I've been taking Buspirone (Buspar) on-and-off since summer 2020 (thanks to COVID and all my health anxiety). I went off of briefly in 2021 when I wasn't feeling so anxious anymore but started them again later in the year (mainly due to Omicron surge and an increase in anxiety). In January/February, I was having daily panic attacks, getting like 2 hours of sleep because I was so anxious, constantly thinking I was going to have a heart attack and die. My doctor increased my buspirone to 30mg per day (split into 15mg morning and night) but told me she wouldn't increase it beyond that. In May (and still currently) my anxiety has started to become really bad again - not as bad as earlier in the year but I can see it getting there. I talked to my doctor about it - she said 30mg buspirone is max but I could either try to add magnesium onto that, add Lyrica (pregabalin) or go off the buspirone and start an SSRI. 

I've tried to take magnesium before and didn't really think it did anything (also it causes me some GI issues so not a huge fan).  I'm mildly worried about going off the buspirone in case the SSRI doesn't help or I have horrible side-effects. So I said I'd try the buspirone and lyrica/pregabalin combo.

I did some googling, looked around Reddit, and found a lot of people with really bad experiences with pregabalin (and some of the side-effects listed don't seem great) but I literally can't find anyone who has taken buspirone and pregabalin at the same time. Does anyone have experience with it? The idea is making me even more anxious.