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Worried about starting lyrica cause off the withdraw symptoms

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luke98820
luke98820

Hi everyone been given lyrica for my anxiety. It's got to the stage where I don't really like leaving the house! I've tryed everything, even starting tryin illegal drugs to deal with it! I ended up on heroin for 5 years which I'm now clean of, thank god! The withdraws were so bad it took a while to get off! Neway I worried that I'm gona have to go thought the same thing again on lyrica after reading about?? If lyrica took away my anxiety I wouldn't mind staying on it. The only other thing that helped a bit was valuim but ended up getting hooked on that and needed more and more! So ended up getting off that. Can neone please help

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  • anne2326
    anne2326 luke98820

    Posted

    Not sure what to say...worked for anxietywith me for 3 months with no big side effects BUT now anxiety back and lot of weird body sensations are these side effects? Somthing else to be anxious about!! 
    • luke98820
      luke98820 anne2326

      Posted

      Sorry that post was meant for you Anne sent it to myself
  • luke98820
    luke98820

    Posted

    Thanxs for your reply Anne. I've started taking them anyway (225mg a day) It took away my anxiety and even made it to the gym yeserday! But I don't know wherever to carry on taking them after hearing about your experience! How much do u take a day?
    • anne2326
      anne2326 luke98820

      Posted

      Taking 150 mg. "Side effects" might not be side effects but somthing else....can't see a Doc for 3 weeks. BUT certainally are not helping anxiety any longer unfortunatly. Good luck...
  • shaun13480
    shaun13480 luke98820

    Posted

    Hi Luke,

    I am taking (600mg a day) for fibromyalgia which is a sort of chronic pain,I have been on this dose for over a year now and I think they do work for anxiety too because I started to notice that when I have been in a lot of situations where I would have been shy or panicy I just have not been bothered at all   

     

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