I have anxiety disorder since I was a kid. Been on ssri for a few years but still have attacks. My doctor gave me pregabalin super low dose 50 mg a day. At first I thought it was great, no anxiety! But DO NOT DRINK alcohol whilst on this medication. I became hostile, slurring, uncoordinated just after 2 glasses of wine. Embarrassed myself at xmas in front of my family, stopped taking it soon after. The withdrawals were hell, rebound anxiety, insomnia, GI issues, headaches, dysphoria, lasted 2 weeks. I was on it for 2.5 months. Glad I quit when I did. Best wishes.
I have a prescription for this drug afraid to take it watching this makes me feel more comfortable with the medication hopefully this helps with sleep benzos or antihistamines don't work as well anymore and trying new drugs sucks but this video was informative helpful thank you
@@colinreid8469withdrawals are only a problem if you stop. If you wanna take this for life then you can do. And if you want to stop, your doctor will taper you off it slowly to stop the withdrawals so not a problem
@@stu77t68 Yes they did although my sleep has never been much of an issue anyway, I took them to help with muscle twitches in my legs, they actually did help but then I started taking a decent magnesium tablet everyday, they have reduced the twitches to almost zero, I ran out of the magnesium and the twitches came back very quickly.
Thankyou so much. I have been looking for reviews on this as my anxiety has gotten so bad i nearly went to hospital, all day everyday i suffer. I dont sleep. I have just been given this today and you made me feel kore comfortable about it so thankyou for telling your experience. X
Im okay i think. I dont really feel any side effects at all? Bit tired for an hour but thats it. Gone up to 75mg x 2 a day. I still have anxiety though. I still cant cope in public i got sick and dizzy and nervous. Doc says i can go to 300 a day maximum. I just want the anxiety to go away. What did it take for yours to vanish x
@leahlovell1216 I'm sorry to hear you are still experiencing anxiety, it's so hard to handle in the moment! I have been on Cymbalta 60mg for about a year went through Paxil and Klonopin withdrawal at the same time while transitioning to cymbalta, I have moment where it seem anxiety is gone and then boom it's back just as fast!! I'm currently trying Atenolol which is a Beta Blocker, took my first dose this morning..
@@leahlovell1216Try getting off these meds if possible. I was on them and imo they are poison to the brain. Withdrawal is horrendous. They don’t work for everyone. For every good review, there’s 20 bad reviews. I hate this drug with a passion
My stepfather was fighting cancer, and gabapentin was prescribed for pain mitigation. I illicitly used it off label to address my anxiety and wow, I now believe anxiety can be helped. Until Id used it Ive never felt the comfort in public as I did then. Im in therapy now, and plan to ask about Lyrica if I cant arrive at a non chemical solution. Thank you for sharing your story.
I've been on clonazepam for 20 years, had two failed attempts trying to get off. It was torture. How long did it take you to feel relaxed on Pregabalin, first dose or several days/weeks? I do not want to become dependent on another drug that I may never get off. If there's a possibility it can help me get off the benzo (which really doesn't work for me anymore) that would be amazing.
@@mondoguitar For me it worked after ~1 hour(75mg) on first try. I settled on 150mg in the morning and 75mg at night. I took no clonazepam while testing this. I have been taking ~2-3mg clonazepam for some years, I did not feel any withdrawal symptoms from the benzo. We are all different, but from my experience I would give it a try. I did get blurry vision, not sure if it was the Pregabalin.. I did quit for some days but started again and all good so far.
Pregabalina jest dobra na początku, bo prawie nie ma skutków ubocznych. Natomiast odstawienie tego gówna jest gorsze od odstawienia heroiny! 😱 Biorę to od roku w dawce 2 x 50mg i szukam sposobu jak z tym lekiem wziąć rozwód. 🤔 Pierwsze rozstanie skończyło się po 3 tygodniach niepowodzeniem...😢 Poddałem się. 😞 Szykuję się do drugiego podejścia. Moja konkluzja: nie bierzcie tego gówna! 🤮 Szkoda zdrowia i życia, które stracisz na odstawienie! 😵👎🇵🇱
@mondoguitar never start these tablets 3 years 600mg. Give you mad anxiety in the end and the worst drug for stopping. Its like synthetic opiods. 6 months off and still have side effects and withdrawals .
