I have been on Pregablin for a couple of years for fibro and as a mild anti depressant. I was at one point on 300mg a day, one in the morning one at night. It put loads of weight on me so i cut down to one 150 tablet each morning. The weight has come off and I think it does help with the pain a little bit. If I am honest I think smoking a bit of weed does just as good job without the side effects, but thats me. Give the pregablin a try it probably wont be a miracle cure but if it helps just a little it at least is a step in the right direction.
If I were you I would try the pregablin even if its a smallish dose once a day, Its maybe a case of finding the right dose for you, at the end of the day you can come off it if it doesnt agree with you in whatever way. Panic attacks are a very unpleasant things to deal with and the Pregablin might just help.
As for the family, well they will be genuine in their concerns but probably wont have a clue about how this all is effecting you so you need to be the one making the decisions on how to combat all this.
There will be a way out that does not involve leaving that three year old behind. Hang in, be patient and work it out, it might take some time but there will be light at the end of the tunnel. I still have the odd panic attack but rarely now and when i do I meet it head on and go toe to toe with it. Funny thing is panic attacks are like bullies or keyboard warriors they often run away when they know you are no longer scared of them and are prepared to face them down.
You can do it.
Is anyone on pregabalin?
I have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and with that have crippling aniexty. I rarely leave the house all week, have almost daily panic attacks amongst loads of other lovely things.
I was prescribed pregablin about a year ago but much to my families dismay I refuse to take it as ironically enough I’m too anxious due to the side effects stated on the leaflet and online.
I really don’t see a way out for me to be honest everything I used to enjoy is now seemingly impossible to actually do and if wasn’t for my 3 year old I’d be long gone by now.
Anyways don’t want to bore anyone if anyone has any experience with that particular drug be great to hear about it. Thanks
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Best cure for this stuff is fresh air / exercise. Doctors want to get us all on medication for stuff.
** not saying some people do not have genuine depression I’m saying doctors go for medication as default and that’s wrong imho
Totally agree with this, as someone who spent 18 months on different doses of Citalopram.
Time management and exercise are key, just fitting in that half an hour of basic exercise a day can change a lot of your mentality. Whether it's a walk, a run, a swim, a body circuit, a punchbag.
The day you admit your shortcomings and be totally honest with yourself in the mirror, is the day you start to get better and understand your condition. It's a long road of ups and downs.
Some people are going through some catastrophic things in life and long processes and periods of life that they want to get out of, whether it's a bereavement, a break up, or a job they hate but can't leave yet. Be honest with yourself, and work on yourself and it will fall into place around it.
Tough times don't last, tough people do. And that's why you are still here. My inbox is always open for anybody suffering with mental illness. The only way we can combat this is to talk about it and understand our own psyche, you can change the way you feel starting today.
It’s nice to see someone who’s been through this have such a refreshing view. I had a couple of weeks a few years back when I thought I might have actual depression. I was going through a bad time in my life (had three big events hit me at the same time). And because there’s so much in the media telling us all that depresssion is something we can all just “catch” out of thin air I went to the doctors. I told him my symptoms- low energy, over eating for no reason, struggling for motivation, loss of feelings etc and BANG- straight on the tablets.
He didn’t ask anything about WHY I might be feeling that way. In my case I’d been made redundant and paid off so I had no job but no motivation to earn money and I drank too much cos I could, I had nothing to get up for and the eating was sheer boredom - depression or just a shit time of my life? I decided I needed a change of mindset and routine. I binned the tablets, took up running, found myself a job, looked after myself better and within 1 month I felt great about myself and the world again and have ever since.
Too many people are told that you can “catch” depression out of nowhere and fed tablets like smarties. I understand the need for open discussions about mental health but kids are growing up now thinking it’s the norm and some pill can fix everything...
Totally agree with what you say. I had a hard time coming off my tablets. I increased dosage from the GP cos I was being more erratic and stressful, in a job that I hated at the time. Looking back, there was no need for me to increase the dosage.
