to 300 mg/day for spine surgery, along with oxycodone and Lorazepam. Quitting cold turkey only gave me insomnia. I tapered for about two weeks with no WD's at all. But the Lorazepam was probably controlling my anxiety.
Now 250 mg gets me trashed exactly like tequila, and i wake up hungover the same. I spend about 8 hours wandering from falling asleep to having energy and clarity to get chores done around the house. No way I could drive in that condition. BUT I am tapering off oxy right now and last night the lyrica I took did help me to drop my oxy dose by 25% without WD's or cravings. I may be forced to do it again tonight if I can't hanfle the new lower dose. I really want to stay on target with my oxy taper.

 

[Johndarnfeel]

Google is pretty cool. 25mg is very small in terms of dosage. Keep in mind, Lyrica has a huge chance for dependance as well as quick tolerance. Soooo when you run out... it might suck a bit.

Yeah i googled that and didnt come up with anything thats why i asked on here... anyways you didnt answer any of my questions and I already know all those things so.. ima ask again did it help anyone with derealization/attention disorders?

 

[Solipsis]

To me it doesnt make sense why it would work for derealization or attention disorders.
I do have ADD but only found out earlier this year, i have also taken lyrica for nearly 2 years for ASD related anxiety issues (feeling stuck in stressed or frustrated feelings from minor things constantly).
It works well for the anxiety and my plan to go back on lyrica was approved today.
It did nothing for my attention aside from zoning me out if the dose is too high.

My unrelated question is whether occasional but frequent use like 3 days a week would be destabilizing due to mini withdrawals?
I never noticed anything like that in the past from skipping days, but I also did not associate my withdrawal syndrome with discontinuation when I tapered and quit.
Lyrica is weird like that! (to me)

 

[Slow_Mobius]

To me it doesnt make sense why it would work for derealization or attention disorders.
I do have ADD but only found out earlier this year, i have also taken lyrica for nearly 2 years for ASD related anxiety issues (feeling stuck in stressed or frustrated feelings from minor things constantly).
It works well for the anxiety and my plan to go back on lyrica was approved today.
It did nothing for my attention aside from zoning me out if the dose is too high.

My unrelated question is whether occasional but frequent use like 3 days a week would be destabilizing due to mini withdrawals?
I never noticed anything like that in the past from skipping days, but I also did not associate my withdrawal syndrome with discontinuation when I tapered and quit.
Lyrica is weird like that! (to me)

I tried this but it didn't work for me. I should mention that I reacted very strangely to lyrica so my experience probably isn't typical, but I felt a lot better after I completely stopped using it.

Before I was dependent on lyrica it was a fantastic med that I could use without any negative side effects, but now I can only take it very infrequently without getting rebound or hangover symptoms. It's weird.

 

[Solipsis]

What apparently caused you to develop this aversive reaction you think? You just took it therapeutically?
How long were you on it and how did you use it when you could not tolerate using it frequently? Was it ever since being dependent and coming off it that you don't react well anymore?

I really hope that doesn't happen to me..

 

[jeah]

I personally prefer gabapentin (1600mg staggered over 6 hours) to lyrica (450mg, then 300mg 2-4 hours later). Only mildly. Much less than say I prefer dexedrine over adderall. And yea, lots of experience as I had all 4 as scripts. right now gabapentin for rls (600mg times 3), also my doctor gives my 30 norcos for my legs as well. I was using kratom (and prefer it to low dose hydrocodone for RLS), but am unsure of the legality now. also 30mg vyvanse, which I am just collecting every month. I don't use any adhd meds anymore.

-jeah

 

[Slow_Mobius]

What apparently caused you to develop this aversive reaction you think? You just took it therapeutically?
How long were you on it and how did you use it when you could not tolerate using it frequently? Was it ever since being dependent and coming off it that you don't react well anymore?

I really hope that doesn't happen to me..

QUOTE=Solipsis;13870594]What apparently caused you to develop this aversive reaction you think? You just took it therapeutically?
How long were you on it and how did you use it when you could not tolerate using it frequently? Was it ever since being dependent and coming off it that you don't react well anymore?

I really hope that doesn't happen to me..[/QUOTE]

Initially, I took it semi-regularly without a problem like a few times a week, but I quickly started taking it every day. I was prescribed it every day for pain so I was using it therapeutically. For awhile, it was a miraculous cure for pain and insomnia. But after a month or two it completely stopped working for me, and during the day, I felt nearly psychotic, so I started taking it every morning and night. Taking it in the morning made me semi-retarded during the day and completely killed my motivation to do anything. I still think it's weird that lyrica had such a pronounced effect on my cognition, because I'm highly functional on benzos and can do research/study no problem.

