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Pregabalin - Experienced - My Anxiolytic Panacea

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FINALLY. After years of trying every SSRI, benzos, anti-psychotics, vistaril, tricylic ADs....and every single street drug. I am a recovering heroin addict. I have injected anything i can get my hands on from meth, coke, heroin, to adderall, buprenorphine, and everclear.

Opiates and benzodiazapines are what I loved simply because they took away my anxiety. I am on lexapro for anxiety and it does help but not enough and it BLUNTS THE FUCK out of my affect and emotions. I dont dip below baseline and freak out but I am numbed to feeling elated or much of any extreme emotion. I was going through some ROUGH shit though and it did help.

My life has stabalized from the horrors of addiction that include being raped, being homeless, being thrown off a 2 story building, and ODing several times (flatlined and died once and was brought back with defribillators). For some reason, just now I was able to discover lyrica.


Bluelight has been my main source of experiences with it and they have been so overwhelmingly glowing that I simply had to try it. My life is MOTHERFUCKING GREAT right now but anxiety still controls me to where I feel it affects the quality of my life for goddamn sure.

Today that came to an end

I got scripted 150 BID of Lyrica (Pregabalin) today. Came home and prepped 150mg of pregabalin and 1mg of buprenorphine. The effects of both drugs are such that IV use is not worth it. With bupe the BA is much higher though. Lyrica is 90% BA oral, but I didnt want to wait 2 hrs for effects. The solution was CRYSTAL clear as I used a wheel filter, so chill out.


About an hour later all my anxiety vanished into thin air. I was totally calm, sober, cognizant, and lucid. I was really happy with the results. I decided to take another 150 orally as to see if there would be a recreational potential at 300mg.

As soon as I ingested the second capsule I felt the first one kick in even more. I mean REALLY kicked in. I felt light, and had a body load. Very stable euphoria. No rush but definetly feeling AWESOME compared to how I normally feel. It felt really nice. I walked outside for a cigarette and found I didnt actually want one! So far this shit killed my anxiety without the retardation of benzos, generally improved my mood, and now I dont even want to smoke? Craziness.

I started walking and felt almost like I was floating. There was a subtle energy flowing through me that was mildly stimulating but I totally calm at the same time. I walked across the street and without thinking started hiking the trail 2.5mi to the top of the mountain. It felt GOOD to move my muscles. Eventually I stopped for a second and I got a rush of something almost psychedelic when I closed my eyes. It was pleasurable.

By the time I got to the top of the mountain and climbed the 6 story fire tower I was in a zen state. I meditated for about 30 mins and felt so utterly at peace it was unreal. I was so calm, so happy and EXTREMELY introspective. Thoughts started running through my mind yet I was able to address them and developed an inner dialogue with myself. I realized how much I love my life, my girl, myself. I was and still am incredibly happy with where I am in life. This has always been inside me but the lyrica made it so I could actually internalize what it meant. It was almost a spiritual experience.

The entire hike I took was almost life changing. I came to internalize so many things about myself that are normally hard to see from such a subjective position.

When I came back for dinner I felt like I was literally floating, so light, so free, totally at peace. I was able to make eye contact with people WITHOUT DISCOMFORT. Something that is very hard for me normally. Conversation was effortless, like it should be, when normally it is very awkward for me. I did develop cotton mouth about 2 hrs after dosing and I looked in the mirror to find my eyes getting red. The redness is probably related to the cotton mouth; drying of eyes and mouth.

All in all, this drug broke the shell that has contained my soul for so long. It is beautiful. That is the adjective I would use to describe how this drug works for anxiety. Supremely beautiful! I am so clear and comfortable. There is a mild buzz but it doesn't affect my cognition at all. It is mostly a body buzz. Mentally I am highly euphoric yet NOT intoxicated. It is wonderful. I am so happy I tried this drug. I will stop taking my lexapro and just use this and suboxone.

Lyrica BEATS THE SHIT out of benzos for anxiety. It is just as effective, if not more, and doesnt fuck you up, erase your memory, and there isnt an urge to re-dose/addictive qualities. Benzos were the only thing that took my anxiety away 100% but I couldnt help but abuse them. This pregabalin is totally different. Even as a recovering addict I feel comfortable taking this. I refused xanax at the appointment; I am not trying to get high. If i do get a buzz, great, but I needed to try this for my anxiety. IT RULES.

