Lyrica is my absolute favourite pharmaceutical. I usually take very large doses (~1500 mg, I've gone over 2000 mg sometimes but that is unwise, as it can provoke seizures) a couple of times a month. I was prescribed it many years ago for GAD, 600 mg a day, but decided to taper it down because it felt like my brain was on 50% capacity all the time, it really affected my cognitive skills.
However recreationally, I find it euphoric, uplifting, social and happy. Megadoses have a hint of different substances; a bit of MDMA, GHB, alcohol and benzos...And feels slightly psychedelic and dissociative. Still quite unique. I know it's not advisable for the inexperienced, but I quite often drink some alcohol and take some benzos with it too. But too much alcohol kind of overpowers pregabalin and dulls the uplifting and even energetic feeling. 4 pints of beer is quite enough. Pregabalin, alcohol, clonazepam and weed is one of my favourite combos. But you really need to know your doses, otherwise it may result in a blackout or just falling around, hitting yourself quite badly. But I've learned my sweet spot regarding dosing through the years. If you're new to pregabalin, and want to use it recreationally, I wouldn't recommend combining it with anything before you're familiar with how it works. Still it has a high safety profile so you in practice you can't really overdose on pregabalin alone. Heavy doses also have a long effect, I can feel 1500 mg 24 hours after taking it.
Tolerance skyrockets, if taking recretionally it's almost impossible to take it for consecutive days. On the other hand, at least for me, tolerance also is back to baseline extremely fast. 3-4 days without taking pregablin is quite enough for me to get the same effect from the same dose.
Lyrica also has a strange effect of boosting pretty much everything; caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, benzos, weed, opiates...And it's great for stimulant comedowns. Sometimes though it boosts weed to uncomfortable levels, resulting in extreme and unpleasant confusion.
Addiction is a bitch, I had a period when I used heavy doses for a prolonged time and the WD were quite bad. Nowhere near benzo or alcohol WD but still very nasty, the anxiety and depression was worse than on benzo or alcohol WD. On the other hand, I've found pregablin to be a wonderdrug for benzo and alcohol WD. With the help of pregablin, I was able to taper my benzos much faster. I've understood it's great for opiate WD too, although I've never used opiates really (except trying oxydocone and codeine a couple of times.
The only downside with Lyrica is the very slow onset, even on an empty stomach it takes 2-3 hours to really kick in. If I've eaten a heavy meal, the effects really kick in after 4-5 hours. That's why I always take it on an empty stomach and eat afterwards (I get the munchies on Lyrica).
Do you also get extremely red eyes and blue circles below the eyes on Lyrica? I've wondered what causes this. Blood pressure? This is very visible on high doses, and my eyes look completely freaky.
