Toesonthenose
30-10-13, 18:56
Hi everyone, this is my first time posting here.
I have a question re Pregabalin, which I hope someone out there can help to answer.
About 6 weeks ago I was prescribed Pregabalin for the first time, starting on a very low dose of 50 mg per day. The psychiatrist who gave me the original prescription suggested that I slowly up the dosage and see how I get on. So up until yesterday I was taking 300 mg per day in 2 divided doses. My dilemma is yesterday I got a new prescription and the GP gave me 300 mg capsules, rather than the 150 mg capsules I had before.
For me it makes no difference, as I can still maintain the current dosage of 300 mg per day, but the difference is this morning I took this dosage in one hit. I have to say that I felt almost immediately better, whereas on the divided dose it didn't have much effect. I was really surprised because recently I've been struggling with both quite severe depression and GAD, especially when I'm at work and today work was okay and my mood was good for the first time in a very long time.
Apologies if that is all a bit longwinded, my question is basically: is it okay to take Pregabalin this way, i.e. in one dose, rather than 2 or 3? I know in all the literature it says to divide the dose, but does anyone else have experience of taking their Pregabalin just in the mornings like me?
I have a question re Pregabalin, which I hope someone out there can help to answer.
About 6 weeks ago I was prescribed Pregabalin for the first time, starting on a very low dose of 50 mg per day. The psychiatrist who gave me the original prescription suggested that I slowly up the dosage and see how I get on. So up until yesterday I was taking 300 mg per day in 2 divided doses. My dilemma is yesterday I got a new prescription and the GP gave me 300 mg capsules, rather than the 150 mg capsules I had before.
For me it makes no difference, as I can still maintain the current dosage of 300 mg per day, but the difference is this morning I took this dosage in one hit. I have to say that I felt almost immediately better, whereas on the divided dose it didn't have much effect. I was really surprised because recently I've been struggling with both quite severe depression and GAD, especially when I'm at work and today work was okay and my mood was good for the first time in a very long time.
Apologies if that is all a bit longwinded, my question is basically: is it okay to take Pregabalin this way, i.e. in one dose, rather than 2 or 3? I know in all the literature it says to divide the dose, but does anyone else have experience of taking their Pregabalin just in the mornings like me?