One thing that I did not like was that at one point coming down the mountain, the inner dialogue I had was SO FUCKING intense that I became uncomfortable at a point. I wanted to just chill and take in the scenery but I was fixated on this almost epiphany-esque concepts and situations that related to me. It was the most existential experience I have had. Basically really really deep shit, like how i identify/or do not with religion. How important it is to live life NOW as we will all die eventually. On and on.

I feel like the floodgates have been opened and I am able to think about important things that normally I wouldn't be able to address because I am so consumed with the awkward fear of being around people and even myself. All that shit just evaporated and I was able to see myself, my life, and SMILE AND LAUGH. The latter are other things I have a hard time doing.

This stuff really is the closest to a panacea I can fathom. It just killed the fear that has held me back from living my life. Anxiety is FUCKING GONE. I love this shit to death. No matter what happens I always want to have some in my med cabinet - an incredibly valuable tool for one that suffers from anxiety.

The side effects I experienced are as follows:

-red eyes
-cotton mouth
-HUNGER. My stomach started growling I got so hungry. FOOD TASTED LIKE AMBROSIA. Holy shit the lasagna and cake was like the best meal I have ever had. Even now, after dinner, I am still a bit hungry. I anticipate weight gain and having to fight against these urges. Shit.
-Slight visual disturbances. Mild CEV at this dose and even OEV with white walls.
-Typing was very easy and fluid yet I made so many more spelling mistakes than normal.
-Slightly off balance and generally kind of woozy/dizzy. Kind of nice though.



I highly suggest that anyone with anxiety try pregabalin. Fuck the benzos and try 300mg of lyrica. End of story.
 
Thank you for your report! Sounds like it was a very effective solution for you. I've panicked before even with benzo in my system (.5mg lorazepam) and posts like this keep me hopeful about finding something that actually does work.

Was receiving the script a pain?
 
getting a script IS difficult. it is scheduled, so that right there will make it hard. it is relativley new as well. drs know benzos like the palm of their hand, but lyrica is new territory and they get nervous without knowing much about it.

also, it is not indicated for anxiety in the US. it may be used off label but some dont have experience and thus say uuuuh, no that wont work just cause they havent scripted it for that. you should cite nerve pain to get it. thats what i had to do. remind them that it is only schedule V, the lowest potential for addiction. also, PLEASE remind them that its just a hyped up version of neurontin and that is NOT scheduled so even C-V may be the result of a game between Pfizer and whoever sued them.

wait, who did sue them? cant find info anywhere.
 
Weight gain is very typical with Lyrica.

One of the many reasons I quit taking it when I was Rx'd it for nerve pain. I have atypical trigeminal neuritis.
 
yeah, im kinda pissed about anticipated weight gain. is it mostly water retention? i have so much energy though that im way more active than before! i hiked a fucking mountain at the spur of the moment yesterday. hehe.

i work so much better. i love cleaning and working on it. there are these waves of speediness and sedation. so strange. it potentiates the SHIT out of my buprenorphine too. i get a rush off it now. i drank some wine last night, like 3 glasses and i felt super nice. like i took a qualude!!

how much weight do peeps put on?

and WHO THE FUCK sued pfizer????
 
not all people are getting weight gain.
I use lyrica for 9 months now 300 mg - 600 mg a day for chronic pains and i actualy got weight loss since then, about 28 pounds.

Mainly because i got a lot more active since i start using.
I got almost ike a amphetamine effect from it without the Anxiety and loss of appetite.
my sleep improved a lot, i feel motivated and not tired trough the day.

only big down side is that your short time memory becomes pretty bad.
 
This was very similar to the effects I got from 350mg of Lyrica the first time I took it. I don't think anything has ever made me feel so content before in my life, except for especially good psychedelic experiences which are of course not a sure thing by any means. I also took it during a really difficult, anxiety-filled period in my life. Awesome stuff, one of my favorite substances. You have a script so that's awesome. But I just wanted to mention that I do use phenibut for similar purposes as they are similar in effect, but pregabalin is better. However, phenibut is legally available online in powder form.

