So I’ve been on the pregabalin for a week as I’m trying to come off nortryptaline, that gave me back my life but the side effects have beckme unbearable. Did anybody else feel worse on pregabalin to begin with? I have shaky arms, coordination feels off, foggy head and loads of headaches that I don’t normally get. The anxiety and depression that nortryptaline caused at 85mgs is still raging. I thought pregabalin helped with anxiety? I feel like my brain is being bent! Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Lara
Hi Laura, I remember corresponding with you about gabapentin, but I haven’t tried preglabin. I think they are related, though. I did have very bad problems with coordination and balance if I went too high with gabapentin. I could only tolerate 200mg 3x a day, if I went up to 300mg for a dose, it’d pay for it- 100mg to 200mg 3x a day really helped my dizziness without causing other problems (a dizziness that seemed unrelated to MAV). I don’t know whether you just need to start lower on preglabin? And not go to high? I hope you feel better! I’m in a big dilemma because I have a big work related thing next week but gabapentin makes me so sleepy even though it helps my MAV. I don’t know whether I should stay on it because it makes me less dizzy from MAV or not. It also seems to bloat me. Have you tried topamax? I keep failing with that drug but it seems like it might be the only one that really helps…