I have chronic tension headaches / pain as well as some of the other bollocks we suffer with in here.
Has anyone else used it before ?
I know if a medicine works, people will prob just carry on with their lives and not post about it here .
But Iām curious as on paper it seems to help some of the GABA issues , but Iām reading some also some weird side effects from it tooā¦
Iāve used Pregabalin here and there over the past 2 years or so (sometimes once a week, sometimes once in 2-3 weeks, just depends on the month). While Iām on it, it tends to improve my mood, my sleep, my appetite, and sexually a little bit (orgasm usually feels better on it, but sensitivity and ED sometimes get a bit worse while on). I primarily take it for the mental benefits it offers.
Iāve heard some people have had a negative experience with it.
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Thatās good to know ā¦Iām in a real funk at the mo at I could do with something to help perhaps even if it was for short term 2-3 months ? I think Iām scared of seeing more people left with permanent neurological damage ā¦I watched a video on a girl in Australia who claimed it did this to her .
Once is enough for me - I donāt fancy going through this crap again !
The things you list here are the things I need most help with currently - sleep , anxiety , mood ā¦so Iām tempted to just give it a go .
Did you notice any immediate side affects when you took it ?
I have taken gabapentin many years ago for a while which is similar and I never had any problems on that ā¦
Bumping this thread to hear from anyone else who has used Pregabalin.
I used it back in January for a while ā¦maybe two weeks. Didnāt do too much for me ā¦I had a period of insomnia relapse back then and it didnāt really do much for that but one thing it did do was take the edge off the following day after a rough night ā¦ maybe I didnāt give it enough time 
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Bumping this thread again to hear from anyone else who has used Pregabalin.Can it improve complacency and cognition
I canāt imagine it doing too much for complacency and cognitionā¦ā¦itās more for pain relief, anxiety/mood, sleep/ relaxation etc Iām no expert on it though. I used it briefly and it didnāt do much. This year they made such a big thing on the news in the Uk about the dangers of addiction to Pregabalin and Gabapentin, comparing it to the same addictive potential as Benzodiazepines. I think thatās total bollocks (as someone who has taken pregabalin, gabapentin and benzodiazepines ).
Whenever I had a benzodiazepine, something would definitely hit me hard at around 15 -20 minute mark and felt good.
With Gabapentin and pregabalin the whole time I took them I was thinking ā¦.āis it doing anything yet? ā
I wanted pregabalin to work but the whole time it felt like I was taking a sugar pill, that ironically the UK media was trying to warn me was actually really addictive and risky 
It has worked for others though, maybe give it a try? I imagine itās one of those meds that does some things for certain people and nothing for others.
Do you have anxiety or sleep issues currently ?
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thankyouļ¼Anxiety and sleep are under control. Thank you for your feedbackļ¼my dearš