It maybe helps my nerve pain marginally but the withdrawals are on par with my opiate medication (I'm dependent on strong pain relief until my back surgery)
I'm on 10mg of Diazepam (Valium) and 7.5mg of Zopiclone a day. I have taken Lyrica before, and it is very effective I thought for short-term use but my tolerance for it was too high, 500mg a day wasn't enough after 3 months of starting
It builds tolerance ike a benzo and the withdrawals are horrific be careful don't let you GP up your dose if you become tolerant get off on the lowest dose possible.
so if you take it to get high or for mental health rarely you're probably good but take it on prescription dose you're in a a bad way. right. sounds daft but taking a substance to get high rarely, even benzos, is more decent than having to rely on a substance to feel 'normal' (tolerance?) unless you really really need it
I’ve been on it 2 weeks and feel wonderful. I am on Temazepam, Prozac and Lamotrigine. I’m wondering if I can get off the Lamotrigine since it is an anti seizure med.
Took 50mg yesterday for generalized anxiety disorder after 4 days in bed with crippling anxiety and it literally freed me. I just hope I dont get addicted to it and end up on 600mg daily!
I'm starting to think mine needs increasing slightly so I'm going to request this when I next see my psychiatrist in October. We shall see what happens I guess! So glad to hear how it made a positive impact for you!
My doctor wouldn’t prescribe this for me so I bought some from the dark web. I made sure I bought sealed packets and they’ve fixed so many problems… I don’t take it whilst I’m at work because it makes me feel too spaced out and I work in a dangerous job but as soon as I finish work I take it… maybe 4 times a week and it fixes soo much!!
I take 150mg in the morning and 150mg at night. It is potent my psychiatrist wants me to get to 600mg a day but I can't 300mg seems okay for my anxiety
Same company one came out a long time before the other. No short term fix with anxiety disorders from my experience you either take meds for life or if your lucky you find the gym will sort of the issues. By design these medications only work when you take them they have no healing properties long term for a disorder but might knock basic anxiety out thr system as would going to the gym. Work out what's wrong with you and decide from there.
Hi, are you still on pregablin and at what dose? I worked my way uo to 600mg because of tolerance and I'm now withdrawaing because of this the withdrawals are horrific .
I was the same as you and I completely stopped taking them a week today. To be completely honest with you it had been hell and the worst week of my life. But I do feel like the mental/physical withdrawals are starting to now get better fingers crossed moving forward. This drug is hell and I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy to be stuck on it. Good luck and take care
@@user-it8oo1jo3iCold turkey off what dose were you on? How are you now? I'm down to 150mg but not sure I can get off because of nerve abd back pain not sure what to do I feel stuck in a drug cycle sucks. Maybe I should just cold turkey the rest of my pregablin dose.
Aren’t there warnings everywhere that you shouldn’t go off this drug without your doctors knowledge and assistance in doing that? Going off a drug like this cold turkey is going to be hell.
Even tapering is a nightmare I've been doing so for over a year I can't get off them I think cold turkey migh be the best way just to get it over and done with. I've tapaered off loads of pain meds in the past and this is a beast of a drug to stop even diazepam was easier..
@@sophiecharlottementalhealth I am glad that it is still working for you. I have severe anxiety and agoraphobia. I was given Pregabalin 75mg am 75mg pm I only lasted a week on this as my anxiety went through the roof, I don’t think it was the meds, more all the negative reviews about the withdrawal effects that made me stop. Im on too many meds for my anxiety that just don’t help Escitalopram Mirtazapine Diazepam Quetiapine I tried Aripiprazole but it made me too restless. I don’t know wether to give the Pregabalin another shot?
I just got me hands on some klonopin along with my elvanse and lyrica. Best nix i have ever done. No anxiety at all and you feel like a god! 70mg dexamphwtamines for my adhd in the morning and lyrica 600mg a day split in 2 doses (300mg morning, 300mg noon) Also using 2mg clonazepam/klonopin in the morning and around 14.00
Are you sure your on pregabalin? It should work from 1 hour up to sometimes 2 - 3 hours for some reason but it shouldn't take 2 weeks. I just bought 300mg pregabalin and one should definitely effect you in a sense of your anxiety is completely gone but first time taking a 300mg was definitely overwhelming as you get this drunk type feeling like you lose your balance easy but I'd say that all gets better the more you take it, once your body gets used to it you'll stop walking sideways into walls like I did. I even ran like a cartoon character sideways over someone's front garden fence but none of these side effects happen to me anymore
Sorry for the late reply, life got in the way! For me it kicked in after a few hours, but initially I just noticed the brain fog, little effect on anxiety. For it to work against my anxiety it took a few weeks.
