Hi I've had GAD for quite some time now and I've been on Mirtazapine for aabout 4 months. I still suffered anxiety issues daily and it was getting to much for me.
I was at my specialist doctor yesterday ( I'm a recovering painkiller addict, I've been clean for a year + ) and she prescribed me 50mg of Pregabalin to take 3 times a day.
I woke this morning at 5.30 am for work and I was practically bouncing off the walls and felt like I was drunk. I'm actually scared to take them today but I know I need to take them.
My question is how long will it take for me to be able to function without being afraid to take my medication. I'm on these daily
30mg Mirtazipine 2 x 15mg
15mg Diazipam 3 x 5mg
160mg Beta Blockers 2 x 80mg
150mg Pregablin 3 x 50mg
24mg Buprenorphine 3 x 8mg
which beta blocker do you take Paul ? I was wondering if it is the same as mine!
The box says Bedranol but in brackets it says ( Propranolol Hydrochloride ) 80mg.
I used to take the 2 in the morning but because of these new meds I'm on I take 1 in the morning and 1 at dinner time 5-6pm to help calm my heart racing and other physical symptoms
Paul I was on Mirtazapine Im now on Venflaxine.
I used to take diazapam but in the Uk they are about to change the driving laws so I have stopped it as i need to drive.
The other drugs your on I am on too ( Butran 7 day Patches 15's ), Propanonol and I used to take Pregablin but had to stop . I am under a pain management clinic so I have to go back and get my pain meds chnaged at the hospital so it complex stuff.
When Pregablin was added to my concoction of meds ( Venflaxine, Diazapam at the time, Propananol and Butran Patches with tablet used to top if need ) my head was awful and my eyes were more than blurry. I seriously thought I was going to go blind. Also found tinnitus started too. Tension headaches the lot.
Iput up with this for 7 days before I crawlled in and said no more, the pregablin was causing more problems and the they were fixing ( in fact they weren't fixing anything ). My advice is dont put up with it for to long if they dont work dont ruin your life
Thanks Jimmy I'm going to give them between a week and a week 1/2 as I'm only going to be on the Pregabalin for approximately 3-4 weeks
My specialist doctor put me on the Pregabalin for the weaning off phase of Mirtazapine and onto my new meds called Paroxetine which I think I'm starting roughly on the 23rd February.
I'm going to try and cut down on some other meds I'm on ie Buprenorphine ( These stop my opiate withdrawals ). I'm on 24mg of Buprenorphine and I'm hoping to get down 8mg to 15mg and dropping 5mg of Diazipam or stopping them all together.
I find that when I feel crap certain meds heighten my anxiety and Buprenorphine was one of them and I didn't want to take any Buprenorphine due to this so I forced myself to cut down 8mg about 3 months ago and my doctor was surprised I managed it as you usually have to drop down them by 1-24mg.
I just want off all my medication and live life without anything but it's going to take more than a year due to the way my brains wired, my doctor said I wired myself up badly when I abused painkillers.
Paul,
If after a year your fine its going to be well worth it. Do you have a supportive partner/family ?
Yeah I have a very supportive wife who has stuck by me throughout all this....more bad days than good days. My parents are supportive but they live an hour away from me but phone quite often enquiring how I am.
My mum told me yesterday that she is concerned about all the medication I'm on an that she worries every day that my hearts going to give out sooner than later because of the amount I have to take daily.
I'm sure I'm going to beat all this but it's going to be a long and very hard road with severe bad times along the way.
Hi Paul
Re. the Pregabilin I took it for a few months for GAD but started to suffer with vision problems so stopped taking it not to difficult to withdraw from also I take Mirtazipine 45mg and the two weren't happy together.
Lorazepam is my 'crutch' 2.5 mg per day for years. How do I quit them?
with best wishes. Bendie.
paul u r on lot of meds, do be careful, everything u are taking has side effects and can cause addiction. I am still struggling to get off pregabalin, down to .55 of a ml. so toxic, cant do without it, rake it and it makes me worse, I am lost somewhere ,I feel it it is killing me, , only took 28x 25mg caps and I was addcted, have been prerscribed sertraline but dare not take due to list of side effects, when is the best time to take this no one has told me, does it make you sleep, something I havnt done since july last year, keep having awfl thoughts, enough with pregab, and valium. 1mg v. 3 times a day took 1 mg v at 2355, thought I had slept, sat up in bed looked at phone and it was 0103, awake for rest of night with abdo pains and burps, could onlt take paracet, my doctor notflexible, will not change pregab to valium which would give me 1 addiction to deal with. hope you soon feel better xx rosie
I don't know how you'll be able to quit them, maybe shave a little bit off a tablet every week or ask your doctor how to get off them 0.5mg at a time. I usually come down mg's on any tablet when I feel ill as taking certain medication heightens the anxiety or makes me feel more ill
Setraline works for some people but is a nightmare for others. I hated Setraline, it got so bad I was sitting every day ready to end things as I couldn't handle the time it takes to fully work and for side effects to wear off which is usually 4 - 6 weeks with any anti depressants.
If you start on Setraline please tell your partner, close friends & parents so that way if they see a change in you then they can tell you.
I tell my wife everything even the suicidal thoughts so she can text every hour or so when she's at work so she can keep an eye on me. If you do start on them and feel you are having these thoughts then contact your doctor ASAP so they can help.
Always remember YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN ON ANYONE even though you may think that....I regularly think I'm a burden but I know I ain't. People would rather help deal with than havIng a dead body to deal with.
Try getting phone numbers for Samaratins, Narcotics Annonymous or other support numbers that way you can phone anytime during the day/night.
I have phoned these in the past when low and found that just talking helps even if it is for a few hours, plus post on here so you can get replies from people who are suffering the same.