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Opioids Lyrica dosing for oxycodone WD

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ladianios

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I am looking for some knowledgeable dosing info for using Lyrica for opiate WD. My normal day consists of about 180-220 mg of oxy a day for about 3.5 years now. I usually use sub but always feel awful the first couple days on it so wanted to give preg a shot. I have zero experience with GABA type medicines and was wondering if someone could help me out, the threads I have seen thus far vary greatly on this, help me out with your opinion on how I should use it and what other comfort meds can be used in conjunction with the lyrica safely to help soften my landing in my quest to end my journey with oxy once and for all or do you think I should just use the 9 eight mg subutex I have to just taper down to sub milligram doses and then jump and use the lyrica after that? Thank you all in advance for your help.
 
I take 300mg and feel great all day and sleep like a baby..i started with 300mg and only tried to up the dose once and didnt like it so ive stayed at 300mg everytime i take it (off and on for about a year)..which is funny cause every other drug ive done ive always went balls to the wall and wouldnt stop raising the dose till the drugs stopped working..id start maybe around 150mg and see what that does..the first couple times i took it i kinda felt drunk but in a good way its hard to explain..lyrica is great to take anxiety away and helps with aches and pains and just puts me in a good mood to deal with work and life in general..music appreciation from lyrica is up there with mdma imo....its better than subs i believe because with subs im just an angry fuck that cant take a shit to save his life :|

Lyrica last a long time so one dose in the morning u should be okay all day..300mg is my sweet spot but u might have to do some experimenting to see what works for u
 
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So 150 mgs would be a good start? What can I expect to feel as far as effects from a 150mg dose, I don't wanna be shit faced drunk feeling..lol
 
Honestly, you probably won't be able to stave off the WD's with just the Lyrica. Max recommended dosage per day is 600mg's, so like either four times a day with 150mg's or just two doses of 300mg's, spread evenly throughout the day, of course. Be careful and don't drive for at least the first 3 days on whatever the dose is that works for you. The reason...is that it can really fuck with you sense of balance and can also throw off your coordination during that first 3 days to a week, once you've established your dose. And, even be careful getting up from sitting!

Lyrica used to get me super stoked about doing whatever it was and I'd jump up off the couch/chair to do what I wanted and WOOAAAH, it was like I was too drunk to walk...lol. My doc started me off with a bunch of sample bottles of 75mg's and I would take 7 a day and loved them at first. They made me super talkative and nice to people (a huge part was that they helped with the pain) and was also generally more inspired and almost felt enlightened. So, my doc started me off at 600 mg's a day.

This was all well and good, until I started to loose all the positive effects of pregabalin...and I started getting negative effects..! Like, seriously depressing thoughts. That stuff that was constantly bringing me down. So, I decided I was going to quit. WELL! That was a lot easier said than done... I was on 600mg's a day, for like 3 years and I tried to wean off using my big pills I was prescribed. It was horrible. I then asked for smaller denominations and after a lot of close missed and slips and falls, I finally and now my first Lyrica free year in a while... And, I like it!

(BTW, please do be careful with this stuff, some people say it does nothing and have no problem stopping taking it, but it's the people who consider it to be a Godsend who have difficulty stopping.)

So, it's been a day.... HOW ARE YOU FEELING TODAY? DID YOU STICK TO YOUR PROGRAM?

Good luck, sorry for the long post... But please let us know how you are doing... If you are in bad shape, try to get your Blood Pressure measured. If you don't have one at home, a lot of Big-Box pharmacies have a BP-chair that you can sit down and use at your free will. If your BP is skyrocketed, as it should be during this stage of that ambitious of a cold-turkey detox...
 
I regularly use Lyrica to soften my crash from oxy,- higher doses than you've stated straight to CT.

It really is something you'll have to experiment with, it's a fickle drug & affects differ greatly between ppl.