Hi, i know its been a while but ive just been given pregab to take for my anxiety.. im also on sertraline but find its not helping.. i really want to try the pregabs, im just scared of new meds.
600ml its like willy wonkers ticket i got off opiates and my mental health is so much better i finally see colour in life, without it im like an end of life patient, i do nothing all day just stare and think of impending doom, i feel like an alien i dont get human behaviours, i lost my soul and pregabs give me life
I’ve been on 200mg x3 a day for ten years! Main problems for me is weight gain! I’ve put on five stone in this time! My vision is blurred and I suffer with extremely dry mouth.
I have, and got swollen legs, dry mouth... and I stopped after two years. It helps for a while but it should not be taken for more than 6 months. Past that period it really gets negative effects in the body on many levels.
I'm still here! Sorry for the silence. Had a very bad year mental health wise; my long-term relationship ended which led to a very dark depressive episode, I made a few life attempts and am only just starting to heal from it all.
@@sophiecharlottementalhealth I’ll be praying for you. So relieved to hear that you are doing okay. Hang in there. Trust in Jesus if you don’t already.
Horrible drug. Makes you feel nasty and confused and DEFINITELY not for anxiety. It made me feel depressed. I wouldn't recommend it for my dog if I had one. Tramadol was the best medication I've ever tried but it stops working after a few years and makes you feel super depressed. I've also been prescribed Vicodin which is horrible for anxiety. Best thing you could do is get natural treatments and if it helps stick with it because addiction is no joke.
There's alot of nonsense about this drug. It works brilliantly for anxiety and gives a very mild Euphoria. It is not addictive and you can stop suddenly with no adverse effects.
I have anxiety disorder since I was a kid. Been on ssri for a few years but still have attacks. My doctor gave me pregabalin super low dose 50 mg a day. At first I thought it was great, no anxiety! But DO NOT DRINK alcohol whilst on this medication. I became hostile, slurring, uncoordinated just after 2 glasses of wine. Embarrassed myself at xmas in front of my family, stopped taking it soon after. The withdrawals were hell, rebound anxiety, insomnia, GI issues, headaches, dysphoria, lasted 2 weeks. I was on it for 2.5 months. Glad I quit when I did. Best wishes.
Ty for sharing! I am glad for you that you found something that gives you peace :).
I have a prescription for this drug afraid to take it watching this makes me feel more comfortable with the medication hopefully this helps with sleep benzos or antihistamines don't work as well anymore and trying new drugs sucks but this video was informative helpful thank you
The withdrawals are horrific.
@@colinreid8469I was an 600mg, I stopped cold turkey with no problem at all
@@colinreid8469withdrawals are only a problem if you stop. If you wanna take this for life then you can do. And if you want to stop, your doctor will taper you off it slowly to stop the withdrawals so not a problem
I took 50mg tab before bed every night for 8 months, I stopped taking them last week, cold turkey, no withdrawal at all.
Did help you sleep 💤
@@stu77t68 Yes they did although my sleep has never been much of an issue anyway, I took them to help with muscle twitches in my legs, they actually did help but then I started taking a decent magnesium tablet everyday, they have reduced the twitches to almost zero, I ran out of the magnesium and the twitches came back very quickly.
i can relate to this video alot. thank you for opening up. keep your head up beautiful x
Thank you for making this video - I’m going to talk to my doctor about this medication tomorrow
Thankyou so much. I have been looking for reviews on this as my anxiety has gotten so bad i nearly went to hospital, all day everyday i suffer. I dont sleep. I have just been given this today and you made me feel kore comfortable about it so thankyou for telling your experience. X
How are you feeling?
Im okay i think. I dont really feel any side effects at all? Bit tired for an hour but thats it. Gone up to 75mg x 2 a day. I still have anxiety though. I still cant cope in public i got sick and dizzy and nervous. Doc says i can go to 300 a day maximum. I just want the anxiety to go away. What did it take for yours to vanish x
@leahlovell1216 I'm sorry to hear you are still experiencing anxiety, it's so hard to handle in the moment!
