Posted by floatingbridge on August 9, 2011, at 17:45:56
In reply to Re: Second day without Lyrica !, posted by policebox on August 9, 2011, at 17:21:58
> I wanted to ask my pdoc about Lyrica for my social anxiety/avoidant personality.
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> But if these meds aren't supposed to be used for those purposes, what purpose are they supposed to be used for?I was given Lyrica for chronic pain. That's one label use for it. Well, it did squat for the sort of pain I had, but anxiety vanished and I quickly cut back on my benzo. But there was a cognitive price to pay, and a few others ( like driving ability) that sharply differed from the effects of Xanax for me. So I had to jettison it.
But because it did not work for me does not have any bearing on results for you.
It is some sort of disinhibitor. Some one else here is trialing it for social anxiety.
I dig a pony.
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