I CT’d (ran out) after using 150-300mgs 2-3 times a week for several years. What a fucking nightmarish 10 days. No sleep, RLS every night, migraines constantly, hot and cold spells with copious sweating, fuck me, the list goes on and on. So after I came out on the other side, what did I do? Get more and get addicted again.
This really makes me think about my theory again, that higher dosages might be easier to kick than lower ones because of the secondary (tertiary if you count the a2d calcium channel antagonist) activity at inhibiting glutamate reuptake which might, once tolerance is developed, balance out the primary activity at that glutamate->GABA enzyme which I think is the primary origin for withdrawal effects (but of course it might also come from a2d ca chans). So or so, I've kicked pregabalin several times, last time was the easiest after I developed "transparent" tolerance to it (no more effects whatsoever and independent of dosage, just some weird electric zaps in the body at 1g+ which I suspect to be the precursor to seizures). No withdrawal at all. The time before I was on 600mg/d for a few months and tapered down, that way I didn't get withdrawal either. So it might be me or the dosage. Tapering is certainly the better way to go anyways. But I'm curious about that theory because usually quitting 900mg/d should be a nightmare.
This is so true. I take 450 mg pregabalin a day, and I probably wouldn't even care if my cat died.
No is the answer.
Yes, me, too.
This may have some bearing on wifes current state. Thanks for this. I see the swagger of wgaf when she takes it and I kinda just am a piece of furniture on the wall.
Wow, that's remarkable. I'm jealous. Pregabalin is OTC where I live but it's useless because of tolerance rising so quickly. What are you prescribed it for, anxiety, pain?
Anxiety mostly, works wonders. Also helped with restless legs syndrome, which lights up from time to time.
