Lyrica

I've been taking Lyrica for over 5 years and at first it really made a difference. I 've been in a bad flare for almost 2 weeks. Which is long for me. I could be due increase in symtoms because of seasonal depression but it started me thinking. I have heard others say that Lyrica stopped working for them. I was wondering if that is true. Has anyone else had an experience with that? Is there any other drugs I could take instead? Sure glad to find you guys.

Does lyrica do anything for mood stabilization and or depression?

Acheybody, Lyrica works on the pain aspect of Fibro only. I've seen it given on the orthopedic floor I was on for my knee replacement. It helps relieve neuromuscular pain for people with accidental bone fractures where there is alot of muscular damage. Unfortunaltly I saw my pain doc last week and forgot to ask. I can't believe I forgot talk about fog. Thanks for all your input guys.

I'm 21 now, but when I was on Lyrica I was 18. When I took it it worked for about a month, however I found it difficult to function because I felt drugged. After that month, it actually made my pain WAY worse! I would wake up feeling like somebody had drilled huge holes into my hipbones with a powerdrill and then set them on fire. It was awful. Then, it went away the moment I stopped taking it.

some other anti-convulsant meds out of the pregabalin and gabapentin class that may help with pain of many sources and potentate opioids: oxcarbazepine"Trileptal", like Tegretol or Carbatrol but without needing frequent CBC blood test. lamotrigine"Lamictal" has pain-relief properties, one of the CNS receptors it works on is the Sigma opioid receptor that might be the reason but it also has action on glutamate receptors and NMDA similar to methadone or levorphanol or dextromethoraphan. tiagabine"Gabitril" is a GABAergic like benzo's but it is a GABA re-uptake inhibitor. GABA is a inhibitory neurotransmitter that is also a amino acid you can take in supplement form, it's 50/50 on if that will change the amount that becomes active. Glycine is another inhibitory-neurotransmitter/amino acid and some new medications are near release to market that are Glycine Re-uptake inhibitors ect. a new drug about to be released called Stedesa by Sepracor Pharmaceuticals (same as Lunesta) generic: escilcarbazepine acetate. related to carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine it blocks voltage-gated sodium channels. that makes brain neurons less excitable. i took gabapentin and trileptal together 3200mg/900mg per day divided and it helped much like Lyrica but with Lyrica you get results at lower doses so less adverse effects than dosing gabapentin up high. Keppra, Zonegran, and Topamax all could help, maybe? benzodiazepines like Klonopin or Ativan can help fibro-spectrum pain very well. I believe you can form a tolerance to Lyrica and a withdrawal condition if you stop abruptly. only some people get the withdrawal symptoms like anxiety. i was on 150mg 2 times per day and because of weight gain dropped it down to 75mg q12hours. it is probably a good med as new meds go.

i AM SO SORRY FOR EVERYONE WHO IS SUFFERING OUT THERE LYrica DOES NOT WORK AND IS A DANGEROUS DRUG. SERIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE FIBRO MORE THEN LIKELY YOU HAVE LYME DISEASE... AND THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TREATMENT NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE HAS TO TELL YOU. BECAUSE FOR 10 YRS I SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF MERCYLESS DOCTORS AND WAS MISDIAGNOSED WITH EVERYTHING IN THE BOOK TILL I FINALLY RELIZED IT WAS LYME DISEASE MY ENTIRE LIFE. IT TOOK ME GETTING BITEN AGAIN AND ALMOST DYING FOR SOMEONE TO RELIZE THIS