#pregabalin

[queerautism]

hot take but: no one forced you to start the pregabalin in the first place

No, of course. I could have told the doctor I didn't want to take the only thing they were willing to prescribe for my chronic pain and accepted that all investigations into it would also stop.

Before pregabalin, they put me on gabapentin, which I had to stop pretty quickly because it made my (usually very background, passive) suicidal ideation Extremely bad. I was also not warned about any potential side effects for gabapentin, and in fact wouldn't have even known this was a possible side effect if it wasn't for some other chronically ill people that talked to me about it, and enabled me to recognise it.

Any chronic pain patient knows how easily and how strongly doctors push these two medications onto us. Often without any discussion of possible side effects and how hard it can be to get off them. I've seen people say similar things about cymbalta / duloxetine as well.

Anyway, my entire point is that patients deserve the chance to give informed consent to medications - And this needs to involve an actual discussion of common side effects, what it is like to stop taking it, etc.

[jiinnguts]

addy nd gabby 💊✨

[h4vemercy]

Chronic pain but make it coquette

[black---dahlia]

Amphetamine, but also on 1200mg Pregabalin

[clonazepamcuti3]

300mg gabapentin every half hour with a fizzy drink & fatty foods

only the gaba goddess’s get it.

[thechronicpaingame]

Back at it again with the pregabalin. Turns out, it was helping! 😂 I honestly thought it wasn't having any effect but I have seen the light on how much worse things can be.

[rawrgrlx]

Pregaba had me feeling artsy as fuck

[paragwajskaalpaka]

all memories = wasted all i want = busted

[mari3452]

Czy jestem uzależniona?

Ostatni raz brałam tamtego lata

Gdy była zima radziłam sobie z głodem dobrze, ale.. gdy nastało lato zaczęłam mieć większy głód

Trzęse się cała, zimno mi i mam ciarki, czuję spięcie w całym ciele i mam ogromną chęć coś wciągnąć..

Biorę pregabaline żeby nie czuć tego.. 900mg a to już jest dawka po przedawkowaniu, wtedy nie odczuwam głodu i tylko lekko się trzęsę i od czasu do czasu mam chęć coś wciągnąć, ale przy lekach sobie radzę z tym

Możliwe, że radząc sobie z jednym wchodzę w drugie, ale nie wiem sama co o tym myśleć..

Może ktoś mi pomóc się dowiedzieć czy to jest już uzależnienie...?

[nomorelostyears]

I did it again

OD playlist coming soon

[black---dahlia]

Not in the pic:

• 600mg Pregabalin

• 37,5mg Tianeptin

• 1000mg Valproic acid

In the pic:

• MDMA

• 2x Africa continent (unknown dosage)

• 2x Gold bars, green, 200mg

• Weed; smells, tastes and works like Gelato or something

[lelibug]

Sensory Overload Vs BlackOuts

BLOG | Sensory Overload Vs BlackOuts | delphinemusic Blacking Out Constantly... And starting to realise Sensory OVerload is a BIG Trigger, I think... #Fibromyalgia #ChronicPain #chronicillness #sensoryoverload #Autistic #NorthWales

The Sensory Overload From It Is STILL Affecting Me Now… Having More BlackOut “Episodes” than usual at this time [of day]. Went out for the first time in maybe 6 months… Didn’t even feel like it had been Six Months since I’d done so… Felt like riding a bike, strangely enough. Yesterday, I went shopping for the first time in…. A Year? I didn’t even realise that, until I got home. It was only…

[roboticchibitan]

PSA for people who take Lyrica (pregabalin)

If you take Lyrica for chronic pain, (or probably any other reason, but that’s why I take it and that’s what this post is about because this is the extent of my scope), and you smoke weed, you should know that weed can cause the Lyrica to become ineffective.

I started taking Lyrica a few days ago, and I noticed a big difference almost immediately, but I was on edge yesterday and kinda nauseous so I smoked weed and within about 30 minutes I was hurting so bad. So I looked it up and found this study that found drug ineffectiveness was a possible drug interaction between the two. If you take both though, don’t freak out. This study was done only on individuals who reported side effects. So there’s no data about how prevalent this interaction is in general. But of the 298 people who DID have side effects, 147 of them reported drug ineffectiveness. That’s almost half of the people who reported side effects. So while the study has flaws, and we don’t know how common this is in everyone who takes Lyrica and smokes weed, it’s worth noting that this is a known interaction that the common interaction checkers overlook.

[mcatmemoranda]

Pregabalin is a controlled substance, but I never see if when I check PDMP. I didn't understand why it's a controlled substance, but it is.

Lyrica (pregabalin) is a Schedule V (Schedule 5) controlled substance, the lowest schedule for abuse potential, as defined by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

No, it is not a narcotic (opioid), but is used to treat various types of nerve pain (diabetic neuropathy, herpes zoster), as well as epilepsy, fibromyalgia and spinal cord injury.

Both Lyrica and Lyrica CR are classified as schedule V controlled substances because of reports of euphoria, improved happiness, excitement, or calmness, and a "high" similar to marijuana with use of pregabalin.

In general, medications in schedule V are considered to have a low potential for abuse compared to medicines in other schedules I-IV. Medicines in Schedule V are most commonly used to treat diarrhea, cough or mild pain. Certain anticonvulsants and antimigraine agents are also found in Schedule V.

[thechronicpaingame]

I've been having so many issues recently with getting my pregabalin that I've just stopped it. So currently in a world of withdrawal 🙃 (I never felt any positive effects from it its just been the withdrawal I've been avoiding but CBA the stress of trying to get it every month). Think I only have a day or two of acute withdrawal left. Today's been rough but nowhere near as bad as when I stopped my tramadol (temporarily). So I'll check back in a few days!

(still having nightly fevers as well 😂 - I have just learnt to live with this now until someone decides to look into it more).