King Hop Head
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Be careful, I read someone on Erowid took 1200 mg- decent high, then tryed 2000 mg a few days later and had grand mal seizures!
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Gabapentinoids The Lyrica (Pregabalin) Mega Thread v 2.0
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1200mg isn't a lot; it's only twice the daily dose. Seizures are listed in the 'rare' side effects section of the PIL.
I'm getting taken off Lyrica because it isn't doing the job it was prescribed for. I still have 56 x 300mg caps left so may try recreation. Euphoria you seem to say? Mood lift definitely. But the member who wrote that he/she found 150mg uplifting must have odd body chemistry; that dose does nothing, nada, zilch to me.
My first day on the 300s, I took 1500mg and got mildly intoxicated. The real effects came the next day when I found I couldn't walk properly and was bruised all over my legs for a good while. I can't say it was pleasant. I'm not sure whether I can call Lyrica pleasant at all, though it certainly potentiates, as the PIL notes, my oxycodone and lorazepam - as I have written previously, the drugs mentioned in said leaflet. It seems to me that I must be missing something, but how subtle is that something?
I'll have to reserve judgement on Pregabalin as a recreational substance. My GABAa receptors have been constantly working extremely hard on a daily basis for 30 years and more, explaining why many 1,4-benzos require what most people would term a ridiculously high dose to achieve any kind of recreational effects. Funny, other types of benzo don't need such high dosage - triazolobenzos seem to hit me quite hard at doses I consider necessary for my aniety problems and in the case of triazolam, sleep, which naturally I fight (very easy). 0.5mg Halcion is enough to make me nice and mellow and dare I say euphoric. Alplax brand in particular of all the alprazolam brands I've tried is most definitely euphoric, and if taken with two or three Upjohn 17s and about 60 mg nasal Oxynorm, makes me feel almost perfect. What's missing? Carisoprodol of course. Lyrica may be a potentiator of oxy and benzos, but since Carisoma was withrawn I have been trying dsperately to find a source of 90 per month at reasonable price. When carisoprodol was taken off the European market, the price shot up. Where previously I would pay US $25 per 100 x 350mg Carisoma, the good ones by Wallace, I can now find only one source less than $100 and that's a brand that is virtually unknown and has very mixed reports. Lyrica by contrast has always been a very expensive drug, thank God that Scottish pharmacies charge zero for all NHS prescriptions. I believe there is still a charge per item made in England and Wales; I pity those who live in countries where the full price of drugs must be paid, since oxycodone and pregabalin are far from cheap.
In summary, there are too many side effects for me to consider Lyrica a wonder drug. Next day ataxia, memory problems and general physical and mental sluggishness isn't my idea of fun. I do like managing to keep oxy and loraz doses down (in the case of lorazepam I rarely need more than a single 2.5mg tablet with 600mg Lyrica and 40-60mg oxycodone in order to feel good and also save meds. But since it is in no way a replacement for carisoprodol, I can not continue to take it if it doesn't fix the back pain. We only have tw other SMRs available but having tried them, they just do not work like carisoprodol.
Lyrica is maybe not the feeling, and for sure not the right drug medically, for me. To those who enjoy it much more than me, do have a good time. I guess I'll have to find a way of keeping supplied with c/prodol from the US, very difficult since only one or two sites will ship here. What I need is a decent eail source there who can suppky it along with the usual opioids and benzos, but I know none. I may pay a small fortune for something of the same quality as much cheaper Indian pharms but at least there's consistency from what I hear. Sorry Lyrica, having spent the last month reviewing the situation, i've come to the conclusion you must go, and I must seek the withdrawn skeleto-muscular reaxant if I want to be free if a lmbar pain even oxycodone does not help in the least bit. Shame about the loss of a potentiator too, but... Goodbye Lyrica, I have 100 & 50mg caps for my four week taper because the W/D are apparently initially as bad as coming off lorazepam - very nasty indeed.
Now I must look for Soma that can be delivered to the UK. Oh, the trials f life and staying well.
I'm getting taken off Lyrica because it isn't doing the job it was prescribed for. I still have 56 x 300mg caps left so may try recreation. Euphoria you seem to say? Mood lift definitely. But the member who wrote that he/she found 150mg uplifting must have odd body chemistry; that dose does nothing, nada, zilch to me.
