Posted by RobertDavid on October 20, 2005, at 21:57:18
In reply to Re: Lyrica » RobertDavid, posted by JaneB on October 20, 2005, at 21:43:44
Jane:
I've gone from 2mgs klonopin to .5 in a little over 3 weeks. I've never been able to get off klonopin on my own, so tough dropping even .25 at a time. Right now I'm on .5 klonopin and 200mgs Lyica. The last week has been real hard with increased anxiety. I don't know how much of it is getting off the klonopin so fast and how much it is adjusting to the lyrica. I was supposed to go up to 300mgs lyica, but i was groggy for a while (my doc said because of the interaction of the 2 meds). Now that I'm almost off the klonopin I don't really know what I'll do. I'm not right for sure. I'm trying to decide if I sould take the 200 mgs of lyrica at night and add 50 mgs at lunch (as I seem to fade after lunch - I think due to the shorter half life of Lyrica) or if I'll try taking the .5 klonopin in the morning (instead of night) and slowly get off the lyrica, then see how I'm doing. I don't ever want to go back up on the klonopin, so hard to get off of and a little depressing. Anyway, I have an appointment with my doc a week from monday to discuss what to do from here. I guess the jury's not out yet on lyrica for me, but I'm not where I want to be yet.....
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