Thanks for the report! :) Good luck staying content. I want to warn you that pregabalin, while not as addictive as benzos, can definitely cause physical and mental dependence. So just be careful.
 
it seems ive developed a tolerance even after 2 days. anxiolytic effects are still shimmering, still better than xanax. but the rec effects just pooped out. so weird. i only need 300mg a day, which is what im actually scripted but i think im going to either take it every other day with a rec dose on the weekends or take it during the work week take a rec dose on friday and not take it at all sat and sunday.
 
you cause 90% of your own problems, and a drug is not a magic cure. wait until pregabalin stops working cause tolerance builds up real fast.

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lighten up? negro, i am lightened now. REALLY light. maybe YOU cause your own problems. however, i am suffered with this shit for over 10 yrs. i am NOT YOU. you have no idea what my life has been like and how hard ive tried to battle this shit. you probably have no idea what it is like to have any mental issues or addiction issues.

im doing a regimen where i actually prevent tolerance from happening (3 days on 3 off) so sorry, it aint gonna stop working.
 
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hahaha. i'm on suboxone now so i'm working on my addiction "issues". but everyone has anxiety/mental issues, it just depends on how you let them control you. you happen to let them control you more than normal people. look at cognitive-behavioral therapy for OCD, where they basically stop people from doing what they are obsessed with doing slowly, in stages. its basically bullshit, just makes people realize they don't need to act that way. look at an episode of "obsessed". people way more fucked up than you just gotta lighten up, realize what they're doing is retarded, and do something different. you're not special, you just think you are.
 
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and yeah i still have anxiety problems, i just do what i can to not let it control me. i think of something else, or just try not to think, or focus on breathing, or something else. i know it can become a vicious circle, but you have the power to solve your own problems. unless you're psychotic... but you're not.
 
Be careful... Lyrica may seem like a wonder drug but its a GABA agonist just like benzos and it develops tolerance rapidly (moreso than benzos in my experience) and the withdrawals are pretty much the same as benzo withdrawal. Long term Lyrica users are more likely to go into a prolonged benzo-like withdrawal syndrome as well.
 
yeah, believe me, i researched the SHIT out of it before i got it scripted. i find it way better than benzos in that it helps with anxiety more and it is nowhere nearly as addictive. i cant even successfully take benzos cause i just take more and more.

im scripted 300mg a day and i only need 150 so i take 150 a day during the work week and 600 friday and 750 saturday. tolerance dosesnt really rise above 150 and once a month i take an entire week off.

with most drugs you need to take it every day for a month to get addicted. hell, if it goes for shooting heroin it goes for anything less powerful/euphoric/destructive...except pussy, youre addicted before you even try it.
 
Just be careful... I took Lyrica under the guise that it would help me... and in fact, it kicked me into a false sense of security and then kicked me into instant benzo withdrawal about 3 days in - almost had a seizure at work.
 
wait, what? you had a wd after 3 days of use?

i am scripted 300mg a day, i only take 150 mon, tues, wed, and thurs, friday i take 750, sat i take 750 and sunday i dont take anything. 1 week off per month. any feedback is welcome.
 
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Alright, so let's stop all the attacks please. This forum is for discussing drug experiences, not for insulting people for sharing their experiences. I think you had something worthwhile to say, triiper, but you could say it in a way that isn't blatantly insulting and people might actually listen to you instead of writing you off as a dick.

I realize you were just defending yourself homey, but it's best to ignore it entirely when people get like that as it's just a reaction against how they feel inside. :)
 
I have had rebounds from gabapentin (neurontin) in as little as a week, but not 3 days. If I take it everyday for a week then stop, I get insomnia like a mofo and a bit of anxiety. It seems to only last 1-2 days then fade away. But Im also fresh out an opiate addiction so I imagine coming off neurontin is really just aggravating my opiate insomnia... all though I didn't have anymore before taking neurontin.

As far as 3 days and "ALMOST HAD A SEIZURE", yeh well, I almost got my dicked sucked this one time too... but it didn't actually happen.
So how exactly do you ALMOST have a seizure? Did you twitch for 2 seconds then stop and think you almost had one lol? I'm sorry thats too funny. I'm not attacking anyone but comeon thats like saying "I almost got pregnant".
 
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