@@carolinabraidybird1929 why I am so grateful for brave people like yourself for sharing your experiences via RUclips....we can help one another. You have given me and many others hope! There is so much negativity about these days 🥲 Life is ebbs and flows! Love that we can share your journey so a big thank you 😘 What is your Etsy shop called? Will have a browse xx
I know right! I couldn’t figure it out to begin with 🤔 Why do I have this extra energy, how am I managing to juggle so many things now??? Boom, med drop! They serve a purpose but it’s an eye opener when you realise what the side effects actually are. Thanks for watching 😁
Wow - the business reveal went from "here's a bottle" to "here's a whole load of beautiful artwork" very quickly. Looks great. Glad to hear you not replying to your ex, rise above as you say. I'm still on 600mg pregablin a day & it's defo helping with my anxiety, but if I don't take it now, just a single day, my anxiety & stomach butterflies go sky high. I am slightly worried about the day I need to try to start weening off it, but it's only 1 of a load of meds I'm on. Talking of bowels, I have the opposite effect with it & fart like a fog horn! LOL Compared to when I first started watching your videos you seem to have improved so much. I'm really pleased 😃.
Aww thanks mate. I’m really enjoying the process but am gonna have to come up with a new storage solution before my house starts to look like a craft fair lol I’m amazed you can still poo on that dose but as for farting, toot for your life 👍🏼 It’s funny in my book & always will be. Don’t fret re your dosage now. If it’s helping then go with the flow until you feel ready to reduce (IF you decide to reduce) and until then just focus on getting yourself into a good head space 😊
Unfortunately I have to admit that I have had different experiences with various substances legal and illegal. For obvious reasons i was on pregabalin for a quite long time, once i decided to quit because i had the same problem as you, i lost completely motivation to do everything in my life, so i did it overnight. And from my experience i have to say withdrawal symptoms was the worst experience in my life. Now im free off all stuff i did, its not easy. I wish you all the best. Have a nice day.
“Ok I don’t know what you’re going to win... but that’s great.”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 WOULD EXACTLY BE MY RESPONSE TOO! Lol. Good for you. Xx. These narcissists.. boy I’m telling ya.
Im on 150mg now once a day. I hate taking it full stop. Cant wait to get off it. There are horror stories but everyone is atomicly different and we will react differently as individuals. Keep it up.✌
Hi Carolina - i’m glad you cut your dose of pre-Gabalin back to 75 mg. I was on the same dose 300 mg as you were. .. I cut my dose back also. I felt like a zombie on 300 mg. Your videos are great - you’re a natural in front of the camera.
Oh John that’s so sweet, thank you. How are you finding the new dose?? I feel pretty stable & so much more motivated like my brain is starting to kick back into action. I’m happy to stay at 75mg for now as don’t want my anxiety to go crazy over the Christmas / lockdown period.
Hi Carolina - I am feeling much better on lower dose 100mg. 50 mg at night and 50 mg during the day. I am taking pre-Gabalin for pain and anxiety... I was wounded in combat years ago in the US Marines - have some nerve damage. Don't like taking medicine - sometimes you have to.. I relate to your videos about going out in public - anxiety is horrible.
@@johncasper8193 Sorry to hear about the dreaded anxiety but sounds like you’ve found a good balance re the meds. No one relishes the idea of taking pills but sometimes needs must. I’ve stopped worrying about the stigma & do what’s best for me 😊
Hi, once again you demonstrate a strength of character which I wish I had. But hay we are all different and maybe its me feeling sorry for myself which I`m good at. I`m still on 600 pregab so as yet I don`t know much about the tapper side of things if/when I need to. The killer for me as far as sleep was concerned ( lack of ) was when I came tapered off SERTRALINE. So much so I went back on 200mg max dose . I think the gains for taking meds ( for me ) outweigh no meds. So, if someone needs them and they are happy with it then we are lucky to have access to them in the Western World
Hi there. Please don’t compare yourself to me because we are all so different. I’m sure you have many strengths you don’t give yourself credit for. I am only too familiar with the inner critic and listening to it doesn’t do us any favours. If taking 600mg keeps you on an even keel then so be it, what’s the problem. I once went 5 months with no meds at all some years back and ended up in a pretty bad way so I’ve made peace with the fact that I’ll probably always need medication to keep my mental health stable. Be kind to yourself and thanks for writing 😊
I’m on Pregabalin 300mg twice a day, but I started taking the two doses at once, so 600mg at once, now I cannot get off it because the withdrawals are so severe. :(
Hey, thanks for getting in touch. Have you spoken to your doctor to get help? Maybe a starting point for your taper (if you are wanting to reduce your dose) would be to get smaller dose pills/capsules and spread your dose out over the day. So initially you will be on the same 600mg but your body won’t be getting that big whoosh of one dose. Once you’ve adapted you could try removing one of the doses, maybe just 25mg and do that for 1-2 weeks. Then take it from there. Do you have a support network around you? Remember to be kind to yourself & don’t be scared to ask for help 😊
@@carolinabraidybird1929 thanks for the reply!!! That sounds like a great idea, I’ll definitely do that, I’m just scared of the withdrawals. My dr and psychiatrist will help me though, I’ll get there. Thank you!
