Gabapentinoids The Lyrica (Pregabalin) Mega Thread v 2.0

[Xorkoth]

You should be fine swallowing that amount of capsules, but I would also personally dump the contents out and swallow. That's just me though, you won't hurt yourself consuming it, it's just gelatin.

 

[jhjhsdi]

Honestly I would dump out the content of capsules and either parachute or mix with water and down it.

You should be fine swallowing that amount of capsules, but I would also personally dump the contents out and swallow. That's just me though, you won't hurt yourself consuming it, it's just gelatin.

Cheers peeps.
I did think about emptying them into a drink but then remembered how the mixture went when i tried to IV the contents of 2 x 150mg capsules in 2.5mg water (didnt really dissolve into solution even with heat), plus couldn't be bothered to open up and empty that many capsules, it was annoying enough just popping them out of the blisters lol so ended up just eating them. It was fine

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

yo i finally got my refill on this. pharmacy gives me three months at a time, which is actually a pain. my dose was recently raised to 150mg/day. of course that's not how i take it.

i get a visual effect from this. maybe because i am also on an ssri. brighter colors. empty space looks more significant.

 

[Lil'LinaptkSix]

pharmacy gives me three months at a time

I am trying to get the 3 month script cause i hate going to the drug store every month. the last time was supposed to be three month but they only had a 30 day. i called pharm today to see if they still had that 3 month script and they said no that it had to be refilled. glad i called as i had to call prescribing dr and get it there before the 6th.
got enough left but dont wanna get a buzz on til i got the other bird in hand, ya know?

 

[higherconciousness]

Just got my lyrica the other day. It’s been great to have around to quell my anxiety and general pain. It’s one of the only substances I can use without running into issues of dependency. . Not sure why, but even after using it extensively for a month or two I don’t get agonizing withdrawals. Perhaps I’m uncomfortable for a few days, but that’s about it. Now if I use benzos for 2-3 days in a row my next week or two are wrecked with rebound anxiety and depression. I try not to use
It too frequently as it does reduce my cognitive abilities.

I ingested 150mg of lyrica and 45mg of adderall roughly 5 hours ago followed by 450mg 2 hours ago. When amphetamines are used in conjunction with lyrica all of its rough edges are smoothed out. It feels vaguely similar to the bursts of energy I get with ghb though more drawn out and subtle. These amphetamines have me bouncing around various threads on here like a pinball machine.

 

[ecstacylover]

Does anyone have any input on pregabalin affecting sex? I took 300mg tonight and was bored so I hit up this super hot escort. I went for about 45 minutes straight and couldn't finish. In that regard it was almost worse than having sex on MXE. I mean it's kind of cool being able to go for 20-30 minutes but at a certain point you just want to finish. It's weird because phenibut was always quite easy to get off on.

 

[JTemperance]

I ingested 150mg of lyrica and 45mg of adderall roughly 5 hours ago followed by 450mg 2 hours ago. When amphetamines are used in conjunction with lyrica all of its rough edges are smoothed out. It feels vaguely similar to the bursts of energy I get with ghb though more drawn out and subtle. These amphetamines have me bouncing around various threads on here like a pinball machine.

How can I lay?
When all I do is play
the Spaceball Ricochet?

I concur with you on the amphetamine/pregabalin combo rounding out the edges of both.

 

[Survival0200]

^Does it really work with such high doses? I've tried taking double the usual dose, with no significant effect. Haven't taken more than that, though.

 

[Nas47]

Anyone ever taken a high dose but using the low dosed capsules?
I've just got 67 x 25mg capsules, thats 1675mg which is an ideal if anything liiittle high dose for me, my sweet spots around 1400mg id say.
I'd like to take 1400mg so thats a LOT of capsules to swallow. Is there anything that i should be concerned about swallowing that amount of - whatever the capsule is made from-? Talking 56 capsules here lol.
It'll be on an empty stomach.
Thanks!

1400 mg for me personaly is a lot.May be like a something big dose benzo?Toke small amounts when qutting benzos.It helps in that terms.Never affect me at much degree nerve pain which is supossed to do.Think eveybody different in some aspect

 

[Jen X]

They do nothing for my pain or anxiety but when i tried to detox off of dope i would feel a bit of relief for an hour or 2 off of 50-100mg

 

[emkee_reinvented]

150mg of lyrica? You might as well drink a cup of coffee and have a cookie.

I would say 300mg would be a good starting dose for someone not tolerant to GABAergics. Also, this isn't an anti-depressant, you don't need to wait a long period of time to feel its effects. We're talking about recreational drugs, lyrica takes a long time to kick in and that is 1-1.5hours oral. I have a mild GABA tolerance and find 900-1200mg a good dose but have taken 2400mg before and had fun so I wouldn't say you are at risk of ODing and having a bad time. In any case you sound like you would really benefit from some drug/lyrica education so read the lyrica/pregabalin megathread and whatever you can on here. The only real negative side effect I have experienced when you are at the 1000mg plus range is joint pain.

