So, I'm on #pregabalin for nerve pain caused by #chickenpox. Tonight, Mrs Wife is cooking a dish that uses half a bottle of cider. Can I drink the rest? Let's ask Dr Web:

https://www.primroselodge.com/help-guides/pregabalin-and-alcohol/

According to Primrose Lodge, I'll become an alcoholic and then fall into a coma and die. Nice. But, oh look, Primrose Lodge is a drying-out clinic. They have a service to sell. This is medicine as a money-spinner.

Let's ask the NHS:

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/resources/information-for-adult-patients-prescribed-pregabalin-for-pain/#can-i-drink

Alcohol increases the sedative effects of Pregabalin, it is best not to drink alcohol when you start taking it and when increasing the dose.

Once settled on a steady dose, you may drink alcohol in moderation but it may make you more drowsy than normal.

That's a more moderate opinion from an authority I actually trust.

I'll let you know what happens. 🙂

So many things to do. Not enough brain energy to do them all.

Resorting to desperate measures to try to deal with the emotional slump.

We've taken our regular morning meds as usual (1 x 40 mg lisdex at 07:15; 1 x 20 mg lisdex at 09:15), which allows us to function over the majority of the day.

However, we've also taken:

• 1x 200 mg micronised progesterone capsule.
• 1 x 30 mg codeine phosphate pill.
• 1 x 150 mg pregabalin capsule.

We are finding that pregabalin has very, very strong effects on us, particularly vs something like diazepam. It feels almost a bit like being drunk and/or slightly high. It seems to negatively impact vision (causing blurring) and co-ordination of all body parts, which makes typing more difficult and much slower. It does feel so much like it's calmed us, but rather like it's put a warm, cozy blanket around us, like a shield. And it's very much making us feel drowsy. Without the lisdex, we'd probably be asleep.

Going forward, we may need to only take pregabalin at night when going to bed, based on current effects. The means we'll have to rely on other meds during the day, sadly, for anxiety.

In terms of our regular tolerance to meds:

• Progesterone calms us, but doesn't make us sleepy or drunk, like some get when taking orally.
• Codeine works very well for blocking physical pain (especially in our hands and forehead) and has a calming effect on us.
• Diazepam calms and relaxes us. It doesn't have as strong an effect on us as others. We could pop a 10 mg diazepam along 30 mg of codeine phosphate and still be able to function normally and even drive normally and safely.

We're trying to keep our system stable today, as it feels a little like we've pushed ourselves too much helping, or at least trying to help, those who've asked for our help.

As a result, our system balance is off and we feel more broken; fractured.

The last time this happened, Isabella and Isabelli emerged. We went from a system of 2 to a system of 4.

We don't know what's going to happen. We know we cannot control it either. Whatever happens, happens.

#lisdex #lisdexamfetamine #AuDHD #ADHD #MentalHealth #diazepam #pregabalin #progesterone #plural #plurality

Hey folks  

This is a query targeted at any folks who experience any kind of neuropathic pain for any reason(s), to any degree, and with any frequency, and who've found meds and/or treatment options to reduce, manage, or otherwise cope with the pain.

Please note that we're not asking for ourselves, but for friends who have various forms of this and seem to be having no luck getting decent or timely care through official medical routes 🥺😔

Our own experience of pain has been very different, so we cannot extrapolate anything that has worked for our own issues to neuropathic pain. Relatively-speaking, we've been very fortunate.

We are aware of what the medical organisations say, but we'd much rather hear from folks with personal experiences of any kind, particularly atypical ones that work where others have failed.

As we understand it, commonly-prescribed meds like duloxetine (or any similar SNRI) and gabapentin are often ineffective in many folks, though please correct us if we're wrong there.

We don't have any insight on things like:

• Using a TCA like amitriptyline or nortriptyline.
• Using pregabalin.
• Combining a TCA with a gabapentinoid like pregabalin or gabapentin.
• Using an opioid like tramadol.
• Stronger opioids.
• Lidocaine patches.
• Some form of cannabinoid (or a mix of different ones) in various forms.
• Non-prescription methods.

Thank you in advance for any answers 🫶  

#NeuropathicPain #disability #disabled #ChronicPain #AskFedi #healthcare #TCA #SNRI #gabapentinoids #gabapentin #pregabalin #neuralgia #meds #GenuinelyAsking #NoReplyGuys

Insonne, ma sobria..
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#riemersione #anguilla83 #insonnia #stanchezza #ansia #psicofarmaci #umore #Pregabalin #trazodone #DEPAKİN #alcolismo #dipendenzepatologiche #dipendenze #salutementale #blog #blogger #blogspot

https://riemersione.blogspot.com/2025/09/insonne-ma-sobria.html

Inaspettatamente brilla da Pregabalin..

#riemersione #anguilla83 #sober #alcolismo #dipendenzepatologiche #dipendenze #salutementale #stress #pregabalin #vitaquotidiana #blog #blogger #blogspot

https://riemersione.blogspot.com/2025/08/inaspettatamente-brilla-da-pregabalin.html

Meds and such

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/3099-Meds-and-such

#Pregabalin wurde ursprünglich zur Behandlung von #Epilepsie entwickelt.
Hier wurde untersucht, wie es bei #Sozialphobie wirkt.

"In conclusion, three short-term, double-blind, randomized trials showed that pregabalin 600 mg was significantly more effective than placebo in reducing the symptoms of SAD as measured by the LSAS scores"

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1517/13543784.2014.979283
https://sci-hub.ru/10.1517/13543784.2014.979283

#SAD #SocialAnxiety