I took 600mg at night like you, here is what worked for me 600mg one day 450mg the next then 600mg then 450mg for one week. Then 450mg for a week. Then 450mg one day 300mg the next. Then 300mg one day 150mg the next for a week. Then a week at 150mg. I’m now on 50mg a day and I’m starting to struggle. Keep going and I’m grateful for these videos x
Ahhhhhh, the joy if the eternal man baby insisting you smell of wee & poo due to no longer having the keys to your magic box ( ! ). I was recommended your channel by a friend who watches my mental health vlog & I'm glad he did. The last thing this is about is self promotion but facts have to be faced that I'm pretty wonderful & vlog painfully honesty about my mental health so maybe give it a go. In all seriousness the parallels in our experiences in quite stark & I am genuinely enjoying watching your back catalogue. I hope you are happy & well & look forward to commenting further on your brave, candid, funny & moving testimonies . Nothing but love ......
You are doing great! You seem so much happier these days. Thanks for sharing your positivity 😘 xx
Thank you sweetie. You help me stay positive & got me out walking the other day!! We’ve got this 😁 xx
@@carolinabraidybird1929 why I am so grateful for brave people like yourself for sharing your experiences via RUclips....we can help one another. You have given me and many others hope! There is so much negativity about these days 🥲 Life is ebbs and flows! Love that we can share your journey so a big thank you 😘 What is your Etsy shop called? Will have a browse xx
Yes, lowering the Meds can give u more energy AND make u loose🤣Luv the change in u! 👍🏼
I know right! I couldn’t figure it out to begin with 🤔 Why do I have this extra energy, how am I managing to juggle so many things now??? Boom, med drop! They serve a purpose but it’s an eye opener when you realise what the side effects actually are. Thanks for watching 😁
Wow - the business reveal went from "here's a bottle" to "here's a whole load of beautiful artwork" very quickly. Looks great. Glad to hear you not replying to your ex, rise above as you say. I'm still on 600mg pregablin a day & it's defo helping with my anxiety, but if I don't take it now, just a single day, my anxiety & stomach butterflies go sky high. I am slightly worried about the day I need to try to start weening off it, but it's only 1 of a load of meds I'm on. Talking of bowels, I have the opposite effect with it & fart like a fog horn! LOL Compared to when I first started watching your videos you seem to have improved so much. I'm really pleased 😃.
Aww thanks mate. I’m really enjoying the process but am gonna have to come up with a new storage solution before my house starts to look like a craft fair lol I’m amazed you can still poo on that dose but as for farting, toot for your life 👍🏼 It’s funny in my book & always will be. Don’t fret re your dosage now. If it’s helping then go with the flow until you feel ready to reduce (IF you decide to reduce) and until then just focus on getting yourself into a good head space 😊
Unfortunately I have to admit that I have had different experiences with various substances legal and illegal. For obvious reasons i was on pregabalin for a quite long time, once i decided to quit because i had the same problem as you, i lost completely motivation to do everything in my life, so i did it overnight. And from my experience i have to say withdrawal symptoms was the worst experience in my life. Now im free off all stuff i did, its not easy. I wish you all the best. Have a nice day.
normally lyrica withdrawal should cause diarrhea and no constipation. strange
“Ok I don’t know what you’re going to win... but that’s great.”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 WOULD EXACTLY BE MY RESPONSE TOO! Lol. Good for you. Xx. These narcissists.. boy I’m telling ya.
