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Weaning off Pregablin - Anyone happy yo share their experience?

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Chappie1001
Chappie1001

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone would be happy to share their experience of weaning off Pregablin?

I currently take 50mg morning, 50mg lunchtime & 150mg night time. I was initially prescribed the medication for anxiety. I also take mirtazapine 15mg (reduced from 45mg) beta blockers which I plan to come off last and fluoxetine 40mg which i plan to stay on indefinitely - all meds other than fluoxetine were prescribed by my GP as they beleived I had GAD however when nothing was working apart from the mirtazapine for the depression I was experiencing I paid privately to see a Psychiatrist who diagnosed with OCD and prescribed Fluoxetine. So I am now faced with joys of coming off mirtazapine and pregablin. Ive managed to come down from mirtazapine 45mg to 15mg which I'm happy to stay on until I'm off the pregablin.

On thursday I started to drop the 50mg lunchtime dose which I plan on doing for 2 weeks until I drop another 50mg for 2 weeks and I plan on sticking to this schedule until I'm off them completely.

Can anyone offer any advice on what I can expect with regards to withdrawal side effects please?? My doctors tell me there'll be little if any and I do trust their judgement however I trust the experiences of people who have taken this medication more! 😃

Many thanks

Therese

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  • nesty
    nesty Chappie1001

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    I am interested to hear people experiences with Pregablin tapering down. I am on 150mg a day (75mg am & 75gm pm), I am considering coming off it mainly as I am not entirely sure it's working,

    I am still getting some pain in form of Allodynia (I have suspected Fibromyalgia), though I am weary of upping Pregablin to 300mg and getting even more hooked on the meds.

    • Chappie1001
      Chappie1001 nesty

      Posted

      Hi there - I was prescribed it for anxiety so can't offer you any advice relating to pain, sorry about that. There are lots of threads on here about pregablin for pain so you should pick up some good advice! 😃

    • nesty
      nesty Chappie1001

      Posted

      Many thanks, hope you get off them ok. Just a word of warning, I have heard if you suffer from depression previously, then sometimes this can be exacerbated during withdraw, so stay strong!

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