My first day on the 300s, I took 1500mg and got mildly intoxicated. The real effects came the next day when I found I couldn't walk properly and was bruised all over my legs for a good while. I can't say it was pleasant. I'm not sure whether I can call Lyrica pleasant at all, though it certainly potentiates, as the PIL notes, my oxycodone and lorazepam - as I have written previously, the drugs mentioned in said leaflet. It seems to me that I must be missing something, but how subtle is that something?
I'll have to reserve judgement on Pregabalin as a recreational substance. My GABAa receptors have been constantly working extremely hard on a daily basis for 30 years and more, explaining why many 1,4-benzos require what most people would term a ridiculously high dose to achieve any kind of recreational effects. Funny, other types of benzo don't need such high dosage - triazolobenzos seem to hit me quite hard at doses I consider necessary for my aniety problems and in the case of triazolam, sleep, which naturally I fight (very easy). 0.5mg Halcion is enough to make me nice and mellow and dare I say euphoric. Alplax brand in particular of all the alprazolam brands I've tried is most definitely euphoric, and if taken with two or three Upjohn 17s and about 60 mg nasal Oxynorm, makes me feel almost perfect. What's missing? Carisoprodol of course. Lyrica may be a potentiator of oxy and benzos, but since Carisoma was withrawn I have been trying dsperately to find a source of 90 per month at reasonable price. When carisoprodol was taken off the European market, the price shot up. Where previously I would pay US $25 per 100 x 350mg Carisoma, the good ones by Wallace, I can now find only one source less than $100 and that's a brand that is virtually unknown and has very mixed reports. Lyrica by contrast has always been a very expensive drug, thank God that Scottish pharmacies charge zero for all NHS prescriptions. I believe there is still a charge per item made in England and Wales; I pity those who live in countries where the full price of drugs must be paid, since oxycodone and pregabalin are far from cheap.
In summary, there are too many side effects for me to consider Lyrica a wonder drug. Next day ataxia, memory problems and general physical and mental sluggishness isn't my idea of fun. I do like managing to keep oxy and loraz doses down (in the case of lorazepam I rarely need more than a single 2.5mg tablet with 600mg Lyrica and 40-60mg oxycodone in order to feel good and also save meds. But since it is in no way a replacement for carisoprodol, I can not continue to take it if it doesn't fix the back pain. We only have tw other SMRs available but having tried them, they just do not work like carisoprodol.
Lyrica is maybe not the feeling, and for sure not the right drug medically, for me. To those who enjoy it much more than me, do have a good time. I guess I'll have to find a way of keeping supplied with c/prodol from the US, very difficult since only one or two sites will ship here. What I need is a decent eail source there who can suppky it along with the usual opioids and benzos, but I know none. I may pay a small fortune for something of the same quality as much cheaper Indian pharms but at least there's consistency from what I hear. Sorry Lyrica, having spent the last month reviewing the situation, i've come to the conclusion you must go, and I must seek the withdrawn skeleto-muscular reaxant if I want to be free if a lmbar pain even oxycodone does not help in the least bit. Shame about the loss of a potentiator too, but... Goodbye Lyrica, I have 100 & 50mg caps for my four week taper because the W/D are apparently initially as bad as coming off lorazepam - very nasty indeed.
Now I must look for Soma that can be delivered to the UK. Oh, the trials f life and staying well.
Hey guys , my first post here. I have been on Lyrica for the past 3 years 600mg for Anxiety. Previously I have came off Opiates, nothing major codeine and dihydrocodeine. The thing about this lyrica withdrawal is the bloody anxiety and its for me the real stomach wrencing type, combined with mild depersonalisation and generally looking at the world in an unfriendly way 
What I did notice though was when the doc put me on Cymbalta it made coming down of the Lyrica a hell of a lot easer , I suppose this has to do with the fact that its a drug used for neuropathy aswell I dunno, however it definitely helped big time, I wouldnt want to imagine what Benzo withdrawal must be like.