I know right. “Ain’t nobody got time for that (narcissist)” 🤣🤣🤣 Onwards & upwards xx
Im on 150mg now once a day. I hate taking it full stop. Cant wait to get off it. There are horror stories but everyone is atomicly different and we will react differently as individuals. Keep it up.✌
Hi Carolina - i’m glad you cut your dose of pre-Gabalin back to 75 mg.
I was on the same dose 300 mg as you were. .. I cut my dose back also.
I felt like a zombie on 300 mg.
Your videos are great - you’re a natural in front of the camera.
Oh John that’s so sweet, thank you. How are you finding the new dose?? I feel pretty stable & so much more motivated like my brain is starting to kick back into action. I’m happy to stay at 75mg for now as don’t want my anxiety to go crazy over the Christmas / lockdown period.
Hi Carolina - I am feeling much better on lower dose 100mg. 50 mg at night and 50 mg during the day. I am taking pre-Gabalin for pain and anxiety... I was wounded in combat years ago in the US Marines - have some nerve damage.
Don't like taking medicine - sometimes you have to..
I relate to your videos about going out in public - anxiety is horrible.
@@johncasper8193 Sorry to hear about the dreaded anxiety but sounds like you’ve found a good balance re the meds. No one relishes the idea of taking pills but sometimes needs must. I’ve stopped worrying about the stigma & do what’s best for me 😊
Hi, once again you demonstrate a strength of character which I wish I had. But hay we are all different and maybe its me feeling sorry for myself which I`m good at. I`m still on 600 pregab so as yet I don`t know much about the tapper side of things if/when I need to. The killer for me as far as sleep was concerned ( lack of ) was when I came tapered off SERTRALINE. So much so I went back on 200mg max dose . I think the gains for taking meds ( for me ) outweigh no meds. So, if someone needs them and they are happy with it then we are lucky to have access to them in the Western World
Hi there. Please don’t compare yourself to me because we are all so different. I’m sure you have many strengths you don’t give yourself credit for. I am only too familiar with the inner critic and listening to it doesn’t do us any favours. If taking 600mg keeps you on an even keel then so be it, what’s the problem. I once went 5 months with no meds at all some years back and ended up in a pretty bad way so I’ve made peace with the fact that I’ll probably always need medication to keep my mental health stable. Be kind to yourself and thanks for writing 😊
I’m on Pregabalin 300mg twice a day, but I started taking the two doses at once, so 600mg at once, now I cannot get off it because the withdrawals are so severe. :(
Hey, thanks for getting in touch. Have you spoken to your doctor to get help? Maybe a starting point for your taper (if you are wanting to reduce your dose) would be to get smaller dose pills/capsules and spread your dose out over the day. So initially you will be on the same 600mg but your body won’t be getting that big whoosh of one dose. Once you’ve adapted you could try removing one of the doses, maybe just 25mg and do that for 1-2 weeks. Then take it from there. Do you have a support network around you? Remember to be kind to yourself & don’t be scared to ask for help 😊
@@carolinabraidybird1929 thanks for the reply!!! That sounds like a great idea, I’ll definitely do that, I’m just scared of the withdrawals. My dr and psychiatrist will help me though, I’ll get there.
Thank you!
I took 600mg at night like you, here is what worked for me 600mg one day 450mg the next then 600mg then 450mg for one week. Then 450mg for a week. Then 450mg one day 300mg the next. Then 300mg one day 150mg the next for a week. Then a week at 150mg. I’m now on 50mg a day and I’m starting to struggle. Keep going and I’m grateful for these videos x
Ahhhhhh, the joy if the eternal man baby insisting you smell of wee & poo due to no longer having the keys to your magic box ( ! ).
I was recommended your channel by a friend who watches my mental health vlog & I'm glad he did.
The last thing this is about is self promotion but facts have to be faced that I'm pretty wonderful & vlog painfully honesty about my mental health so maybe give it a go.
In all seriousness the parallels in our experiences in quite stark & I am genuinely enjoying watching your back catalogue. I hope you are happy & well & look forward to commenting further on your brave, candid, funny & moving testimonies .
Nothing but love ......