People go through the process at different paces, but I'd been on the pills 18 months and decided I do not want to be on these anymore. I weened off them slowly and I was dizzy as fuck most days for about 4 weeks, til I was eventually off them. It does get easier people so hang in there and don't cave, when you're at this stage.
Shit comes in threes in life it really does. You have to take some accountability of your own life and actions if you ever want to get better. Simple changes like having the courage to speak openly about your struggles, or having the discipline to eat the right foods and do that 30 mins of exercise a day, will make a massive difference. Getting 'better' is all about consistency. Stay consistent in your actions and you'll go from having good days to good weeks, and then good months.
A positive mindset even in adversity will get you through it, even if there's some black humour in it. One of the best pieces of advice I heard was 'a stressful man who loses his temper easily is the sign of a weak man'. If you're that guy who's coming home and being horrible to his Mrs and family cos he's stressed, you need to change that ASAP cos it's a form of weakness, and you don't want to be a weak man and shove your close ones away and be the twat that nobody wants to be around. I only say this from first hand experience of doing it, keep your emotions in check. Talk openly but don't be aggressive over nothing, cos it just makes you more poorly and stressed.
Totally agree with this, as someone who spent 18 months on different doses of Citalopram.
Time management and exercise are key, just fitting in that half an hour of basic exercise a day can change a lot of your mentality. Whether it's a walk, a run, a swim, a body circuit, a punchbag.
The day you admit your shortcomings and be totally honest with yourself in the mirror, is the day you start to get better and understand your condition. It's a long road of ups and downs.
Some people are going through some catastrophic things in life and long processes and periods of life that they want to get out of, whether it's a bereavement, a break up, or a job they hate but can't leave yet. Be honest with yourself, and work on yourself and it will fall into place around it.
Tough times don't last, tough people do. And that's why you are still here. My inbox is always open for anybody suffering with mental illness. The only way we can combat this is to talk about it and understand our own psyche, you can change the way you feel starting today.
Spot on!In all seriousness, reducing the use of so called 'social' elements of the internet (Facebook, Twitter, forums, etc) would almost certainly be a positive for the majority of individuals, particularly those suffering with mental health issues. It's a corrosive place and whilst there are benefits to such places, without people taking time to regulate their own use of them, they can quite easily breed dependency, a lack of perspective, time wasting and a lack of direction (he says whilst posting on an internet forum)
That's not particularly relevant to the topic at hand but I've written it now.
hi, i switched from 200 mg sertraline to 20 mg of citalopram as its stronger since january 2018. Earlier this year i dropped down to 10 mg of citalopram but when wanting to move off it all together i jsut couldnt. and had a few set backs.
any advice to get off it all together? Im hitting the gym all the time.
Depression has nothing to do with what you’ve got going for you. It’s a chemical imbalance in the brain’s function. Absolutely anybody from any walk of life with any kind of background or life situation can develop depression.Good to see so many blues offering an ear or giving advice. I'm one of lifes lucky guys, i don't so depression,i feel i have too much going for me. For those not so lucky i feel for you and as others have said my inbox is yours whenever.
Very true PS, well said pal... And it's the ones who think they are immune from depression who are the most vulnerable IMO. It creeps up from behind and can put the biggest and toughest guys smack bang on their arse. And it so often does. I implore anyone who feels depression coming on to not bottle up for you will most probably explode to become a quivering wreck fellow blues. Confide in someone you can trust to open up to. Better still go and see your doctor. Medication is not always necessary, you may just need to speak to a counsellor to help you back on straight and narrow of sanity. I speak from experience having been there.Depression has nothing to do with what you’ve got going for you. It’s a chemical imbalance in the brain’s function. Absolutely anybody from any walk of life with any kind of background or life situation can develop depression.
Depression does not discriminate between the rich or poor, those with a great family and friends or those surrounded by twats, those with a huge circle of people around them or the lonely who have nobody, those in work or out of work, music or sport lovers or boring sods who seem to be into nowt... literally any person get get depression.