Ixchellian
Bluelighter
Would Neurontin (gabapentin) mitigate withdrawal in a similar manner to Lyrica (pregablin)?
It's Monday 2:31AM and I can not sleep due to tramadol withdrawal. I have a few tramadol left and I am saving them for this afternoon. I took 20mg of hydrocodone yesterday instead. It sucked. The first couple of hours were blissful. Then I was left feeling depressed, lethargic, and mini-tram withdrawal due to short half-life of hydrocodone.
Today will be my last good tramadol dose until Thursday and if gabapentin is great for withdrawal like pregabalin, I will take gaba instead of hydrocodone on Tuesday and Wednesday. Only bad thing is I only have six or seven gabapentin capsules and they are 100mg.
My experience with Lyrica in the treatment of w/ds.
I also used gabapentin when I ran out of my pregabalin.
I've been off all opiates for almost two months now. I've had an open script with 6-refills left for tramadol 100s that I haven't used, along with a bottle of laudenum, and have no desire to. I have had very little to no cravings for opiates. I've quit smoking as well. Even before I started taking buproprion, my desire to smoke during w/ds went down dramatically, and the welbutrin killed it off. I think it may also have helped on the PAWS end of things, or it could be the whole pregabalin/gabapentin/buproprion & vitamin/protein regimen together that's zapped my own personal struggle with opiates.
Lyrica IS addictive though, both physically & mentally, so be aware of that. I've just decided that it's the lesser evil which handles my pain.
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