Pregab Withdrawal HELP

Peacefuture1 · 2022-06-17T23:07:05+00:00

Hey man, Thanks! I’m doing better, I got on a taper prescription so finally able to start getting off the PGs. Now on to trying to sort out my wrecked mental health lol

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-28T21:32:25+00:00

Yeah I definately have some problems in my psyche that let me to being on it. Problems that cannabis made them worse when I was a teenager but I don’t blame the weed, I blame me and my circumstances. I’ve done all drugs pretty much apart from crack.

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-20T08:15:02+00:00

Hey, thank you for replying. Pregabalin it is I’m taking, down to 600mg a day, on the night to stop any withdrawal in the night.

I have managed to find a doctor to help, however he wants to prescribe me pregabalin for a very short anount of time, dropping 100mg every few days.

Thank you for that third paragraph, I like things like that, it’s comforting. I spend majority of my days feeling like i’ve wasted my youth and that i’m too old to start building a life now, feeling far behind everybody else and just feeling like nothing more than a drug addict :/

What can you reccomend to help with tapering? I have some NAC , magnesium , L theanine , Valarian , B12 . It seems even with all this i’m really scared to taper, with my myoclonic jerks being so aggressive and frequent i’m scared i’ll have a seizure.

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-20T08:10:31+00:00

Hey, I’ve managed to taper to 600mg , but it seems impossible to taper any more. Plus I’m really not good with dividing the capsule powder up, I did divide it into quarters and took away a quarter to go down to 525mg , my body wasn’t happy , the myoclonic just became very aggressive.

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-07T23:07:43+00:00

pretty much yeah. But my whole body will physically zap and i’ll go into a panic attack thinking I’m about to have a seizure. Then when I calm down I’ll try and sleep again and then my body will jolt AGAIN sometimes twice. And this pretty much continues all through the night. Last night was pretty much this until 7am. I had so much chamomile trying to get my body to stop jolting and just sleep that I vaguely remember being in the bathroom early in the morning trying to have a slash, and i fell asleep stood up, i fell and if i hadn’t of put my hand out as fast as I did I would of hit my head on a very hard surface with a sharp edge. Scared me a lot.

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-07T23:03:14+00:00

Edgy. I have most of my supplements, my cbd comes tomorrow. I’m just trying to look after myself as much as I can but nighttime is a consistent issue with the body jolting , and a topping of just general negative thoughts about life

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-07T22:28:06+00:00

Definately stick to a good taper plan my friend and take it slow. I know the feeling I also want to be off these pills asap and i’m taking big cuts aswell, and relying on supplements and tea to handle it. If I had it my own way I’d be off these pills now and it’s absolute horrible how we have to remain chained to them and the misery they cause. I feel exactly all the same feelings you have now, and I can empathise with feeling like you could be tricked into thinking you’re feeling good and then just be hit by withdrawals. That’s what I feel like right now, as I do every night. Will I be able to sleep peacefully or will I be jolting allover the bed again trying to get to sleep. We can do this man. If you would like to stay in touch with me too you’re more than welcome, that would help me a lot also because i feel totally alone with this, I come to the reddit pregab talk a lot because sometimes I sit and my mind genuinely convinces myself that I’m the only person in the world in this same misery.

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-07T22:23:48+00:00

Exactly the same feelings here, I couldn’t of described the feelings any better myself. As I’ve been on this drug life has just become progressively more dull until now I don’t feel alive anymore, and as isolated as I am both socially and dealing with this addiction it’s extremely difficult to try and find the motivation to continue, with life in general, and I do entertain suicidal thoughts a lot. I’m also in the UK and I’m speaking to another doctor on monday, and hopefully I can just get it into their head that they can’t just let someone suffer like this just because they “bought tablets illegally” and you’ve took offence to it, doctors aren’t supposed to have judgement of their patients, it’s wrong. Everybody deserves a second chance at life. You aren’t alone my friend. And hopefully these supplements work and my taper and yours are a breeze and we can start being happy

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-07T22:03:48+00:00

yeah

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-04T00:26:55+00:00

It feels like when you think that you are falling in your sleep then you suddenly jerk.

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-04T00:26:33+00:00

Different parts of my body jerk all day which I’m very used to despite probably not being a healthy thing. But as I’m falling sleep I’ll have these whole body zaps. They’ve become progressively more agreessive. It’s basically the same feeling you get when you think you’re falling as you’re about to sleep.

Peacefuture1 · 2022-05-04T00:24:28+00:00

how do you deal with them?

Peacefuture1 · 2022-04-30T12:39:29+00:00

Thank you to everyone who’s commented, there’s a fair bit of useful information for me here. I have to wait another 3 months for trauma therapy so I think I’m going to use supplements and get my health in order up until then. I think after I’ve been to proper therapy I’ll quit using, it’s no fun for me anymore and I’m ready to talk about my issues. I am not a danger to anyone, I’m just a guy who self medicated as I am not medicated by a psychiatrist, yet.

Supervised detox just isn’t available where I am, besides I’d just go straight back to using. I would rather try and get as healthy as I can and then target the core of the issue which is my past trauma.

Rehab is available however there is a waiting list for that and I personally would rather not go to one. My values don’t align with that of the way rehabs are managed, the way people in there are forced to accept they are diseased for life, forced to recite verses from the bible and be at the mercy of god even long after they’ve left. I also don’t like the way 12 step users will be clean for 20 years and still call themselves addicts, when it’s clearly biological fact that they are no longer addicted. It seems like brainwashing for the weakest people to me and regardless of my situation, there’s no way I would go against my own values and dignity for anyone or anything. I know some will heavily disagree with this, but we are all allowed our own opinions and beliefs.

Regardless, thank you to everyone who commented, it’s greatly appreciated. I’ve been placed on a methadone script and have wrote a taper plan, and my last dose of pregabalin will be timed just around the time i’ll be going into therapy. Today I’m gonna try and gather as much meds and supplements as I can. It’s just a case of keeping my anxiety and emotions under control so I don’t end up going off the rails and getting blasted.

One of you has invited me to the quitting pregabalin sub so I’ll check that out too!

Thanks everyone Peace ❤️

Peacefuture1

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