lyrica vs xanax

Read all the threads here re) these 2 particular meds. Have my own experience...my husband had a severe head injury & became Epileptic w/severe panic attacks every day...he's also on oxycodone which he takes 5x daily AS PRESCRIBED... He has many issues which cause him pain & the test results to back it all up...full body MRIs..CTs..ultrasounds, you name it...constant migraines (constantly seizing/hitting his head), left knee & ankle pain (from falling)..

Doubling just the first couple of times caused swelling in my mouth and around my eyes, so I dropped lyrica altogether. In no time I was hit with xanax type withdrawal symptoms: depersonalization, lack of concentration and dizziness being the most frightening. So, I asked to be switched to neurontin and he wrote out 300 mgs. three times daily for me.

I went to my Dr. and he told me to taper off 2-7.5 hydro's & replace them with 2 -- Lyrica 75mg. I'm still on 3--.5mg xanax as well as prozac /heart pills and prevacid .I never use more than prescribed .Should I just deal with life without meds .I'm having trouble going to NA & AA because I still feel like I'm useing. I have been clean of my addiction drug for 6 months . Am I fooling myself thinking I won't abuse these new " "Prescribed "meds.

i just started lyrica yesterday...75mg...only taken it twice...could it ALREADY be helping my symptoms or is the "good feeling" just in my head?

I was prescribed 300mg of lyrica per day (was on 1600mg neurontin). I have been getting along just fine on 75-150mg lyrica with no noticeable side effects so far. All things considered I am doing better and feeling better then I was before but not miraculously so. My copay for lyrica is 5X more then neuronton so that hurts a bit more. :-) Thanks again to all!

I was instructed to take my normal dose of xanax until my RX ran out, then immediately being the Lyrica for two weeks. I did, and it worked GREAT. Seriously. Lyrica is non narcotic, non addictive. It makes you feel very tired and a little lethargic- a little stoned. I would most definitely ask the doc about Lyrica. It actually binds to the same receptors as benzodiazepines, so it tricks your body into thinking you are still taking them when you aren't.

how long were u on 1.5 mgs of xanax? that would have alot to do with answering ur questio...u tapered very quickly and benzos need to be tapered slowly with a physician's guidance and help...have u spoken with him to find a safe way to manuever this drug? getting off lyrica should help those symptoms as lyrica is a culprit to those side effects..percs can be as well if large enuf doses r taken...or even small doses if it dos not agree with u..we are all different...

I was put on Lyrica after going cold turkey off xanax 28 months ago. I have been on Lyrica for 2 years. I was on 225 mg a day and have slowly used water titration to taper down. I have gotten down to 25 mg a day and the symptoms are too high so I have up dosed back to 37.5 mg total. This has happened twice now. How long can I stay at 37.5 mg? I don't want to go higher but I don't feel I'm mentally strong enough to come off right now.

As some of you know I'm withdrawaling from opiates (hydrocodien/Vicodin) and I'm diagnosed with something that causes restless legs syndrome (RLS) which is why I'm prescribed lyrica.. I've been going through all the opiate withdrawals and insomnia was a big factor,so my mom gave me something called triazolam also known as (halcium) it's for insomnia.

I was just put on Lyrica, the doc thinks I might have Fibro...I have all the symptoms that go along with it...I have noticed though over the last week since I've been taking it that my anxiety has increased and it feels like my heart is beating faster....I have always been on Xanax for anxiety ( last 4 yrs. ) but I haven't had to use it as much until lately...or could this just be a symptom of Fibro since it's really flared up due to the cold weather?

Hey, all.... :) A quick summary of where I'm at - About three weeks ago I shared on the Substance Abuse Forum that my sole goal right now in ridding myself of the benzo monsters for good was to simply stick to my Klonopin prescription for now - to not abuse it, to not run short, and not to resort to using my husband's Xanax. I then eventually want to work on tapering down and off. For two weeks I was doing supremely well, and was secretly proud of my baby-steps victory.

I have the same problem. i was on xanax 6mg a day for a long time and almost went to rehab for them. I have bottles and bottles of them in my room and looking at them and remembering how they made me feel like a zombie, gives me the strength not to take them and say I don't need xanax to run my life. however to completely contradict what i just said, i switched to klonopin 4mg a day and i feel much more stable, even mood swings.

My doctor gave me a script for Lyrica to treat my anxiety disorder. I was taking 6mg a day of xanax then i just recently switched to 4mg. a day of Klonopin. But she said in Europe the FDA approved Lyrica for anxiety treatment. Its supposedly non addictive. However reviews i have read, users complain of weight gain and increased appetite which my weight is one of my anxieties. Has anyone else tried Lyrica before for anxiety?

Ughhh, I feel like I am going out of my mind, last October I got into a really really really bad car accident, I have been on Lyrica, Norco, Oxycontin, Ativan, Xanax, Ambien, and also had Gastric Bypass surgery in september of 06' .... so besides all the supplemental vitamins and anxiety/depression from that... my doctors are cutting me from everything but my Ambien which I use to sleep.. I suffer from severe anxiety and have 5 pills of Norco left.

Anyway, i tried Cipralex, Cymbalta, Seroxat, Effexor even and the combo Effexor with Remeron (California rocket fuel) but without great results. In fact, some of these meds, made me worse. Only Xanax relieves me. Yesterday my doctor said to me that my first problem is GAD and not depression, so she prescribed Lyrica, 75mg in the morning and 75mg at night. I hope that this will finally works and i will be able to live again.

Just curious why you switched from Klonopin to xanax? Xanax seems to be a little stronger but wears off quicker and more abrubtly. Klonopin helps more with breakthrough anxiety in my opinion. A good friend of mine had to switch from Xanax to Klonopin because they were feelign withdrawals from xanax during the day...especially if they waited an extra hour or so to take their dose because they forgot.

It is hell to get off of these drugs but the way to do it is much different from GABA drugs (bezos like klonopin and Xanax). Lyrica targets the GABA areas of your brain and more similar to this second set of drugs - also highly addictive. It's important to taper off these types of drugs than to stop abruptly. Hope this helps. You'll do great!

Paxil is indicated for long term use, while Xanax is not. Do not increase Xanax - you risk developing a tolerance and it will likely become less and less effective. I'd investigate an alternate SSRI rather than increase the benzo. You'll regret it later if you rely on the X. Best Wishes.

I do not know if there are less side effects than xanax. I do know, however, that xanax is only supposed to be prescribed for short term use and as needed. Klonopin is for long-term daily use. I am sure someone will post here to help you.

it is probable that ur sleeplessness is not due to tram wd but to xanax wd//perhaps both but xanax wd at 2 mgs a day is enuf to make many peeps pure miserable if they just jump off like u did...300-4000 mgs of trams is significant...there are those who take 1200 mgs of tram per day....a 2 mg xanax dose would be the tougher wd vs 3-400 mgs of trams for most peeps...altho both would be felt by most...we r all different.... Be sure of where ur probems lay...

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