What I did notice though was when the doc put me on Cymbalta it made coming down of the Lyrica a hell of a lot easer , I suppose this has to do with the fact that its a drug used for neuropathy aswell I dunno, however it definitely helped big time, I wouldnt want to imagine what Benzo withdrawal must be like.omg I love Lyrica,I just wish I could afford i as I have no insurance..I take 900 mg's a day..(2 150 mg capsules 3x a day) If I go 3 days without it which I often do my tolerance goes back down and I can have a happy day on fridays .lol but I have found if you take it everyday you get use to it,I also take 90 mg's of methadone a day so I do no go through withdrawels from the lyrica when I stop taking it..but yeah it's a grat drug and watch out it will make you eat the kicthen table!!!
Escapedysphoria
Ex-Bluelighter
Ugh I'm still waiting to try Lyrica... Sounds great. I enjoyed Neurontin (Gabapentin), but from I've heard Lyrica sounds much better. More euphoric? Cleaner feel? Curious to know 
Sounds great. I enjoyed Neurontin (Gabapentin), but from I've heard Lyrica sounds much better. More euphoric? Cleaner feel? Curious to know Ugh I'm still waiting to try Lyrica...
For me Lyrica is much stronger and the buzz(if you want to call it that)is kinda stronger.The only thing I hate about lyrica is the appetite Issue I have.Being on a diet and lyrica DO NOT MIX WELL! Ugh I took up to 3600 mg's a day of gabapentin and my DR finally just put me on Lyrica so I would have to take less pills. BUt Gaba is good in it's own way...I just had to skip doses if I could and go 3 or 4 days so when I took it I would feel more,the tolorance thing with Gaba and lyrica is crazy...it builds so fast!
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LiLRedCorvette
Greenlighter
I just took 600mg of Lyrica last night and it f***d me up. I'm still feeling it this morning. Bumping into things. Very unsteady on my feet. I don't drink alcohol but this is what I imagine being drunk feels like.
tricomb
Bluelight Crew
I'm RX'd Lyrica 300mg BID, and use it sparingly like once a week/two weeks. Only time I use it more frequently is to potentiate my RX'd opiates, but luckily opiates dont fail me often.
i started on an intolerably high dose when i first dropped lyrica -- 600mg. shouldn't have done that. that was december of 2010. i'm unusually sensitive to pills. hard drugs? nope. the walls caved in and shimmered red, red everywhere, and i loved everything and puked. o god, the puking. since june of 2011, i've had a 2gram/day habit. GABA crave. massive natural depletion. i was a lucky cocktailer of drugs, hard and soft, so i'm a bit thrilled to only be on one thing at the moment. but the effects were/are so deliciously intoxicating. for me, it's a divine amalgamation of an opiate, benzo, DMT, XTC, alcohol and *its own personal ambien* all in a baby's glistening fistful of pills on a humid Spring eventide next to a *bushel of lilies*. ...i don't even know if they come in *bushels*. but they *do on lyrica!*
i was a drunk before i was a heroin addict - shit in between.
the withdrawal will kill you if you're not careful. as with all CNS depressants, when you max out your *spine* then hit the brick wall of withdrawal, it'll shock your body into seizures. i've been hospitalized twice because of this. admitted hospitalized, not that *0 fiddles, let's hang out in the emergency room b/c i'm a paranoid hypochondriac!* anxiety. neon rebound effect. i run out of pills here in...o probably hours. used to be able to sustain 36 hours cold-turkey, which was immaculate upon re-dosing; i can't get through 12 without wanting to die. which is still kind of immaculate upon redosing. if you enjoy high hits of animosity immediately following. cold-turkeying heroin is easier than this. for solid realz.
it is and forever will be my favorite drug of all time. for this very reason, i am praying to the gods of synthpop and good poetry i will be safely off of it by April or May.
i was a drunk before i was a heroin addict - shit in between.
the withdrawal will kill you if you're not careful. as with all CNS depressants, when you max out your *spine* then hit the brick wall of withdrawal, it'll shock your body into seizures. i've been hospitalized twice because of this. admitted hospitalized, not that *0 fiddles, let's hang out in the emergency room b/c i'm a paranoid hypochondriac!* anxiety. neon rebound effect. i run out of pills here in...o probably hours. used to be able to sustain 36 hours cold-turkey, which was immaculate upon re-dosing; i can't get through 12 without wanting to die. which is still kind of immaculate upon redosing. if you enjoy high hits of animosity immediately following. cold-turkeying heroin is easier than this. for solid realz.
it is and forever will be my favorite drug of all time. for this very reason, i am praying to the gods of synthpop and good poetry i will be safely off of it by April or May.
tricomb
Bluelight Crew
Does anyone find it harder to sleep on Lyrica? I want to add 300mg to ease this ice comedown, and to potentiate the hydrocodone, oxycodone, and soma I've taken already.
