Anons what are your thoughts on pregabalin? Is it kino or cringe?I was recently prescribed it in order to help with my insomnia issues. I have been using 150mg every night 1 hour before going to sleep. Before using it I was getting a little bit less than 6 hours of sleep while waking up constantly, after starting it I have been constantly hitting 8 hours of mostly uninterrupted sleep (some times i woke up to pee but significantly less times than off it)The side effects that I have noticed is dehydration when waking up and also some grogginess.Jannies: this thread is fitness related because it pertains to improving sleep duration and quality.
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I dunno but I want to obtain it for social interactions
I don't have any intel on pregabalin but have you tried taking baking soda before bed? When I worked as a firefighter, I was subconsciously waiting for calls while at work, so I'd have trouble falling asleep at the station and I'd wake up three or four times a night. When I took baking soda before bed, I'd fall asleep quicker and maybe wake up once. I suggest starting with half a teaspoon dissolved in water and then a full teaspoon after doing that for a few days.
>>77182506Have you tried drinking?
>>77182612i have read numerous anecdotal reports about its efficiency on this but i dont think im gonna try it during the day because i dont want to lose its efficiency for sleep>>77182615thanks anon i am gonna add this to my sleep regimen>>77182621no anon i havent because afaik drinking reduces your sleep quality. pregabalin’s benefit is not only that it helps you go to sleep and sleep longer but that it improves your sleep quality
im on 400mg a day for pain, it's great for sleep as I only get like 3-5 hours of sleep a night, but the lyrica helps increase the quality of that sleep.The grogginess will over time be less pronounced, I know it can be kinda wild when you wake up, feeling like you're drunk.
I take that shit to get high it's cool as fuckit does cause deep sleep but it's a little too funky to take medically imo. wouldn't want to feel dizzy and slightly high all the time, just when I wanna have fun. although I've worked a lot high on pregabalin and it does make me very focused, you feel funky but it doesn't really get in the waystill, lucidity is too valuable to get high every day, so I'd exhaust other options before relying on it to sleep
I have been taking gabapentin for sleeping and it seems to just work okay. Its a weaker version of pregabolin but I just take a higher dose so I figure its pretty much the same experience. Seems to help with getting deep sleep more than improve sleep onset for me and onset is my issue.
>>77182612just drink alcohol for social interactions bro its so much safer and its going to be cheaper and everything.
>>77182506Take two with two shots
>>77182953lol bro its an addictive drug though. "may improve sleep quality" is not enough. Its like saying cocaine improves test scores lol
>>77183004It's both safer and cheaper than alcohol. You do look pretty fucked on it, tho. Like you haven't slept in two days. Pretty much the only drawback.
>>77183096there is no way its safer or cheaper than alcohol lol people have literally evolved to tolerate alcohol from thousands of years of drinking the shit and realying on it for calories. Also no way its cheaper either.
>>77183137pregabalin is literally free in the EU if you have a prescription you fucking nigger.
>>77183137the amount of pregabalin it takes to get you fucked up costs like 1/5th of the alcohol it takes to get a similar degree of influence. alcohol has a nice taste and the fact that you can drink it slowly to pass time opposed to just swallowing a bunch of pills and waiting for them to kick, but pregabalin has no calories to make up for italso it is way safer like it's not remotely close. the effect of pregabalin is not impairing. it doesn't make you aggressive, it makes you drowzy or uncoordinated at most but not to the degree alcohol does. alcohol is related to most deaths after cancer and suicide. pregabalin isn't even strong like benzos or opioids, it just gets you buzzed and relaxed. no constipation or problems with urination either. surely one of the safest things you can get high on legally
>>77183239in the EU pregabalin is free with a prescription
>>77183300Yes I see your post two posts above this
>>77183344amerimutts must be so jealous lmao. EUchads stay winning
>>77183210you are the one with a nigger mindset who thinks that something is free because insurance pays for it
>>77183239this is an IQ test. Anyone who thinks pregabolin is either safer or cheaper than alcohol is a small brained retard. Alcohol literally is produced naturally from rotting fruit and shit. You are telling me that complex ass fucking pharmacology required to produce it could possibly be done cheaper than alcohol lol what a joke. And hmm whats safer? a substance that has existed for like 40 years and we don't even have true long term studies on or something we have been consuming for thousands of years. You are a mental fucking midget and irredeemable dumbass.
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>>77183392mate more than 600.000 people in your country go bankrupt every year because of medical bills. You know how many people go bankrupt in the EU because of medical bills per year? Zero- and I am aware that there is one negative and that is that gypsies and albanians get free healthcare too -Yes the state (for state hospitals' prescriptions) or the insurance (for private doctors' prescriptions) pay for it but they pay a way lower price than americans do for their medicines.
