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Gabapentinoids The Lyrica (Pregabalin) Mega Thread v 2.0

I do enjoy almost every gabaergic drug except alcohol.
But i got nothing recreational out of it.
I got it prescribed for neuropathical pain.
It made me very anxious triggered derealization and didn't even help.
I dont remember the dose. A few years ago now.
But i'm pretty sure the dose was low.
 
600 mg empty stomach, dexamphetamine wearing off. CEVs - constant images of inflated conical walls, rigid and lit up, like on a hot air baloon, waving around and I'm looking down on them from above, like a constantly shifting stage set, perspective keeps receding, patterns weaving into themselves, And what's this? 3-d purple vapour falling from the screen, Fully formed figures appear then disappear in a flash.
 
I seem to be a bit different to most people on here when it comes to lyrica - I'm prescribed a myriad of drugs for fibromyalgia/restless legs. Mirapex helps with that and fixes the problem - But I'm prescribed lyrica 600mg daily too - I found If I take it every day it does next to nothing and I find myself craving it more and ending up eating my entire perscription in 3 weeks, then craving it and getting mild withdrawls for the last week of the month. When I first started taking it, waiting 3 days then taking 1800mgs at once used to work, but that stopped working eventually. So I decided to change my game plan to make it worth taking. I eat my entire month stash in the first week. Then regenerate for the next 3. This means I sometimes take crazy doses - The most I have had all at the same time is 20 of the 200mg caps aka 4 grams. Even at that dose I have no adverse effects, I just feel super motivated and perfectly lucid. I'm a bit worried this may be frying an itnernal organ or two but I love it! Its my number one drug.
 
^^^^ I would just like to add for comical effect that on 4grams of lyrica making a cup of tea and walking down the hallway becomes..... slightly difficult.
 
^ In my experience it is incredibly moreish and a huge waste compared to eating it. But I understand that some people rate it.
 
I've been taking Pregabalin occasionally for just over a year now, sometimes in mega doses (2100 - 3600 mg), and I recently came across this article:
http://planetthrive.com/2009/10/neurontin-and-lyrica-are-a-death-sentence-for-new-brain-synapses/

My mind has felt rather dull for quite a while, and this is a very scary notion. What are your thoughts on this? It's impossible to know without actual investigation, I know, but would limiting the use of PGN to around twice a month limit the brain damage?
 
My friend just told me that lyrica is good with amphetamines, I have never heard of this before, does anyone know how this could be unsafe in any way?
 
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I have used Lyrica to comedown from speed and it worked wonderfully but I had to not have any built up tolorance to it..I am not sure if I were taking it every day it would have worked that well... I am not sure if everyone has expierances like this but my comedown from speed has always been harsh..I get major paranoia and nervousness and the lyrica made me feel AHHH just great..it soothed my nerves so well. Now granted I had to take 900mg's and even higher to get that kind of relief...
 
Please help I am 57 female who has been taking 3-4 mgs ativan for 10yrs.and 10mgs V for 15 yrs prior.three years ago I began lyrica 225 a day for nueropathy.
The combo has ruined my life.90lb weight gain and lost my mind.I have a dr who can prescribe anything,have benzos,baclfen,some oxy.and I want to quit lyrica.should I ct it?becasue when I just lower it by 75 mgs extreme depression and pain.so sloly cutting it down is dying a death every day.
I am in some serious troube with water retention ,breathing everything.drs are doing tests but I know its the lyrica.
Please I beg of you if you know how to get off this drug =help me.
it has kept the tolerance to benzo in check and i thought about using it to get off the benzos.but getting off the benzo after 25yrs will take a long time.
so I want my brain back and off the lyrica.
A gradual wd does nto help with tis drug it is just more misery.
does anyone have any ideas? I am desperate.
thank you
Katy
 
Get some Gabapentin to detox and give yourself 1-2 months to taper down. It should be painless. It's basically the same substance but much weaker and more suitable to wean yourself off with.
 
Stretch - Thanks for sharing your experience. It just takes so damn long to kick in when I eat it. I'm all about the rush!! Trying to get that feeling from shooting (which I've given up) back again, I guess. :!
 
tricomb said:
My friend just told me that lyrica is good with amphetamines, I have never heard of this before, does anyone know how this could be unsafe in any way?
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Beyond tolerance: No.

Quote from someone who actually isn't me: (I like swimming but not that kind)


"I have never found anything that works even REMOTELY as well... benzos work against the stimulation, but this stuff literally DELETES it. I must say, pregabalin has got to be the most useful drug of all time, at least as relates to stimulant users. Anyone who hasn't added it to their toolbox is literally missing out on a miracle drug of sorts, IMO. At least for me, pregabalin (even a low-moderate dose) will bring me down off a stimulant high within 15-20 minutes. I mean all the way to baseline, and even below if too much of the stuff is taken! It's literally like tossing water onto a fire.
This has *sort of* been documented (i.e. everyone knows it 'damps' neuronal overactivity) but I'm not sure how many people realize that it isn't damping in the normal sense of "pushing against" anxiety or overstimulation. Given the right dose, there's no overactivity there at all anymore. It's *gone*."

:)
 
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i've been fucking with lyrica for about 2 weeks days now. i'm high as fuck now as a matter of fact. doses of 600-1200mg, mostly around 600mg eaten and 150 snorted. often with zopiclone and sometimes with opioids.
am i going to experience awful wd's if i stop? i don't wanna get a mad tolerance 'cause that sounds shiiiiiit.
also, what with the long half life, is it building up in my system? i feel so hyper and chatty even when i'm not on it.
 
I got the most horrible withdrawals after using it every other day for 3 months but a few weeks isn't gonna do anything. With benzo like drugs you seem to be safe after no more than a month or so. But I wouldn't recommend getting addicted to it unless you want to know what a combined opiate/benzo withdrawal feels like.uu
 
Ninae said:
I got the most horrible withdrawals after using it every other day for 3 months but a few weeks isn't gonna do anything. With benzo like drugs you seem to be safe after no more than a month or so. But I wouldn't recommend getting addicted to it unless you want to know what a combined opiate/benzo withdrawal feels like.uu
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I know what an opiate/benzo w/d feels like at the same time..
This is not something I would recommend either.

~token
 
If you use Lyrica for pain or anything like that I definetly wouldn't recommend trying to abuse it. I've only tried doing it a few times and I've noticed a reduction in Lyricas effectiveness afterwards - although this could just be my perception of it. Tried snorting a gram , felt alright. Wont bother again.
 
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