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Misc Pregabalin (Lyrica) as an Anxiolytic?
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RobotRipping
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^that's incredibly interesting and something i'll have to look into further.
@OP: SSRIs and chronic pot smoking go along fine, may even make your highs a bit stronger but really doesn't make much of a difference. However your chronic pot smoking may be the actual cause of your social withdrawal as it tends to make some people very introverted to the point of cutting off contact with people. It can also cause anxiety/paranoia itself of course. Perhaps if you cut down to just evenings or weekends, you'd see a difference right there.
It's interesting you mention your doc telling you to use your ADD meds to counteract seroquel lol i kind of hope my doc goes for that when i tell him the side effects are just too intense. Maybe he'll be like 'well we'll just start you out on adderall to counter the effects of seroquel and up your valium to counter the adderall." fucked up system we live in.
@OP: SSRIs and chronic pot smoking go along fine, may even make your highs a bit stronger but really doesn't make much of a difference. However your chronic pot smoking may be the actual cause of your social withdrawal as it tends to make some people very introverted to the point of cutting off contact with people. It can also cause anxiety/paranoia itself of course. Perhaps if you cut down to just evenings or weekends, you'd see a difference right there.
It's interesting you mention your doc telling you to use your ADD meds to counteract seroquel lol i kind of hope my doc goes for that when i tell him the side effects are just too intense. Maybe he'll be like 'well we'll just start you out on adderall to counter the effects of seroquel and up your valium to counter the adderall." fucked up system we live in.
pharma-sutra
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@Robo: Yes, indeed a very money-oriented system haha. So I am being put on lyrica (pgn) 25mg for now as a trial for social anxiety. Doc wants me to take one and then an hr our so take another. So 50mg a day. I try not to take it on consecutive days and the weekends. I can feel the anxiolytic effects at 50mg, but it's really subtle (feels like I'm at baseline). Should dive in and try out 75mg? By the way, I feel like lyrica has a very long onset (about 1-2 hrs) and sweating also becomes a problem when it starts kicking in.
On a side note, I've been switched from Adderall xr to Dexedrine spansules for my ADD, and I got to say, this has got to be the best decision I've made. Helped heaps with mood, while on adderall I would break out crying all of a sudden like a school girl and flooded with depressive thoughts (while the drug is still going strong). But I admit, adderall is great if you really need to get a lot of stuff done and wake you up from morning fatigue. Also managed to stick to only smoking pot in the evening (once a day), which also helped a lot with mood.
On a side note, I've been switched from Adderall xr to Dexedrine spansules for my ADD, and I got to say, this has got to be the best decision I've made. Helped heaps with mood, while on adderall I would break out crying all of a sudden like a school girl and flooded with depressive thoughts (while the drug is still going strong). But I admit, adderall is great if you really need to get a lot of stuff done and wake you up from morning fatigue. Also managed to stick to only smoking pot in the evening (once a day), which also helped a lot with mood.