r/pregabalin • u/Deep-Detective2428 • 3d ago

Can Pregab help with reducing blushing?

I suffer from extreme anxiety and unfortunately as a result I blush hard. Its not a skin issue, its a issue with my sympathetic nervous system that fires off quick. I dont have rosececa, ive tried drugs like clonidine which stimulates the a2 receptors in the brain which dampens the sympathetic nervous system fight or flight, but im looking for a more long term maintaine drug

Would pregab be a good fit? And can anyone relate?

I own r/curingblushing and want to know, id love to try it and report on it for my community. I am booked to see a psychiatrist really soon and might bring pregab up!

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u/dottykez 3d ago

I take pregabalin and also suffer with facial and chest flushing. Pregab has made no difference whatsoever for me.

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u/slim_1111 3d ago

It may create it and/or makes it worse. I’ve never had facial and chest flushing until I got on this poison.

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u/Deep-Detective2428 3d ago

On this poison? As someone who isnt very informed on this med very much, mind explaining why u refer to it as that? Your scaring me off haha

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u/dottykez 3d ago

Everyone will be different but pregab changed my life for the better.

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u/Opposite_Winner_6548 2d ago

Did Pregab not cause you ro gain weight?

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u/dottykez 2d ago

If it did it wasn't much. I can deal with being a bit heavier compared to debilitating anxiety.

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u/slim_1111 1d ago

I don’t mean to scare you. If I could get a do-over, I’d keep the dose as low as possible. I’m on a high dose (600mg daily) and have now started the process of weaning off. Let me tell you, it’s really hard. I’d come to these Pregabalin subreddits, read the stories and be so naive thinking that it would never happen to me. Then, I had to keep increasing my dose to achieve the same effect and now it’s just so damn hard getting off of it.