I have been on Cymbalta 60mg for about a year went through Paxil and Klonopin withdrawal at the same time while transitioning to cymbalta, I have moment where it seem anxiety is gone and then boom it's back just as fast!!
I'm currently trying Atenolol which is a Beta Blocker, took my first dose this morning..
@@leahlovell1216 Mine hasn't gone away... I trying to find the right med, cymbalta isn't doing the trick...
@@leahlovell1216Try getting off these meds if possible. I was on them and imo they are poison to the brain. Withdrawal is horrendous. They don’t work for everyone. For every good review, there’s 20 bad reviews. I hate this drug with a passion
Great info, Better than any doctor videos. Thank you for time to help people understand. Much appreciated!!!!
My stepfather was fighting cancer, and gabapentin was prescribed for pain mitigation. I illicitly used it off label to address my anxiety and wow, I now believe anxiety can be helped. Until Id used it Ive never felt the comfort in public as I did then. Im in therapy now, and plan to ask about Lyrica if I cant arrive at a non chemical solution.
Thank you for sharing your story.
Great stuff, got 75mg from a friend and POOF the anxiety went away. Currently taking 150mg. In many ways it works much better than benzo.
I've been on clonazepam for 20 years, had two failed attempts trying to get off. It was torture. How long did it take you to feel relaxed on Pregabalin, first dose or several days/weeks? I do not want to become dependent on another drug that I may never get off. If there's a possibility it can help me get off the benzo (which really doesn't work for me anymore) that would be amazing.
@@mondoguitar For me it worked after ~1 hour(75mg) on first try. I settled on 150mg in the morning and 75mg at night. I took no clonazepam while testing this. I have been taking ~2-3mg clonazepam for some years, I did not feel any withdrawal symptoms from the benzo. We are all different, but from my experience I would give it a try.
I did get blurry vision, not sure if it was the Pregabalin.. I did quit for some days but started again and all good so far.
Pregabalina jest dobra na początku, bo prawie nie ma skutków ubocznych. Natomiast odstawienie tego gówna jest gorsze od odstawienia heroiny! 😱 Biorę to od roku w dawce 2 x 50mg i szukam sposobu jak z tym lekiem wziąć rozwód. 🤔 Pierwsze rozstanie skończyło się po 3 tygodniach niepowodzeniem...😢 Poddałem się. 😞 Szykuję się do drugiego podejścia. Moja konkluzja: nie bierzcie tego gówna! 🤮 Szkoda zdrowia i życia, które stracisz na odstawienie! 😵👎🇵🇱
@mondoguitar never start these tablets 3 years 600mg. Give you mad anxiety in the end and the worst drug for stopping. Its like synthetic opiods. 6 months off and still have side effects and withdrawals .
@@mondoguitar you taking it daily or on and off?
It maybe helps my nerve pain marginally but the withdrawals are on par with my opiate medication (I'm dependent on strong pain relief until my back surgery)
I'm on 10mg of Diazepam (Valium) and 7.5mg of Zopiclone a day. I have taken Lyrica before, and it is very effective I thought for short-term use but my tolerance for it was too high, 500mg a day wasn't enough after 3 months of starting
Sorry to hear about your situation at that time of your life, 7 is so young 😔
Great video. Thanks for all the info. How long have you been on it? And how long are you allowed to take them? Thank youu x
I love this drug . No more anxiety, energy etc
Energy, more or less??
More, lots more
It builds tolerance ike a benzo and the withdrawals are horrific be careful don't let you GP up your dose if you become tolerant get off on the lowest dose possible.
@@colinreid8469 thanks bud. After Valium I’m very cautious. I take it once or twice a week at most . 2 days later I always feel like shit
@@colinreid8469Why are you talking nonsense. There are ZERO physical withdrawal symptoms.
It cured my anxiety
so if you take it to get high or for mental health rarely you're probably good but take it on prescription dose you're in a a bad way. right.
sounds daft but taking a substance to get high rarely, even benzos, is more decent than having to rely on a substance to feel 'normal' (tolerance?) unless you really really need it
I take 225mg daily. It's like a happy pill.
From what I heard dont ever go higher than 300 max a day and you should be fine.
