Posted by CareBear04 on February 8, 2010, at 20:40:14
In reply to Lyrica for panic disorders, posted by topcatclr on February 7, 2010, at 0:30:26
Yes, I took Lyrica for GAD/panic for awhile. Phillipa is right that it works well at first, but you keep needing higher and higher doses. My pdoc started me on it a few years ago because I was already on high-dose benzos, and he thought that a way of getting at anxiety other than through GABA would help. I started at 50mg, and the first time I took it, I felt soooo relaxed and amazingly good, but after a few doses, I stopped feeling it. I went up to 200mg 3x a day in addition to benzos before I finally concluded that Lyrica was essentially an expensive waste of money. But that's just me... maybe I have unusual issues of tolerance. Hope this helps,
CB
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