I would think 450 would be recreational for someone like you with 300 being conservative but hey if 300 or 225 (I gather you have 75mg tabs) even works for you then great. The problem with starting low is that the half life is 5-6 hours and it takes a while to kick in so by the time you wait and don't feel much then wait for it to kick in your system has eliminated a decent amount, so start somewhere reasonable. Definitely don't start below 200 and feel free to go up to 600.

When I was head in over drugs 75 mg hit me pretty hard.

That was after I had been into GHB, Benzo's an Kratom. Had even tried Phenibut. So not that that say's anything about another individual. As i took the next cap when the first kicked in. As it takes 1.5 to 2 hours to take effect ime.

 

[higherconciousness]

Damn, even after a 2 month break tolerance seems to still be there a little bit. Though It may be due to the fact that I take 600-900mg of gabapentin daily. I get the 300mg pills so It’s easy to over do it. I need about 450-600mg to really experience it’s effects.

I work at a crisis stabilization unit that treats the mentally ill a couple days a week. Needless to say this job can be extremely stressful as many patients are prone to fits of violence induced by delusions. Lyrica has been very helpful in dealing with such an environment. I already have issues with incapacitating anxiety, so I’m glad I have these around to alleviate those dysfunctional symptoms.

I don’t know how Ken Kesey dropped acid at a psych ward. From what I’ve experienced here there is no way I could endure such an event and maintain my sanity.

 

[higherconciousness]

Ugh I really don’t like how lyrica interferes with cognition. Long term memory doesn’t seem to be effected all that much, but my short term memory is severely compromised. Just now I opened my backpack to retrieve something and then totally forgot what I was looking for. Earlier I walked into a room and couldnt remember why. Definitely not the best substance to use all the time while attending school. For this reason I try to limit my usage to twice a week. Otherwise it’s a great tool to have around.

 

[fastandbulbous]

Pregabalin is reasonable for treating neuropathic pain (I get prescribed 450mg a day, for phantom limb pain), but when it flares up, the only thing that works is an NMDA antagonist (eg ketamine). My wife has a friend who has diabetes induced peripheral neuropathy, who was getting frankly ridiculous amounts of oramorph (120mg of morphine a day), and it didn't work that well (the only opiates that work are those with some NMDA antagonism eg dihydrocodeine, tramadol, oxycodone or methadone. There are others that work, but that's all you can get on the NHS).
Anyway, after telling her exactly what to say to her GP and pain specialist, she got prescribed transdermal ketamine patches. Unfortunately, one patch isn't enough, so she increased it until she got proper pain relief (rotating patch sites for 4 patches is a pain in the arse itself). Pain specialist wasn't too pleased, but it meant that she got down to 20mg of morphine a day. Yet to see her since, but I bet that shut him up pdq!

 

[fastandbulbous]

Damn, even after a 2 month break tolerance seems to still be there a little bit. Though It may be due to the fact that I take 600-900mg of gabapentin daily. I get the 300mg pills so It’s easy to over do it. I need about 450-600mg to really experience it’s effects.

I work at a crisis stabilization unit that treats the mentally ill a couple days a week. Needless to say this job can be extremely stressful as many patients are prone to fits of violence induced by delusions. Lyrica has been very helpful in dealing with such an environment. I already have issues with incapacitating anxiety, so I’m glad I have these around to alleviate those dysfunctional symptoms.

I don’t know how Ken Kesey dropped acid at a psych ward. From what I’ve experienced here there is no way I could endure such an event and maintain my sanity.

Try using cannabis (orally, to avoid being obvious from the smell) and 4-FMPH, while actually a patient on a psyche ward. Then again, for the few weeks I was in there, I mostly just kept to my room, either reading or watching videos, on my laptop, mostly only going out for meals, walks outside (wasn't sectioned), or occasional times I had to talk to psychiatrists (since then, I mostly have no time for the self opinionated, experts in absolutely everything, even if they'd just been questioned about things 10 mins earlier. Except for one, arseholes who seemed to have more psychological problems than most of their patients). Best thing was someone I made friends with, who had a Ph.D. in psychology, who hated psychiatrists (he was bipolar, but when on form, was funny as fuck), who had copies of letters he'd written to various psychiatrists, including one of the funnest things I've ever seen - a photoshopped picture of the picture on the box of 'Connect 4', with a line underneath, "Connect 1, a game for psychiatrists everywhere". Reduced me to uncontrollable laughter, for a good 15-20 mins. Was certain my room was going to get searched, but it's amazing how many people are so uncomfortable asking me to take my prosthetic limb off, for examination...

 

[Nas47]

Damn, even after a 2 month break tolerance seems to still be there a little bit. Though It may be due to the fact that I take 600-900mg of gabapentin daily. I get the 300mg pills so It’s easy to over do it. I need about 450-600mg to really experience it’s effects.

