Posted by SLS on April 25, 2013, at 8:26:15
In reply to Re: Suggestions please!! Crippling Lyrica situation » SLS, posted by Fader on April 25, 2013, at 7:37:45
> Thank you, Scott, I missed your reply. I very much appreciate it.
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> I might have worded my initial post incorrectly. I'm on 600mgs already. The problem is that I'm dealing with full blown tolerance, the dose can't be raised (not that I'd want that) and withdrawing, even in tiny 25mg steps, is not working.
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> I was looking for suggestions to make the withdrawal easier. I want off the Lyrica for good, my doc has tried several strategies and none have worked so far. Apparently the rest of his patients do a rapid dosage reduction to come off the med and are fine.
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> I'm also wondering if anybody, based on Lyrica's mode of action, can suggest a similar med, as pregabalin is the only med that helped with my MDD.
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> Thank you so much.You do us a favor by asking questions that no one has an immediate answer to. It encourages research.
What symptoms of withdrawal are you experiencing, and at what dosage do they appear? I think this might be important information that would help to arrive at offering a few suggestions.
Hang in there.
Without having more information, my knee-jerk reaction is to use Trileptal, a benzodiazepine, or possibly Depakote as a temporary measure for a few weeks. We'll see.
I wonder if magnesium would help. This would be particularly interesting if you react to calcium by becoming more depressed.
By the way, Neurontin and Lyrica both make my depression worse, despite experiencing a transient improvement during the first week.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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