>>77182506My girlfriend took both it and gabapentin, as well as bunch of other shit (got unlucky with some health issues). While less disturbing than gabapentin in the day to day life, the main downsides were the daytime drowsiness and the dependence. However, given all the meds she took, it really was (is, she's still taking it) the best or nearly the best: fewest side effects, great results, and helps keeping in check side effects of other meds. Only Ritalin comes close.Being on meds is never really great, but while you should be careful, Pregabalin is probably one of the tamest to take. Just be mindful it's more like a help rather than a solution, and hopefully a temporary one. Don't stop taking other steps to improve your sleep quality, like regular exercise, timed light exposition, having low room temperature, etc. >>77183002Afaik it's like you said, you just take more Gabapentin to equate the same Pregabalin dose. But in my gf's experience and in general, the side effects are much more manageable on Pregabalin at the same equivalent dosage.Still, they're not exactly interchangeable, so much so that there are studies which indicate that taking both can actually produce better results, allowing for lower doses overall with better effects and fewer side effects. But I'm not a doctor so the actual picture might be a bit different.>>77183397Here's a fun fact: the human genome is uniquely equipped to handle traces of lead, experiencing lower neural damage from it compared to other hominids. Does that make lead safer than pregabalin? No, because it's still toxic. Even cyanide is naturally occurring in apple seeds. What really matters is how toxic something is at the doses you intend to take. Alcohol is toxic in the literal sense, but it also can make you do dumb shit, making it doubly dangerous. If you're chasing a certain high, it's not impossible that you'd incur in more side effects by drinking over some drug that mellows you out.
>>77184079lol you are a europoor with no military, you pay shitloads of taxes, you live in a tiny box, you have no air conditioning, you have no military, you are a weak bitch currently being conquered by islam and you are POOR AS FUCK compared to americans. Even the poorest americans have living space and amenities that you could not dream of. And knowing all this you still choose to be smug about muh free pills. What a disgusting cope lol
>>77185626pregabolin is going to be more toxic than ethanol. Get real bro. You lack the intuition of an intelligent person but feel free to look up the claim I made based purely on my high IQ intuition and see that I am right. In doing so maybe you can build up your own intelligence and intuition.
>>77183096dude just drink a bit of alcohol, i rather drink a poison i know than a poison i dont know from some pharmashit. you dont have to turn alcoholic, i had the same problem, and like 200ml of my home made herbal wine, knock me down.
>>77184079>You know how many people go bankrupt in the EU because of medical bills per year? ZeroIf you've ever needed actual long-term or serious medical treatment, you would know this is false.Waiting lists are absurd for every service that matters, if you want to see an ENT or get an MRI or have anything for a long term condition, the waiting time is 6 months to over a year. Everyone that matters needs to buy private health insurance anyway so they don't die from easily treatable conditions.
>>77183397pompousfully homosexual
>>77182506just drink milk and honey with a pinch of salt to refill your glycogen stores before bed
>>77185626Research published in 2025 found that patients with six or more prescriptions for gabapentin were 29% more likely to be diagnosed with dementia and 85% more likely to have mild cognitive impairment.Frequency Factor: Higher cumulative doses and more frequent prescriptions significantly increased the risks of cognitive decline.Age Vulnerability: While concerning for older adults, the risk of cognitive issues was found to be more than twice as high in adults aged 18–64 prescribed the drug.Take gaba
I've read a lot of things about Phenibut and frankly it annoyed me how miss informed they are. I've been reading about people taking doses like 300-500mg. This dose won't do anything. Maybe if it's your very first time then I can see how someone might see some effects. I personally take 10 grams a day, yes 10grams. At this dose it completely abolishes any and all anxieties especially socially. When I take this does I can talk to anyone about anything when without it I would be filled with fear and anxiety and not want to talk to anyone and life's obstacles seem like some huge monster. It makes you a motivated beast. I've been taking this dose every single day for years just about and I have never had any kind of tolerance issue or negative side affects. Frankly, a high dose of Phenibut turns you into a confident and very sociable person who doesn't stress about anything and can handle anything. It's really a super drug. Any dose over 12.5 grams however you will experience some nasty side effect and you won't get the results I've stated above. You must drink a good amount of caffeine with it however for you to feel its maximum effects. For example I drink two rockstars every day with it and maybe some coffee later. Sometimes it makes my stomach feel uncomfortable, so it would be a good idea to go to your doctor and tell them you've been really nauseous and ask for promethazine. It works wonders and is the best nausea med available. I take 50mg if I'm feeling nauseous. I take my Phenibut 2 hours before work cuz it takes a bit to kick in, go kill it at work, then go home and sleep. It will give you such a great nights sleep. The withdrawals if you want to call it that are easily handled with some Gabapentin say 3-4 grams and maybe the same or a little more the next day. And you will be feeling nice and normal mentally after that. I am by no means a doctor or intending to tell anyone to use these drugs. I'm simply stating how I do it and the results I get.
