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Posted 2/5/2011 4:02 PM (GMT 0)
Just started Lyrica last night. I feel wipped out in the head.  I got up today alot faster.  That I know was the med. working.

Just wondering if the head thing will level off.  I feel drowses!!! 

Posted 2/5/2011 4:27 PM (GMT 0)
I felt drunk the first 3 or 4 days I took it. Was on it for 3 months, the side effects went away and I kept the numbing sensation in my right leg/foot but the pain went away. As soon as it was time for next dosage my body knew it. I decided to go off of it because I worried about long term side effects. You know how information comes out a few years down the road about bad side effects of drugs and that scared me. I haven't taken it for about 5 months and my symptoms are currently TERRIBLE because I also have an inflammed sciatica so I am considering going back on but I am going to have my steroid injection for sciatica first and see how much relief I get. Many people have good results with lyrica.
Posted 2/5/2011 6:04 PM (GMT 0)
Sawa, thanks for writing back. I feel really sleepy. I don't like this feeling. But I took one last night and I got out of bed so much faster. That was just one pill. Wow
I do hope this foggy brain thing will go away. I am like you, this is a brain pill. That is scary.
Bye the way, it is so expensive. OMG
I am afraid I will get use to it, and then not be able to buy it. Scary
Thanks again,
Marilyn
Posted 2/5/2011 7:40 PM (GMT 0)
Lyrica, savells and cymbalta did not work for me, always drunk feeling. I hope lyrica works for you!!!!
Posted 2/5/2011 8:34 PM (GMT 0)
Denise, so the drunk feeling didn't go away for you? Darn
I don't like things that pull me down. Do you take anything eles?
Posted 2/5/2011 9:40 PM (GMT 0)
I never had any bad side effects from Lyrica. It just crapped out after a while so he added cymbalta. You have to play around with your medicine. If you take it once a day, pay attention to how if makes you feel in the morning, night, etc. I have to take my cymbalta at 2:45 in the afternoon. If I take it too close to bed time, it keeps me up at night. If I take it in the morning, I am tired WAY before bed time. So, yah, try taking it different times of the day if you can. And give it a good month or 2 before you give up in it. I know it sounds like a long time but you'd regret if if it would end up workin for you. Good luck :-)
Posted 2/6/2011 1:45 AM (GMT 0)
SAWA- If you have sciatica try NOW brand Magnesium, calcium,vit D and zinc combo. It does work
wonders. I've been back on it for about a month now and most of the pain is gone and the leg tingling
and numbness is subsiding. I work on my feet for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week and it helps tremendously.

Nana Monster
Posted 2/6/2011 2:59 AM (GMT 0)
I didn't tolerate any of the "fibro" meds, got side effects that weren't worth any little pain reduction. I felt better when I got off each of them!

The only thing that helps me is tramadol. It raises serotonin along with reducing pain, although I wish it would reduce pain even better and last longer. Tramadol instant release elevates mood and wakes me up. I take 3 instant-release (the regular one) during the day about 4 hours apart. It keeps me awake, so it's no good at night, so I take one extended release (also generic and cheap) at 8 or 9 PM. Then it's Ambien to get to sleep.

In the morning I can at least make it to the kitchen for the morning tramadol and coffee.
Posted 2/7/2011 6:04 PM (GMT 0)
I've been on Gabepentin, very much like Lyrica but a generic version. It's very inexpensive. And I don't think it has the weight gain side effect. I have had no trouble with it causing me a foggy head. I do notice it tamps down the pain. Sometimes thought the pain rears it's ugly head anyway, especially when I am stressed out. but I think the pills help it be less intense.
Good luck with the lyrica and getting the adjustments right.
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