notlikethis1234
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Hi, not sure if this is the correct forum category to post in, if not please advice which one to go to.
So, I have neuropathic pain for which I was given at first tramadol and later on pregabalin. Tramadol wasnt working much so I put it in the drawer, pregabalin was working nicely, however I was getting really "heavy", so I googled for some info about this and whatnot I found out about the euphoria/high you can get from higher dosages. So I tried it, it was amazing, got addicted to it a bit, usually took one larger dose once a week. However one week I was feeling really down so I went ham, I took large dose one day, next day another large dose and the third day I didn't take anymore but instead took tramadol that I had in my drawer. Now, I know this is really bad combination. So after few days I realized I had weird headaches and that I was confused and stuff, I thought maybe sideffect of taking those heavy doses, or that this is the withdrawal. I also thought maybe its because of my prescription of new type of antidepressants as side effect (yeah i know lots of bad combinations).
Weeks went by, It didn't "wear off".
I have all kinds of weird head pains, confusion, short term memory problems and stuff. I don't want to tell my doctor about this, because pregabalin really helped me with the pain I have and until now nothing else did. I'm afraid he will "blacklist me" or something like that, as an abuser and thus I will never be given any other pain meds? I don't know how I will manage in the future without pregabalin for that pain. Like I have stopped taking him since to see if it wasn't causing these problems in general, but nothing changed... It's been few weeks and I keep thinking about it everyday, what to do. I have no idea, I also feel super stupid about the entire thing and can't even imagine telling him that. However what if it really is some kind of brain damage, maybe something still can be done? I read that first 3 months are crucial for recovery, so I should be going to some therapies/exercises and stuff? Any advice? anyone have similar experience?
TLDR: took large doses of pregabalin, other day tramadol, also on antidepressants, feel like I caused some brain damage, if I tell my doctor about this, can he give me ban on pregabalin? it really helped me with my pain(nothing else does yet).
Is it possible I caused some brain damage? Maybe I had some bad seizures that I don't remember? also around that time I had badly bitten lip one day and was confused on why.
So, I have neuropathic pain for which I was given at first tramadol and later on pregabalin. Tramadol wasnt working much so I put it in the drawer, pregabalin was working nicely, however I was getting really "heavy", so I googled for some info about this and whatnot I found out about the euphoria/high you can get from higher dosages. So I tried it, it was amazing, got addicted to it a bit, usually took one larger dose once a week. However one week I was feeling really down so I went ham, I took large dose one day, next day another large dose and the third day I didn't take anymore but instead took tramadol that I had in my drawer. Now, I know this is really bad combination. So after few days I realized I had weird headaches and that I was confused and stuff, I thought maybe sideffect of taking those heavy doses, or that this is the withdrawal. I also thought maybe its because of my prescription of new type of antidepressants as side effect (yeah i know lots of bad combinations).
Weeks went by, It didn't "wear off".
I have all kinds of weird head pains, confusion, short term memory problems and stuff. I don't want to tell my doctor about this, because pregabalin really helped me with the pain I have and until now nothing else did. I'm afraid he will "blacklist me" or something like that, as an abuser and thus I will never be given any other pain meds? I don't know how I will manage in the future without pregabalin for that pain. Like I have stopped taking him since to see if it wasn't causing these problems in general, but nothing changed... It's been few weeks and I keep thinking about it everyday, what to do. I have no idea, I also feel super stupid about the entire thing and can't even imagine telling him that. However what if it really is some kind of brain damage, maybe something still can be done? I read that first 3 months are crucial for recovery, so I should be going to some therapies/exercises and stuff? Any advice? anyone have similar experience?
TLDR: took large doses of pregabalin, other day tramadol, also on antidepressants, feel like I caused some brain damage, if I tell my doctor about this, can he give me ban on pregabalin? it really helped me with my pain(nothing else does yet).
Is it possible I caused some brain damage? Maybe I had some bad seizures that I don't remember? also around that time I had badly bitten lip one day and was confused on why.