Re: Pregabalin advice please
Hi Sandie,
As you say, you have researched pregabalin and found it might be helpful. No-one can say for sure, but I think it's worth a shot. It's also a recommended second or third line medication for anxiety when ADs haven't been effective, which is the case for you. Good luck with your GP.
Re: Pregabalin advice please
Thank you Hanshan - I know you have been on Pregabalin for some years. To be honest, I would really like to be meds free - but living with the the physical symptoms of my anxiety is becoming increasingly more difficult - and painful.
Re: Pregabalin advice please
is anybody having some success with low doses of Pregabalin ?
If my GP prescribes it today, then I really would like to start on the lowest dose possible.
Re: Pregabalin advice please
Re: Pregabalin advice please
Re: Pregabalin advice please
Let me know how you get on with the GP, I'd quite like to try this drug, but my GP is unwilling to prescribe it
Re: Pregabalin advice please
Good luck with your GP sandie
Re: Pregabalin advice please
Well people - my GP, who I actually quite like and who sits and listens and is prepared to spend time with me, believes that Pregabalin is not the best med for my anxiety.
Despite my being an asthmatic, and because he feels my asthma is well controlled, he has now prescribed me Propanalol.
He is happy for me to continue with my 7.5 Mirtazapine at night, but has given me 3x40mg Prop daily.
He has suggested that initially I only take 2 x 40mg per day - at breakfast and then early evening, and as long as it does not exacerbate my asthma I can take one before bedtime. Ideally I need to allow 6 hours between doses.
Off course the advantage of Propanalol of Pregabalin or any other AD is that there are generally no start-up side effects and it can be stopped and started very easily, ie, if I stopped for a week and then had issues, I could start again, take for a few days and then stop again.
Apparently I need to allow 2 hours after the tablet to know if it is working properly, but if I wish I can supplement with diazepam.
Re: Pregabalin advice please
Why did they not want to prescribe Pregabalin?