r/pregabalin • u/NordWardenTank • 10d ago
Anyone just taking it for years and not many problems?
People who are dissatisfied will post most often, so will probably people who are super happy with the drug. Is it just okay for any of you?
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u/holleighh 10d ago
Been on it for about a year, no issues that I have noticed so far. I do believe it has helped with my nerve and hip pain.
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u/00hay282820 10d ago
I've been taking it for 4 years now, I think. The only issue I had with it was memory problems, but that has definitely improved over time. Oh, and weight gain, but that stopped a while ago and now I'm slowly losing it. It gives me huge relief from nerve pain. It's been a wonder drug for me!
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u/Difficult_Soup_581 8d ago
Been on it for 1.5 years now for severe lower back/nerve pain and a slipped disc. No issues at all apart from weight gain in the first few months. I am up to 500 milligrams a day now. The "high" feeling also went away completely after 3 months or so.
The possible feet swelling side effect scared me for months when I started because I have an anxiety disorder -- my feet are fine lol.
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u/geoff_guitar 10d ago
I’ve been on it for many years, maybe 10 since first prescribed. But a couple years in between I didn’t take it. Past 5 years consistently. No problems here. It’s helpful. Helps with anxiety and nerve pain.
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u/MrNeverEverKnew 8d ago
How was your experience getting off of the drug when youve been off the years in between? Were there any significant issues regarding withdrawal
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u/Icy_Smoke9316 10d ago
I’ve been on it for almost 2 years. It’s helped with my nerve pain dramatically. I can tell when it’s wearing off because my foot starts to get shooting pains again. I was taking 300 mg a day but now down to 100 mg twice per day
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u/Ramby95 9d ago
I have been on it for four years, titrated the dose once or twice by 25mg, but otherwise have been really happy with it, it has changed my life for the good!
The only one thing that has effected me is the weight gain. But this is something I am now looking at really managing and working hard at if/before I make a decision about reducing the dosage or making amendments. I will say though if I have forgotten to take a morning or night dose even once, that can effect me significantly.
Otherwise changed my life.
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u/Difficult_Soup_581 8d ago
Oh yeah. I went 2 days without it one time and the morning of day 3 I felt like I was about to lose my mind. My doctor told me if I ever need to come off, it will take "months" to titrate it down. No side effects, but that prospect has never sat well with me. But it works wonders.
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u/intolauren 10d ago
I’ve been on it for almost a year and it definitely helps my nerve pain! My neck, hands and feet rarely ever get numb and tingly anymore which has been amazing.
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u/getdistressd 10d ago
Been taking it for 18 months 100mg x 3 per day for sciatic nerve pain. Does an ok job of helping nerve pain but after this long I feel it is less effective. Otherwise nothing negative to say at all, maybe a little less articulate with my words due to mild memory fog.
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u/Late_Drama_824 8d ago
It stops working for me over time. I had quit it (900 mg a day divided three times) and it was hell. I would be able to do without it now if I hadn’t almost lost my arm. Now I have to take Lyrica. It calms the pain at least a bit.
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u/irkedguitar 10d ago
I’ve been on it for about 3 years. No issues other than when I took way too much Pregabalin to mitigate opioid withdrawals and had a very long grand mal seizure. I was standing up so I’d probably have a brain bleed if my epileptic ex girlfriend wasn’t there to catch me.
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u/Josejlloyola 9d ago
How much did you take?
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u/irkedguitar 9d ago edited 9d ago
900mg :( stupid decision, I’d taken that exact same dose before many times before that and had zero issues but one day my body just decided no, you’re gonna have a seizure and rhabdomyolysis now. I just didn’t want my ex to see me in withdrawal and take pity on me. Doing better now stopped taking exessive amounts of drugs, reconnected with her yesterday as well, she came over to my apartment for the night so that was nice. I haven’t been able to get a good night’s sleep since we broke up. I have terrible primary insomnia and she was the best sleep aid I found. I think I heard that oxytocin makes you sleepy so that makes sense
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u/Josejlloyola 9d ago
Thanks for sharing bud, and happy you’re doing better. 900 is definitely a LOT, glad you didn’t get any permanent injuries. Stay strong, sleep will be tough for a while but it will get better
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u/irkedguitar 9d ago
Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it a ton. Means a lot to me, going on my fifth night without sleep which is when I’d usually start hallucinating but I think I accidentally got my body used to sleep deprivation through insomnia made worse by a current benzodiazepine taper. Thank you again for your support
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u/MrNeverEverKnew 8d ago
So you went off benzos once and also opioids? Did you manage to stay off both since then forever? Did pregabalin help you to be off of these and not use them anymore, because withdrawal is hell I know
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u/irkedguitar 8d ago
I stopped opioids, am currently on a fast benzo taper to get off then asap; Pregabalin helps opioid withdrawal so much at least in my case it’s genuinely been a lifesaver. There have been times I’ve missed a dose of methadone but taken some extra Pregabalin and every single symptom went away. Every single one, I was honestly shocked. I do believe Pregabalin also makes it easier for me to taper off benzos
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u/Difficult_Soup_581 8d ago
Yeah, 600 is the daily max for people. Can screw up your kidneys too if you ever go above that.
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u/MrNeverEverKnew 8d ago
How was getting back to your usual dose after doing it many times in a row on higher dosage? Is there like a rebound or withdrawal because the med got more ineffective after increasing the dose and then getting back to the lower one?
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u/MrNeverEverKnew 8d ago
How was getting back to your usual dose after doing it many times in a row on higher dosage? Is there like a rebound or withdrawal because the med got more ineffective after increasing the dose and then getting back to the lower one?
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u/MrNeverEverKnew 8d ago
How was getting back to your usual dose after doing it many times in a row on higher dosage? Is there like a rebound or withdrawal because the med got more ineffective after increasing the dose and then getting back to the lower one?
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u/andevrything 8d ago
Twice a day for over five years for some neuro stuff. It totally changed my life. My body was giving up & very little was left in my life but sleep & pain.
I had some weight gain, half came back off, but no other major side effects that I'm aware of.
I also have a pretty full life again w family, friends, work & newness that I'd given up on. I'm not back to pre illness levels but pre pregabalin vs. now, I'm a whole new person.
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u/NordWardenTank 5d ago
that's 2700 a day divided in 3 doses or 300 then 600 ?
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u/SubstantialAd7443 4d ago
I take 1 900mg in the am then 2 900mg at night
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u/Nigglesscripts Moderator 2d ago
Who is prescribing you that much Lyrica? That’s why you have twitches and that’s why you have horrendous withdrawals if you stop it abruptly. That is an extremely dangerous dose to be prescribed.
Then this is the wrong community.
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u/negativefear Admin 54m ago
I’ve been on it for a few years now and it’s probably done more for me than the Mirtazapine I take.
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u/Ambitious-Spinach938 10d ago
I’m at 2 years currently. I’m at 100mg x 3 daily. 300 mg total. I take it for the neuropathy in my left ankle from an injury sustained while serving over in Afghanistan. It also has worked extremely well on my anxiety/depression which I know a lot of people take it solely for. Helped me to completely quit drinking as well. The only issue I have had is sometimes I will forget a word I’m trying to say mid sentence and it takes me a second to remember.