Pregabalin for anxiety - anyone have experience of it?

Hi Rowantree When I am anxious the only thing that works is Meditation, it is extremely powerful because it takes you away from that moment.

You don't need a matt, you don't need to be in a Buddhist camp, you just need to be able to stop and just be concious of your breathing in and out and JUST that.

Me time and happy time is also very important, to do one thing every day if poss that you like is so important to good mental health

I can be an anxious person and it has worked for me, it must be worth a try.

Then there is other things you can do that help and they are, avoid sugar and heavy sugary food, orange juice is also bad for the nervous system as are eggs. I take vitamin B on a regular basis because it helps the nervous system to stay healthy, I do have gaps were I don't take it because too much of anything isn't good

I speak from experience and trials that I have done

I am aware of this medication although I have not used it. I believe that it is an anti-seizure medication. I'm aware of it being used for RLS disease, and neuropathy and fibromyalgia. From reading about its use for these conditions, it seems that the groggy side effect takes about a week to settle. Good luck

I know it as a very powerful painkiller which seems to be the 'in' drug at the moment along with gabapentin

rowantree,
I wish I could offer you the right advice but unfortunately I also suffer from anxiety and keep trying different drugs in the hope that one will finally make me feel relaxed and at ease for once.
All I can suggest is that you should keep going to your Gp and hopefully he/she will finally give you the right tablets.
It's so comforting but in a sad way of course to see a fellow anxiety sufferer posting on here.
I Send my very best wishes To You
from Trevor Hugs.

Hello Trevor have you tried meditation for your anxiety, it has worked for me!!

Also Vitamin B is amazing for the nervous system, it was used in the war to calm troops.

Best wishes

I know someone who is on it. She described the same side effects. Give it a few more days to see if it settles. If not, chat to your GP. Perhaps you can be given a smaller dose initially and gradually increase it. This may help.

The cutting off of therapy is common these days. MH units have targets to reach. Unfortunately we with mh issues don't always fit into the little boxes they get assessed on. Dumping us leaves us in limbo but allows them to appear to succeed and thereby protect their funding.