Myself, I start with 300mg, wait an hour and a half -two hrs for it to kick in. And stack my dose according to how I'm feeling. Too much I just bomb out. Which might be what you want. It definitely relaxes me, but leaves me just meh.

No energetic buzz for me I'm afraid,but Lyrica takes away my symptoms of running eyes & nose, chills/sweats, rls, & most GI symptoms. But I find it very difficult if I actually need to do anything!

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I have a blood pressure cuff at the house, my bp just read 119/73 so it's good. I have clonidine on hand as well as klonopin, subutex, phenibut, lope, kratom and lyrica. I feel good today as can be expected cuz I took 3mg of subutex and a clonidine. My only symptom is busting out into a nasty sweat about once or twice an hour but it only lasts a couple mins.

Basically my plan is to get down to about .125 mg of sub over the next week or so and then just deal with the aftermath with lope, clonidine and kratom or maybe give the lyrica a shot. I don't wanna start liking the lyrica though..lol. what are your thoughts on this?
 
Id maybe cut the lope and just do kratom and clonodine.or maybe switch up days with kratom and lyrica to start cutting days out with an opiate in your system..i was an oxy addict and some days i would choose lyrica over oxy..thats how much i like it so watch out if u are trying to get off drugs completely.
 
So you are suggesting maybe taking lyrica and kratom instead of sub for some "off days"? Can the lyrica be taken safely with low doses of sub in your system?? Thanks for the suggestions regardless.
 
ladianios said:
I have a blood pressure cuff at the house, my bp just read 119/73 so it's good. I have clonidine on hand as well as klonopin, subutex, phenibut, lope, kratom and lyrica. I feel good today as can be expected cuz I took 3mg of subutex and a clonidine. My only symptom is busting out into a nasty sweat about once or twice an hour but it only lasts a couple mins.

Basically my plan is to get down to about .125 mg of sub over the next week or so and then just deal with the aftermath with lope, clonidine and kratom or maybe give the lyrica a shot. I don't wanna start liking the lyrica though..lol. what are your thoughts on this?
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GREAT! Your BP is just fine, you didn't mention you had all that other stuff...lol! 8)

If your BP was skyrocketed, I actually was gonna say to see if you had any clonidine laying around...what a coincidink! :D
Be careful with clonidine though... If you're not familiar, the usual starting dose is 0.1mg's for an ADULT... How many times a day is totally up to the doc, but I've seen it Rx'd as only a couple/few times a day. It all depends on how constant and how high you BP is and how long it lasts (not to mention all the other shit you happen to be taking)... ;)

It sounds like you've got pretty much everything you need for WD's from methadone.

TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS (IMO, of course ;) ):

* For the sweats you can take 2 aspirin with a meal and also take a small dose of klonopin (if you haven't already done so...which I'm sure you have :sus: ). Just BE REALLY CAREFUL with mixing the clonidine, klonopin, and subutex all together! As those are ALL heavy duty CNS depressants! And I'm sure that you've heard by now (if not, then now you are), that mixing these (even in small doses) can lead to COMPLETE RESPIRATORY FAILURE. This is, as sure as the sun shines, a walk down the pathway of death.

* As for having to take Pregabalin? No, it sounds like you've got it all. But...on the other hand, the Pregabalin can actually pretty much eliminate RLS (restless leg syndrome). It may also help with any NERVE-like pain. So, if you're getting like pins & needles (lol, seriously Freudian slippage =D ) during your hot/cold flashes, then the pregabalin could help with that too...

* As for anything else? YES, get yourself a high quality, all-natural multivitamin, and take it either once or twice daily (as directed), WITH FOOD! I can't emphasize that too much, as you will absorb the nutrients much better. That is, if you are taking the right kind of vitamins, and eating a well balanced meal.
(If you can't eat, and it's OK with your doc (as many more than people think actually are)...then, there is always the option to use the medicinal qualities of "Cannabis Sativa" to help with much efficacy to promote hunger! If not an option, I'm so sorry - that's just an ant-american shame... :X ...!
 
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