Lyrica Reviews (Page 2)

I have herniated discs and sciatica. I was referred to a pain management doctor, who prescribed Lyrica. After reading all of these posts, and finding out the side effects, I'm not sure I want to take this medicine. Has anyone had good results with Lyrica, without these side effects?

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Can I take other pain medication with Lyrica?

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The Doc put me on these when my mammy passed 5 mounths ago should I take these

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I`ve only recently begun taking Lyrica ,but ,ugh! this drug has me spaced out ,not able to sleep ,but then crashing whilst having breakfast (Spilled hot tea over myself:(..My water works feel like their inflamed/irritated ,and the urge is dreadful.! I also have a nasty pain under my ribcage.Anyone else experience this?? Would this subside over time ,or should I go with instinct and quit now ,before I become hooked? thanks!
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(It`s making me miserable ,seeing my dr wed ,going to ask to come off:(

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I took my 1st 100g lyrica capsule last night..About 13 hr. ago. I am supposed to take another now but think I'll wait as I feel like I'm on a 3 beer buzz, on the edge of stumbling around. I do think it has helped my pain some already. I can walk farther without stopping to wait for the pain in my back,hips and legs to subside. For now I think I will just take the one pill at night until I get used to it.

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I've never taken 100mg in a day. I wouldn't be able to handle it.
My doc gave me 25's at first and had me work up to 75 mg a day. (50 at night and 25 in the morning.) After a time I realized that the 50 at night does just fine for me and I only take the 25 in the morning if I'm having a very bad attack of trigeminal neuralgia.
You might ask for a lower dose to start with.

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As my side effects are so severe ,would you recommend a smaller dose ,(I`m on 150mgs x2 day) ,or as I`ve experienced such a reaction ,would you say it was better to go with an alternative?Thanks.

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If my side effects were that severe I would contact my Dr. Today I only feel like a 2 beer buzz or Maybe I'm getting used to it. I'm still only taking the 1 pill at night. Most of the time I could not walk to my mail box and back without pain. Today I walked to the end of the block and the pain did not get me until I was almost back. To me being able to walk at least some distance without pain is a God send and I will deal with my buzz as long as it does not worsen.

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That's dreadfull I spoke with my docter today and he said all drugs have a few side affects .this one must folk space out I couldn't drive of them he said I will try you a diffrent one asked for a pain killer as well but said not many I can have.help crazy .

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I have been on Lyrica fpr about 3 months now and yes I will say that it did initially help the neurotic pain I have been having in my feet, since my back surgery 4 years ago. But after the first month I started having terrible itching on my scalp, which got so bad, that the skin on my scalp started blistering and peeling. I went to a dermatologist and he said that it was seborreah dermititis and to stop scratching. That, of course was next to impossible and the peeling got so bad that I now have several bald spots. But the worse was yet to come. It started on the back of my knees and now covers my entire legs, feet, back and stomach. It started out first as tiny blisters, that popped as soon as you tou hed them. Now it has progressed to big welts, that also pop and become bigger and very painful. I am now seeing an immunologist, who is weening me off the Lyrica, in hopes that will resolve this horrible condition.. My advise is do not take Lyrica, if you have hypersensitive skin like me. I am absolutely miserable and go back the immunologist tomorrow and pray that he will give me some prednisone or something to at least slow this horrible progression down.

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You should definitely NOT drink alcohol with this medication. I learned the hard way by thinking that since I had not taken my dosage for that day that it would be ok to drink very weak Casino drinks...WRONG...It caused my blood sugar to drop and I passed smooth out. Another time was when I didn't know I wasn't supposed to drink alcohol with it because my Dr. didn't mention that due to the fact that I rarely drink. BIG MISTAKE....I almost passed out again and had to leave the bar and go sit in my car the rest of the night because I couldn't even drive, thank God I had GOOD friends to sit with me. DON'T DRINK ON THIS MEDICATION.!!!

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In reading people's issues with Lyrica, I didn't see my worst one; surely I'm not the only one! I get one (1!) 10mg oxy hcl/day but there's no quality of life and if I have anything to do, I'm gonna hurt. Something to do a couple or three days in a row... I can't walk. If I manage to get mobile, I can't stand up straight. I will say, Lyrica kicks that pain. Too bad I can't enjoy it. I took it this time around 8pm, so didn't go to sleep right away; trying to avoid side effects. No such luck. Didn't get out of bed until 10:00am and I was woozy, spinny. But the worst part? It turns me into a psychotic, raging, b****! And this is used as a mood stabilizer? I've had this happen too many times; NO MORE LYRICA.

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Can lyrica cause swelling in the feet and legs? I'm finding it hard standing due to weakness in my knee. I'm taking lyrica 75 mg twice a day.

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Oooooooooh Lyrica! Let me share my experience with Lyrica. First of all I will say it is in fact the ONLY Rx that has completely taken my nerve pain away. However... the side effects I experienced were awful!! I experienced that "Lyrica Fog" to an extreme! I literally dreamed more clearly than I could see or think when I was awake (which wasn't often) but unfortunately I was experiencing horrible dreams! One of my dreams consisted of me swimming in my own blood in a waterbed while I was trying to find where I was bleeding from! I tried to tolerate this "Fog" and even the bad dreams because everyone kept saying it would pass... Then just about 9 days on the prescription I had walked into the kitchen and someone left a pair of kitchen shears on the counter, I picked them up to put them away and I started imagining myself slashing my wrists with them. I could see it in my head, blood so red everywhere and pouring out of my arms and onto the kitchen floor, no pain. And no feelings about it whatsoever!! My son was in the kitchen also, he noticed that I had frozen and was staring ahead with the shears in my hand. He tried speaking to me but said I didn't respond so he approached me and took the shears out of my hand. I wasn't aggressive or angry or in any way upset, it just felt like I was having trouble with deciphering dreams from reality and my dreams were terribly morbid!! I am afraid if I had stayed on Lyrica I may have hurt myself or someone else unintentionally but after that incident I stopped taking it!!!! Never have I had a med affect my brain like that before!! SCARY!!!! NO THANK YOU!!!

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