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Day 1: Took 1x75mg pill at 11am. Felt dizzy and sleepy but less pain in my head and other places. Slept for 3 hours.
Took 1x75mg pill at bedtime. Couldn't sleep at first, but when I did sleep I slept great. Woke up refreshed for a change.

Day 2: I've taken 1x75mg and am a bit dizzy but overall feeling some effect. I'm not sure how fast this stuff 'should' work, this could all be placebo effect, overall pain is reduced, feel pretty good, though the side effects are real... VS is not changed much if at all. Tingling in arms and hands is reduced.

Probably placebo or simple psychology, but my mood is great. Maybe it helps out the citalopram, who knows? Maybe just not being in constant pain has helped...

Oh, and I'm completely off of beer now. I'm taking three medications that say don't drink (4 if you include my back pills) so I've decided to become a teetotaler. By a coincidence, Pregabalin reduces cravings for things like alcohol, so that's a help, not that I'm a heavy drinker or anything, just the odd beer once and a while.

I'll keep posting for those with an interest in Pregabalin.

Moderate Drug-Drug Interaction

levetiracetam and pregabalin (Moderate Drug-Drug)

MONITOR: Central nervous system- and/or respiratory-depressant effects may be additively or synergistically increased in patients taking multiple drugs that cause these effects, especially in elderly or debilitated patients.

MANAGEMENT: During concomitant use of these drugs, patients should be monitored for potentially excessive or prolonged CNS and respiratory depression. Ambulatory patients should be counseled to avoid hazardous activities requiring complete mental alertness and motor coordination until they know how these agents affect them, and to notify their physician if they experience excessive or prolonged CNS effects that interfere with their normal activities.

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This is probably why the neuro gave me a 'slower' ramp up program, but I, like an idiot, ignored him and went with the standard ramp up and started with 1 and 1 instead of 0 and 1. I am tired but I'm always tired. I'll make sure to taper down if I start feeling rough. Thanks for the heads up.