an anyone who's got experience of pregabalin (or gabapentin) help me?
does anyone have any experience of or thoughts about side effects of this new med, pregabalin?
i've been prescribed pregabalin for fibromyalgia, and it's apparently the newer, faster acting version of gabapentin. the doc (a pain consultant, who i saw about my FM) said it was possible it may send me manic - it was a risk i took, because the alternative was increased amitriptylin, and i know anti depressants make me go manic.
i've been on 75mg at night for a week, but this morning, as prescribed, i started on 75mg in the mornings as well. the first night i took it, i didn't sleep any more quickly but the whole of the next day, i felt really spaced out, just really really drunk or stoned. i'd had no alcohol or drugs, so.... anyway, i was a bit worried about the next dose but that major side effect only happened that first time - since then i've felt pretty normal, and had to be as i had two essays to hand in!
but today i've definitely felt a bit like everything's happening all at once and i have to do stuff like now, before it goes away, and i'll think of something i need to do and go to write it down or put it in my phone diary and by the time i get my pen or push the button on the phone that activates the diary, i forget what it was - we're talking seconds here, not even minutes! i don't think it's memory loss, but i do think that as soon as i think of something, something else repaces it and i forget it.
my mum says i sound a bit high and i know i'm racing a bit. usually when i go hypomanic i race, but full mania for me involves aggression, violence and irritability. so i don't think i'm really bad but i do think there's something going on - do you think i should contact the doctor or just wait and see if it goes any worse?
__________________
...now i fear you've left me standing in a world that's so demanding...
|