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Has anyone experienced pregabalin?

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Went to the doctors and they have reffured me to pain clinic!! Yes!!! They have also given me pregabalin and taken me off amitriptyline, I took it last night a d it knocked me out and I was hallucinating that there was a dog on the end of my bed looking round but my boyfriend said there wasn't haha, felt rough when I got up but I'll stick with it and hopefully it will help with the pain

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When I first went on pregabalin I started sleep walking, as far as I know I've never walked in my sleep before - even worse, I was getting up to eat in my sleep!

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Pmsl!!I've done that!so did my dad when he was in his thirties&forties I think its an age thing to

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I only slept ate for a few weeks, then it stopped, definitely the pregabalin!

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I think pregabalin is fantastic for nerve pain. It has given me some life. On the other hand, my waist keeps expanding thanks to the uncontrollable sugar cravings...

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Totally agree about the uncontrollable sugar cravings. Unfortunately it was no magic pain relief for me!

I'm not on them but I have sugar cravings constantly I think it's the fibromyalgia

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