My doctor spent quite awhile adjusting dosage strength, frequency, etc, but for some reason, not taking it made me crazy while taking it made me stupid and lazy. The worst part is that the therapeutic effect on pain and insomnia completely disappeared, so I had the side effects with none of the benefit. Plenty of people seem content taking high doses over prolonged periods of time, so I don't know how common my experience really is.

After I finally got off the lyrica altogether, I've tried revisiting it a couple times. I've tried using it recreationally, but for me, it was pretty worthless as a rec drug. I've tried using it semi-regularly again just as a sleep aid, but I always feel depressed and anxious the next day. It's fucking weird and it sucks. Now I'll only use it for CTing opioids.

. should also mention that I was on it for about 6 months total, and months after quitting, my tolerance doesn't seem to have dropped at all. But like I said, I wouldn't assume my reaction is a typical one. Just thought I'd share my experience though.

 

[bridgettebeaver]

THE GOOD, BAD, and UGLY of lyrica...
Im 29 now but age 18 I was prescribed lyrica.for 7 straight years of atleast 600mg-750mg daily and significantly worked wonders for my fibro and then one day the side effects slowly started damaging my mind until something went completely wrong and I lost my mind and WENT CRAZY. Needless to say I quit taking it. I am now very concerned of the long term mental effects it very well may have caused. Has anyone had a bad experience or anyone know the mental effects or any effects it has after long term use.

 

[Solipsis]

What symptoms do you have that arose with the cessation of Lyrica?

 

[thefan66]

Im on 750mg also, and it appears that after 8 years of use, im in tolerance withdrawal.... So kind of looking ways to get out. Depakote might help, thats my best bet, but who knows.. Atleast it should slow me down a bit, which would mean easier tapering. Seems like at 900mg, im ok, i mean if i take an extra capsule. so who knows, i just doubt that my doctors would agree to give it to me at 900mg dose a day ...... At the time i started taking it i was told it is a perfectly safe drug, and i may take it as long as i like, and as high dosage as possible. Now its a different world out there.

 

[MGLA]

Hey guys, will i be ok stopping taking Pregablin after 4 days? the first day i took 1200mg just to get high i suppose but the past three days iv been taking 600mg throughout the day day at work because it gives me a huge positive boost and destroyed my anxiety kind of like benzo's I'm pretty sure ill be ok after only 4 days use but there's no harm in asking i suppose ^^

 

[kleinerkiffer]

4 days shouldn't be enough to cause withdrawals, so you should be good

 

[Squeaky]

MGLA - Keep a dose handy at night. I have been using pregablin to help with oxy wd's. 4 days of use gets me one night of insomnia. Day 5 I take about 20% of my 4 day dose 2 hours before bed or I won't sleep. I only need one day at the lower dose and all is good.

 

[marduk12]

haha, i asked my doctor long time ago now.. to try this medication, he started ne ib 25mg twice a day, then 1 week later 75mg twice a day, then 150 mg then i went to him saying well my tolerance must of gone up.. so i got the red white capsule of 300mg, 2 dailys... i musr of got 6 boxes of them.. i dont take them anymore... was wondering if they would help for a withdrawal of oxycodone ( 200mg a day ) and personally they give me a huge boost in energy the lyrica ... but i get none of the other effect, that some people mention.
sorry if this question was already answered!!!

 

[Popcorn1]

Hello I'm new but came across this, I take lyrica everyday for fibromyalgia and have never gotten high. I take 6 150s a day and my tolerance grew really fast and if I forget to . Take it regularly I have severe sickness, anxiety, ect, do I just not take enough? I'm am opiate, Coke, lover they give me so much energy and I love being up. I never had a high tolerance for opiates and have never iv but I was taking about 320 mg of oxy a day and some nights I would also mix A gram and a half of Coke with it and I would do everything really fast like the gram and a half in like an hour really quick best feeling but anyways not about that the lyrica gave me that energy that opiates give me and I found that it also helps with opiate withdrawals in a major way, opiate withdrawals are the shits but lyrica helped so
Much I didn't even know I was withdrawling except for a few trip to the bathroom and I sweat constantly! I took my last pill 4 days ago. It doesn't help with the pain but I can't stop taking it because it makes me so energized and talkative and my social anxiety is gone it wonderful but now I'm stuck on 6 a day I'm trying wean down the wd are so bad and tolerance to it raises in like a few days

 

[Squeaky]

Some people have little or no wd's from Lyrica. About 10-20% of users have miserable wd's that can last for several weeks. If you've done it for a few days and it's not getting better then it's really time to ask a doctor for help tapering off.

 

[Spideronthewall]

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[Speed King]

High all, I'm not trying to hijack a thread,but I was wondering how does one feel, stacking Lyrica 150 mg, at least go 600 mg, then smoking hash or weed on top of it ? I' know that when I've tried, the best I would feel numb.

Anyone do this ?