It's amazing in the right doses I appreciate it but scared my tolerance will stop it working
I’ve been on it 2 weeks and feel wonderful. I am on Temazepam, Prozac and Lamotrigine. I’m wondering if I can get off the Lamotrigine since it is an anti seizure med.
Update I couldn’t stop eating so quit the Lyrica
Took 50mg yesterday for generalized anxiety disorder after 4 days in bed with crippling anxiety and it literally freed me. I just hope I dont get addicted to it and end up on 600mg daily!
I'm starting to think mine needs increasing slightly so I'm going to request this when I next see my psychiatrist in October. We shall see what happens I guess! So glad to hear how it made a positive impact for you!
I find that it is great med for anxiety...way better than ssris and snris
My doctor wouldn’t prescribe this for me so I bought some from the dark web. I made sure I bought sealed packets and they’ve fixed so many problems… I don’t take it whilst I’m at work because it makes me feel too spaced out and I work in a dangerous job but as soon as I finish work I take it… maybe 4 times a week and it fixes soo much!!
My friend has been advised to reduce then stop taking this as it’s affecting her kidney function, worrying
So sorry to hear that. I have to have annual blood tests and so far everything has stayed in the normal range luckily.
I take 150mg in the morning and 150mg at night. It is potent my psychiatrist wants me to get to 600mg a day but I can't 300mg seems okay for my anxiety
"Pre's" are a junkies' favourite on UK council estates. Street price is £1 per 100mg.
Any diffrence between Pregabalin and Gabapentin??
Pregablin stronger
Same company one came out a long time before the other. No short term fix with anxiety disorders from my experience you either take meds for life or if your lucky you find the gym will sort of the issues. By design these medications only work when you take them they have no healing properties long term for a disorder but might knock basic anxiety out thr system as would going to the gym. Work out what's wrong with you and decide from there.
Get a beta blocker like Propanolol as well!
That combined with Gabapentin is the missing key!
Can you take Pregabalin toogether with Trazodone?
Yes I take with mirtazapine
I use this for GAD brill drug
Hi, are you still on pregablin and at what dose? I worked my way uo to 600mg because of tolerance and I'm now withdrawaing because of this the withdrawals are horrific .
I was the same as you and I completely stopped taking them a week today. To be completely honest with you it had been hell and the worst week of my life. But I do feel like the mental/physical withdrawals are starting to now get better fingers crossed moving forward. This drug is hell and I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy to be stuck on it. Good luck and take care
@@user-it8oo1jo3iCold turkey off what dose were you on? How are you now? I'm down to 150mg but not sure I can get off because of nerve abd back pain not sure what to do I feel stuck in a drug cycle sucks. Maybe I should just cold turkey the rest of my pregablin dose.
Aren’t there warnings everywhere that you shouldn’t go off this drug without your doctors knowledge and assistance in doing that? Going off a drug like this cold turkey is going to be hell.
Even tapering is a nightmare I've been doing so for over a year I can't get off them I think cold turkey migh be the best way just to get it over and done with. I've tapaered off loads of pain meds in the past and this is a beast of a drug to stop even diazepam was easier..
@@picturenutI stopped cold turkey, literally no issues at all.
Hi, how long after starting the medication did you start noticing effects or side effects from the drug? Thanks
I noticed them the same day, at first it was a little intense I must admit. The brain fog was so much.
Hi thanks for the info, how’s it going with the Pregabalin are you still using it?
Apologies for the very delayed response, had a bit of a struggle for a while. I'm still on it and it's still working wonders for me!
@@sophiecharlottementalhealth
I am glad that it is still working for you. I have severe anxiety and agoraphobia. I was given Pregabalin 75mg am 75mg pm I only lasted a week on this as my anxiety went through the roof, I don’t think it was the meds, more all the negative reviews about the withdrawal effects that made me stop. Im on too many meds for my anxiety that just don’t help
Escitalopram
Mirtazapine
Diazepam
Quetiapine
I tried Aripiprazole but it made me too restless.
I don’t know wether to give the Pregabalin another shot?
Are you still on it? How's it going? SNRI not helping my anxiety.
Im around 3 years on Pregabalin ... its great for Anxiety.
Try it and if you have few side effects, it can be great.
