Etterwonde
Bluelighter
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2010
- Messages
- 73
Hi all,
I don't know what it is with Lyrica (Pregabalin), but I am almost convinced it also has some opioid Mu properties. For instance, last friday I forgot to go and take my Methadone. Not a big problem, one day skipping your 'done shouldn't make you too sick. But the day after, saturday, I overslept, which meant I did not only miss my saturday dose of Methadone, but also my sunday dose, since the pharmacies are closed on sundays.
Normally, I would feel like shit when I went three days without my Methadone, but I've been taking Lyrica for a few months now, and it just took away all of the withdrawal symptoms. And I really mean this in a hard way: Suboxone wouldn't even have come close to relieving the withdrawal symptoms of Methadone! I just felt normal, like I would if had taken my Methadone each day.
Also, I have noticed that the withdrawal symptoms of Pregabalin are extremely similar, if not identical, to the withdrawal of opioids. I know that the mechanism of Pregabalin isn't fully understood, but there HAS to be some opioid activity at work, and not a weak one as well.
Can anyone relate to this or can someone explain why this happens?
By the way: Lyrica, for me, is a wonder drug. It takes away almost all of my social anxiety and enables me to have normal conversations with people I don't know. Also, it seems to boost my self-esteem by quite a bit. And what's even better: I don't seem to experience any side-effects from it! It seems that I found the holy grail for a lot of my problems with Lyrica...
Thanks in advance!
I don't know what it is with Lyrica (Pregabalin), but I am almost convinced it also has some opioid Mu properties. For instance, last friday I forgot to go and take my Methadone. Not a big problem, one day skipping your 'done shouldn't make you too sick. But the day after, saturday, I overslept, which meant I did not only miss my saturday dose of Methadone, but also my sunday dose, since the pharmacies are closed on sundays.
Normally, I would feel like shit when I went three days without my Methadone, but I've been taking Lyrica for a few months now, and it just took away all of the withdrawal symptoms. And I really mean this in a hard way: Suboxone wouldn't even have come close to relieving the withdrawal symptoms of Methadone! I just felt normal, like I would if had taken my Methadone each day.
Also, I have noticed that the withdrawal symptoms of Pregabalin are extremely similar, if not identical, to the withdrawal of opioids. I know that the mechanism of Pregabalin isn't fully understood, but there HAS to be some opioid activity at work, and not a weak one as well.
Can anyone relate to this or can someone explain why this happens?
By the way: Lyrica, for me, is a wonder drug. It takes away almost all of my social anxiety and enables me to have normal conversations with people I don't know. Also, it seems to boost my self-esteem by quite a bit. And what's even better: I don't seem to experience any side-effects from it! It seems that I found the holy grail for a lot of my problems with Lyrica...
Thanks in advance!