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Posted by porkpiehat on October 25, 2020, at 11:07:56
Just started Lyrica. Here is my experience so far:
I was thinking that the .25 mgs-.5mgs of klonopin I've been taking for 10 years was contributing to my increasing depression, so I wanted to phase it out, but be able to sleep at night.
taken during the day Lyrica stupifies me but makes me feel more emotionally open. At night it seems to help with sleep and during the day my mood is good, anxiety is low, but I still feel a little impaired. I'm only taking 50mgs!I don't want to take it during the day but I'm starting to feel "weird" mid-day. Confusion gets worse and both my hands went numb driving home last night.
I ended up missing two days of it (after only taking the 50mgs for two days) and I was a racy ball of rage for those two days.
Trying to figure out if I'm going through a daily "withdrawal" by only taking at night? I'm also feeling almost too good, like I'm drunk. I'm worried that I'm developing an artificial kind of well-being. Klonopin didn't do this at the doses I was taking.
it is nice to feel open, less obsessive and suspicious, and less apathy.
Also taking 100mgs lamictal daytime and 5mgs celexa at night. I think the morning lamictal might be creative an "additive anticonvulsant" stupidity.
Talking to people is easier...writing feels very slow.
Posted by beckett2 on October 29, 2020, at 14:23:44
In reply to experiences with Lyrica?, posted by porkpiehat on October 25, 2020, at 11:07:56
Ok, a few things (in my experience, ymmv). Lyric doesn't wear off that way (in my experience). You could be feeling withdrawals from Klonopin, even if you dc at a low dose.
Lyrica will make you a little stupid, but some of that will subside, as will the slight exhilaration felt at the beginning weeks of treatment. However, if you are habituated, there will be withdrawn after a few days. It is an antiepileptic after all.
Lamotrigine will also make you a little less precise with the use of words :) If you skip days, you could very well feel withdrawal symptoms.
Lyrica helped break the relentless GAD type anxiety, and I think it's an overlooked medication in the US (if that's where you are).
Posted by porkpiehat on November 2, 2020, at 13:59:22
In reply to Re: experiences with Lyrica?, posted by beckett2 on October 29, 2020, at 14:23:44
I am stopping it. At only 75mgs/day I'm worried about my driving ability and the ability to do tasks involving any kind of processing power.
It's gotten worse not better over the course of the 2 weeks. Maybe it's the generic form.
Not looking forward to the comedown.
Posted by porkpiehat on November 5, 2020, at 10:42:42
In reply to Re: experiences with Lyrica? » beckett2, posted by porkpiehat on November 2, 2020, at 13:59:22
Very interesting even in reducing my dose my confusion symptoms seemed to continue increasing. Just on a lark (and in desperation to stop feeling concussed) I took a quarter of a .5mg klonopin.
All my symptoms resolved. At least in some part, my brain was reeling from the lack of klonopin I had been on for 10 years, even though I was past the acute withdrawal stage.
I was figuring I could take that same dose and go back up to 75mgs lyrica but I'm finding the confusion is resuming and the klonopin only takes care of it briefly. Very much rock and hard place.
Posted by sigismund on November 5, 2020, at 17:32:48
In reply to Re: experiences with Lyrica?, posted by porkpiehat on November 5, 2020, at 10:42:42
Lyrica makes me feel a little vague and even strange but not at all confused.
It also makes my feet swell.
Posted by jay2112 on November 5, 2020, at 23:03:59
In reply to experiences with Lyrica?, posted by porkpiehat on October 25, 2020, at 11:07:56
I have been on Lyrica for over 10 years. 300 mg x 3 daily. I know, 300mg over the max dose. But I have some bad diabetic pain, and my doctor ok'd it.
Sometimes, get sorta high-hypo-manic. It's a nice, enchanted super-size relaxation. Almost like an opioid.But, your body gets used to it, unfortunately. Still, it is nice to have in the arsenal. :)
Jay
Posted by Skeletor on December 19, 2020, at 19:09:10
In reply to Re: experiences with Lyrica? » porkpiehat, posted by jay2112 on November 5, 2020, at 23:03:59
> I have been on Lyrica for over 10 years. 300 mg x 3 daily. I know, 300mg over the max dose. But I have some bad diabetic pain, and my doctor ok'd it.
> Sometimes, get sorta high-hypo-manic. It's a nice, enchanted super-size relaxation. Almost like an opioid.
>
> But, your body gets used to it, unfortunately. Still, it is nice to have in the arsenal. :)
>
> JayIs there a slow release Version of Lyrica? I would hate it to take it three times a day....
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