I really want to stop taking Pregabalin. I have been on it 12 years and up until Christmas I was taking 600mg daily, it had steadily risen over the years. My New Years resolution was to come off Pregabalin if possible. I take it for nerve pain. A relapse I had left me with a burning crushing sensation and these meds really helped and kept me sane. I have cut down to 450mg a day but my brain feels weird, like it is swishing around in water and I feel sweaty. My nerve pain in my leg feels no worse though for lowering the dose so possibly this pain has changed over the years. Has anybody else come off pregabalin from a high dose, how did you get on. I have read some really bad reports on line regarding it and I thought I may get a more measured view on here. My reasons for wanting to stop it is that I feel like life is passing me by in a pregabalin blur. Plus I have read reports of it affecting peoples memories when taking it long term. It is a really good drug for numbing pain and I certainly needed it but I’m not sure I do now.
I used to take about 200mg a day, along with
I used to take250mg a day along with Rivotril, not sure if that’s prescribed in the UK, I live in France, but have now reduced
it to 75mg. I did it gradually 25mg at a time at the same time as giving up Gluten. I’d experimented with going gluten free
before and I’ve found it helped a lot with nerve pain including what I can only describe as very very sore skin which no amount of drugs helped. I hate taking any drugs at all and if I can control my pain through diet that what I hope to do.
My daughter was on a high dose and is coming down very slowly with the help of her GP and the first few months were a nightmare she thought she was going mad.
thats why it has been reclassified its EVIL stuff, i told her never to take it in the first place i believe it can be called Lyrica and a lot of people are stuck on it, and when they try to come off it well it makes them feel awful.
I hope your doing it with your doctors advise and support. I think mandy was only going down so often on 50mg. and felt bad then.
since she has come down slowly i have seen a HUGE difference in her. She has more energy, is more positive and going out and driving more. It might be good for nerve pain but i think its foul stuff i did a lot of research over it when i was offered it and declined.
anyway YES going by her i would say you are in withdrawal symptoms. BUT only do it with gp ok.
Cheers crazy chick. I have the doctors pharmacist calling me on Monday to discuss it. I couldn’t sleep last night so ended up getting up and having an extra 50mg and it calmed my brain down. My brain felt like it was buzzing, realy weird feeling. I will stick at 250mg x 2 a day for now and then try in a month to go down 25.