Dunno if the post of Agirl77 was intended to me but, before having and addiction to methadone ('til 120mg/daily) i was an heroin addicted. I tried cold turkey couple of times, after a week my body was ok but my mind always looking for opiates of any kind. The only way that worked to me was begin methadone treatment, i upping the dosage to the top (100mg/daily its the maximum amount of 'done give for opiate treatment in italy), the tapering very low until 50mgs, stayin stable for a year and begin to work seasonaly i find the motivation to kick everything off, during the treatment i NEVER took any kind of opiates. Now im clean from H for almost 4years. if i would cold turkey from methadone i was going through an hellish MONTH or even more. The half life of methadone its 3 time more the halflife of heroin, its took more to get through.
Im not plannin to stay on lyrica or benzos, but it defintly helps to get through the tapering and the final withdrawal.
For mind-melt: according to my doctor, benzos are wayyy more addictive than lyrica, affect same GABA zone but without active the Cl- Channels and other GABA receptor that benzos do. Lyrica IS ADDICTIVE, but less than benzos and tapering off is less shitty. Always depend on your daily dosage, if your planning to took lyrica for only one week, helping you to get through, so do it. the week after i suggest to taper the dose by cutting of half dosage and i guess there's no problem.
Im NOT A DOCTOR, i don't think im the god of knowledge but only a person with addiction problem that lead me to know every stuff i put in my body, searching, reading, listen and asking to professionals like phsychiatric and doctors.
The dosage suggested to me is 300mg daily, but i took also alprazolam (1.5-2mg/day).
To ended up: Lyrica is helping me for methadone wthdrawal, often combined with some pot, BUT everyone is different. if you can ask to your doctor.