Posted by RobertDavid on October 9, 2005, at 0:36:29
In reply to Re: Neurotin and Anxiety » RobertDavid, posted by Cairo on October 8, 2005, at 23:59:46
Cairo:
I'm am currently at 200mgs of Lyrica. I started at 50mgs. I'm am taking it in hopes that it will replace the klonopin I've been on for 11 years. When I started Lyrica I was taking 2mgs of klonopin which helped about 70% with the anxiety, but seem to keep me flat, a little depressed. As nothing else as ever worked for me my doctor thought Lyrica could replace the klonopin completely for anxiety while giving me some anti depressant affects. So now I'm at my half way mark. Half off klonopin and half way up on Lyrica. Every three days I go up 50 on the Lyrica and down .25 on the klonopin. I don't think I'll know the answer to Lyrica until I'm all the way off of klonopin and all the way up on Lyrica. It does concern me when I read that Lyrica seems to poop out on others. If nothing else it allowed me to get off klonopin something that I have found almost impossible to do without other meds in the past. So if Lyrica fails, I will get off it (which I'm told is much easier to do than with a benzo like klonopin). If that happens I'm holding out for EMSAM which I believe will be available within 6 months (the MAOI patch that should eliminate food problems along with other bad side affects). Right now I'm a day at a time. I've had a few good days and some I've just tolerated. I feel a bit "drugged" at times, but my doctor says that will improve when I'm off the klonopin as they potentiate each other. Lastly, I never really gave Neurotin much of a chance, though I tried it briefly. So it's a day at a time for me. I hope it works as I really didn't like the way I felt overall with klonopin.
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