Toz
Bluelighter
tl:dr version: does pregabalin share the same side effects as gabapentin, same bioavailabilty problems and the same short duration or is it longer? are they interchangeable?
So I've been trying to get off gabapentin over a year. The withdrawal is still going strong and I can no longer take it. 17:th june last year I took my last gabapentin pill. I was at 3600mg daily.
I just quit because I had been using them long and couldn't for the life of me imagine they would bring such horrible withdrawal symptoms. Well, I was dead wrong. Since it's been so long and the symptoms are still so far from gone I've come to the realization that I've just been a complete idiot and this whole trying to get off the meds has been a huge waste of time.
Not wanting to start gabapentin again because it put me in withdrawals during the day due to what seems to be completely random bioavailabilty + I also woke up with just as bad withdrawals as when I was doing heroin has just put me off from ever taking one off these pills again.
So I'm looking at pregabalin instead. I know it's more addictive. I also don't care seeing as I'll have to take these pills for the rest of my life due to withdrawals that just won't go away. What I want to know is if they have the same problem with absorption that gabapentin does and also if they have the same short and shitty duration of effects. I'd very much like to hear they don't.
Also, will this all really have been a waste of time or should I at least be able to start up at a lower dosage and try to taper from there, if it's possible? I just know one thing, this shit can't continue or I'll commit suicide real soon...
Reinstating either gabapentin or pregabalin should clear up any withdrawal symptoms in a matter of hours, right?
(got a doctors appointment for other complications tomorrow but I intend to ask him for a lyrica prescription if it doesn't share gabapentin's problems)
So I've been trying to get off gabapentin over a year. The withdrawal is still going strong and I can no longer take it. 17:th june last year I took my last gabapentin pill. I was at 3600mg daily.
I just quit because I had been using them long and couldn't for the life of me imagine they would bring such horrible withdrawal symptoms. Well, I was dead wrong. Since it's been so long and the symptoms are still so far from gone I've come to the realization that I've just been a complete idiot and this whole trying to get off the meds has been a huge waste of time.
Not wanting to start gabapentin again because it put me in withdrawals during the day due to what seems to be completely random bioavailabilty + I also woke up with just as bad withdrawals as when I was doing heroin has just put me off from ever taking one off these pills again.
So I'm looking at pregabalin instead. I know it's more addictive. I also don't care seeing as I'll have to take these pills for the rest of my life due to withdrawals that just won't go away. What I want to know is if they have the same problem with absorption that gabapentin does and also if they have the same short and shitty duration of effects. I'd very much like to hear they don't.
Also, will this all really have been a waste of time or should I at least be able to start up at a lower dosage and try to taper from there, if it's possible? I just know one thing, this shit can't continue or I'll commit suicide real soon...
Reinstating either gabapentin or pregabalin should clear up any withdrawal symptoms in a matter of hours, right?
(got a doctors appointment for other complications tomorrow but I intend to ask him for a lyrica prescription if it doesn't share gabapentin's problems)
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