It is not very often that I start a thread here at NMP, but I thought I better share the experience of withdrawal from Pregabalin with you folks. This is my 3rd or 4th attempt in coming off this medication, it does help reduce my anxiety symptoms, but the weight gain and bloated feeling all the time, combined with my lapses in memory, just became too much to bare.
I was taking 300mg a day for over a year in a split dose and have managed to get down to 100mg split dose, I am stuck here for all eternity.......... The reason being - withdrawal symptoms, constant itching all over my body, that even an antihistamine or 3 would not relieve. Heightened anxiety and agitation, insomnia, cold sweats and hot sweats, day and night. I am not trying to frighten anyone off this medication, my experience could be a one off entirely. All medications have their side effects and withdrawal symptoms, and some people like me are overly sensitive. But I just wanted to share my story as it has been a very trying few weeks for me.