Sleepless Nights/itching

My God, where do i start, I was put on Lyrica 5 months ago to help relieve Fibromyalgia/arthritus pain.... its all i was every on, in 10 weeks i gained 15 pounds, over time my entire body hurt like hell, no sleep at night at all.. i was a zombie, it got worse, my eyesight, especially at night was worse. I knew something was happening but couldnt really put my finger on it. The itching was horrendous. Now, im not a sick lady, my knee pain got worse, i was told at age 65 i neede a walker, going from a healthy active person to toatll disbelief as to what was happening to me... i wish there was a law suit, id get on the band wagon.. please, please be careful taking this med. I started off on 75mg per day, nothing was happening, nothing, no difference, then went to 150 mg. per day, my life was a mess. I took myself off LYRICA 2 WEEKS AGO, IM STARTING TO FEEL SOME NORMALCY AGAIN, STILL ITCHING, BUT NOT NEARLY AS BAD. Thank goodness for these forums and technology today... Never will i take this pill agin, crazy i was...

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I'm sorry about what you've been through.

The one thing that it's always best to remember is that you know your body better than anyone else and that includes your doctor(s), regardless of how many years they've spent studying. They learn generic details about average people, they will never know you as well as you do.

Learn more Lyrica details here.

I'm glad you're feeling better though, are things still improving?

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This is such a cool site to help with health issues.. Thank you sooo much for reply. I'am slowly getting back to my old self. Actually i had been on 75mg. of Lyrica to start and then wasnt feeling any difference and Dr. raised the dose to 300 mg. per day, which was a huge jump. I learned the hard way, im still itching but i believe thats from going cold turkey and abruptly stopping the pills. Probably shame on me, i couldnt stand itslowly im liking myself again and so is my Daughter...lol...

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