I work at a crisis stabilization unit that treats the mentally ill a couple days a week. Needless to say this job can be extremely stressful as many patients are prone to fits of violence induced by delusions. Lyrica has been very helpful in dealing with such an environment. I already have issues with incapacitating anxiety, so I’m glad I have these around to alleviate those dysfunctional symptoms.

I don’t know how Ken Kesey dropped acid at a psych ward. From what I’ve experienced here there is no way I could endure such an event and maintain my sanity.

Not only drops acid Ken Kessey,but his favourite book"One flew over cuckoos nest",was written through influece of acid and presents his own job like sanitar(nurse) in psych.warden.One of my favouritesYes!

 

[higherconciousness]

It appears I may be experiencing benzo withdrawal. At first I thought it was just rebound symptoms, but I think taking etizolam 1-2 times a week has finally caught up with me. It's been 3 days and my whole body is aching unbearably. I also have this fever, my anxiety is through the roof, and my cognition is severely impaired. I thought I wouldn't be at risk if I limited my use to once or twice a week, but alas here we are.

I was trying to get through the day without consuming anything, but I have an organic chem exam coming up so I felt compelled to take the edge off. 300 mg down the hatch and 2 hours later most of my symptoms have been reduced minus the cognition as lyrica seems to make that worse. Not great for studying, but at least I don't feel like hanging myself.

 

[higherconciousness]

Made it two weeks without etizolam. Felt terrible up until day 13. It definitely wasn't full blown withdrawal, but I was suffering quite a bit. Lyrica is a godsend for alleviating issues associated with benzo discontinuation. It didn't resolve all discomfort, but it helped a lot with anxiety.

The only drawback with lyrica is it's insanely long onset. I don't really feel anything until roughly 2 hours goes by. At least it's overall duration is extremely long.

A few hours ago I took 60mg of amphetamines, 600mg of lyrica, and treated myself to 1mg of etizolam. Absolutely love this combo. Pure bliss.

 

[JTemperance]

Made it two weeks without etizolam. Felt terrible up until day 13. It definitely wasn't full blown withdrawal, but I was suffering quite a bit. Lyrica is a godsend for alleviating issues associated with benzo discontinuation. It didn't resolve all discomfort, but it helped a lot with anxiety.

The only drawback with lyrica is it's insanely long onset. I don't really feel anything until roughly 2 hours goes by. At least it's overall duration is extremely long.

A few hours ago I took 60mg of amphetamines, 600mg of lyrica, and treated myself to 1mg of etizolam. Absolutely love this combo. Pure bliss.

How much etizolam were you taking on those 1-2 days a week, if you don't mind?

I'm curious because I gave up benzos as a drug of addiction years ago but came back to them eventually, with a more pragmatic attitude this time. But I've still have had periods when I used them up to 3x in a week for several weeks in a row and it never seemed to bring back W/Ds, not even when skipping them for a couple of weeks. However, my dosing was usually pretty low (like 0.3-0.5mg etizolam or equivalent).

I also concur whole-heartedly on the 60mg amphet + 600mg pregab combo + 1mg etiz for 8h later.

 

[higherconciousness]

How much etizolam were you taking on those 1-2 days a week, if you don't mind?

I'm curious because I gave up benzos as a drug of addiction years ago but came back to them eventually, with a more pragmatic attitude this time. But I've still have had periods when I used them up to 3x in a week for several weeks in a row and it never seemed to bring back W/Ds, not even when skipping them for a couple of weeks. However, my dosing was usually pretty low (like 0.3-0.5mg etizolam or equivalent).

I also concur whole-heartedly on the 60mg amphet + 600mg pregab combo + 1mg etiz for 8h later.

I have a similar situation. From age 18-26 I had an atrocious benzo problem. Going through grams of etizolam and other benzos at an extremely high rate. Hell I was even IV'ng etizolam dissolved in propylene glycol. Wreckless behavior that I'm still paying for. I've had countless seizures and I feel like I'll never be quite right as if I caused irreparable damage.

Fast forward a bit. I'm now 31 years old and after about a 4 years of abstaining from benzos I started cautiously using them again. For the past year I've been taking 2-3 mg of etiz usually 1-2 times a week. There have been some weeks where I'll do it 3 times, but rarely. The days in between using etiz started to become more difficult as time went on. 2-3 days after a dose I notice I'm extremely anxious and agitated. My body aches and I have trouble concentrating. And the nightmares... oh man they are absolutely horrid. Vivid and lucid projections of all my fears and insecurities accompanied by sleep paralysis.

I truly believe my past benzo abuse permanently altered my brain chemistry which makes occasional usage difficult to do without experiencing intense rebound symptoms.

I wish I didn't love this god damn class of drugs. They just work so well. Insidious little fuckers.