I'm not trying to sleep yet either, just be more relaxed while I'm awake
I'm not trying to sleep yet either, just be more relaxed while I'm awake
emjay
Bluelighter
I've taken 3600mg with very little effect. Why is it so useless? Is it worth trying a higher dose, maybe 4800mg?
ErgicMergic
Bluelighter
^You're just asking for a seizure with doses over 1000mg, make sure to take some benzos with a ridiculous dose like that. Make sure to wait at least a week between recreational doses, as short-term Lyrica tolerance is brutal, way worse than benzos.
Some lyrica would hit the spot right now, haven't taken any in months.
Some lyrica would hit the spot right now, haven't taken any in months.
emjay
Bluelighter
I took the 4800mg.and it was like a mild 2nd plateau DXM trip. Bleh.
Using maybe 1200mg the next few days while I finish my opiate withdrawals.
Using maybe 1200mg the next few days while I finish my opiate withdrawals.
ErgicMergic
Bluelighter
Oh man, what a waste of Lyrica. I could have had 8 amazing highs spaced out to each weekend with that kind of dosage. I need to get me a Lyrica script 
tricomb
Bluelight Crew
I've never done DXM (nor will I) but I don't understand how people can compare Lyrica to hallucinogens, like to ecstasy or GHB.
To me it feels nothing like that. If anything, it's just like adding the pleasant bravado that opiates give you, minus the other opiate action like euphoria, itching, etc.
Granted, the most I've ever taken was 1.2 grams
EDIT: So I heard they make lyrica patches somewhere in the world, sweden maybe? If so:
Extracting the Lyrica from the patches wouldn't be too difficult. Fentanyl patches (the sandoz ones my pharmacy carries) are so easy to abuse a rock could do it.
Could you even smoke/vape lyrica efficiently? I don't have access to the patches nor am I interested, but in the name of science? I sparingly use lyrica BTW, but am scripted 600mg per day
To me it feels nothing like that. If anything, it's just like adding the pleasant bravado that opiates give you, minus the other opiate action like euphoria, itching, etc.
Granted, the most I've ever taken was 1.2 grams
EDIT: So I heard they make lyrica patches somewhere in the world, sweden maybe? If so:
Extracting the Lyrica from the patches wouldn't be too difficult. Fentanyl patches (the sandoz ones my pharmacy carries) are so easy to abuse a rock could do it.
Could you even smoke/vape lyrica efficiently? I don't have access to the patches nor am I interested, but in the name of science? I sparingly use lyrica BTW, but am scripted 600mg per day
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emjay
Bluelighter
Oh man, what a waste of Lyrica. I could have had 8 amazing highs spaced out to each weekend with that kind of dosage. I need to get me a Lyrica script
Heh, sorry. Though I envy you. I have *always* been seriously insensitive to GABAergics.
2nd plateau DXM is not even slightly hallucinogenic. It's hard to explain other than it felt good to be in my own.skin, in the most literal and physical sense.
I can see at higher doses what people talk about it being like a hallucinogen.
I get a feeling of the xtc kinda thing, not the same high a similar in a way but really different body feeling.
It does make colors and lights project different for me, at those higher doses.
How is everyone doing with this for their anxiety?
I get a feeling of the xtc kinda thing, not the same high a similar in a way but really different body feeling.
It does make colors and lights project different for me, at those higher doses.
How is everyone doing with this for their anxiety?
tricomb
Bluelight Crew
@emjay I wasn't talking about comparing lyrica to dxm, I was saying how people falsely compare pregabalin to MDMA, GHB, or mild dose shrooms, etc. I added the "like ecstasy" as that was primarily the hallucinogen people compare pregabalin to.
@yteek I only take these when my anxiety gets really bad, never more than once a week. I'd much rather take one of these than a benzo (due to personal history with benzos)
@yteek I only take these when my anxiety gets really bad, never more than once a week. I'd much rather take one of these than a benzo (due to personal history with benzos)
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