Consult your doctor tho, not me.😂
@@balkanjoker3111When did you feel the anxiolytic effects? Your first dose, or did it take a few weeks?
@@mondoguitar It did take a few days for me. But it should be taken 14 days... or as DOCTOR told you.
I just got me hands on some klonopin along with my elvanse and lyrica. Best nix i have ever done. No anxiety at all and you feel like a god!
70mg dexamphwtamines for my adhd in the morning and lyrica 600mg a day split in 2 doses (300mg morning, 300mg noon) Also using 2mg clonazepam/klonopin in the morning and around 14.00
How long until it kicked in for you? I've been on it two weeks now and I feel nothing. Is that normal?
Are you sure your on pregabalin? It should work from 1 hour up to sometimes 2 - 3 hours for some reason but it shouldn't take 2 weeks. I just bought 300mg pregabalin and one should definitely effect you in a sense of your anxiety is completely gone but first time taking a 300mg was definitely overwhelming as you get this drunk type feeling like you lose your balance easy but I'd say that all gets better the more you take it, once your body gets used to it you'll stop walking sideways into walls like I did. I even ran like a cartoon character sideways over someone's front garden fence but none of these side effects happen to me anymore
Sorry for the late reply, life got in the way! For me it kicked in after a few hours, but initially I just noticed the brain fog, little effect on anxiety. For it to work against my anxiety it took a few weeks.
That's not normal. You should feel it literally 20 minutes after taking it. It gives a very mild Euphoria and anxiety completely melts away.
Didn’t work for me.
How long did it take to kick in ? I've just started xxx
Like 3 to 4 days you will feel it.
In 2 weeks you will see full benefits AND side effects.
Its great for anxiety, BUT LISTEN TO YOUR BODY AND DOCTOR.😊
20 minutes for me.
Worked after 3 days in my case
Hi, i know its been a while but ive just been given pregab to take for my anxiety.. im also on sertraline but find its not helping.. i really want to try the pregabs, im just scared of new meds.
600ml its like willy wonkers ticket i got off opiates and my mental health is so much better i finally see colour in life, without it im like an end of life patient, i do nothing all day just stare and think of impending doom, i feel like an alien i dont get human behaviours, i lost my soul and pregabs give me life
Do you still take it?
Yes I do!
@@sophiecharlottementalhealth How much do you take?
Lyrica and alcool?
Its not advised to drink alcohol whilst taking it
@CharleneRitchie-o1z ???????
@PlPl-m9i 😆🙈 alcohol
Are you still on it? Cause I am seeing some horror stories trying to come off it
I am still on it yes.
I’ve been on 200mg x3 a day for ten years! Main problems for me is weight gain! I’ve put on five stone in this time! My vision is blurred and I suffer with extremely dry mouth.
Have you had weight gain?
Yes I have
Yes I have
I have, and got swollen legs, dry mouth... and I stopped after two years. It helps for a while but it should not be taken for more than 6 months. Past that period it really gets negative effects in the body on many levels.
Lyrica made me eat junk in crazy amounts. The wait gaine was destroying my health.
It's making more depressed.
I'm so sorry to hear that!
Et la dépendance??
It is a risk with pregabalin, as well as building a tolerance but I've not noticed a decrease in its effectiveness
She hasn’t posted for 11 months. Wonder if she is still alive. So many side effects.
I'm still here! Sorry for the silence. Had a very bad year mental health wise; my long-term relationship ended which led to a very dark depressive episode, I made a few life attempts and am only just starting to heal from it all.
@@sophiecharlottementalhealth I’ll be praying for you. So relieved to hear that you are doing okay. Hang in there. Trust in Jesus if you don’t already.
Horrible drug. Makes you feel nasty and confused and DEFINITELY not for anxiety. It made me feel depressed. I wouldn't recommend it for my dog if I had one. Tramadol was the best medication I've ever tried but it stops working after a few years and makes you feel super depressed. I've also been prescribed Vicodin which is horrible for anxiety. Best thing you could do is get natural treatments and if it helps stick with it because addiction is no joke.
There's alot of nonsense about this drug. It works brilliantly for anxiety and gives a very mild Euphoria. It is not addictive and you can stop suddenly with no adverse effects.
It looks like they have you on a ton of different meds. I don’t know your personal experience but medicating won’t help you.
Well they have definitely helped me. That's not to say many others find the harmful though