hi there, I was on Lrica and it worked within a month but everyone is different, have you tried other med's like savello or gabapentin, they are similar to lyrica.. I pray it gets better for you. The other thing is are you on Predisone , and a fluid pill , like furosimide , or Lasix. Sometimes combining these help. Keep in touch isabee

Hi Mark , Lyrica has been my miracle drug . I take the same amount as you but it sounds like your doctor needs to increase your dosage . I would call them this morning ans ask.

Also there is a tiny little bottle of med I use for my feet for pain . It's in the dietbetic isle at cvs or Walgreens . It's kind of expensive but when you see how long it last it's not . The name of its Neruagen .awesome stuff . My daughter uses it for her dietbetic feet too.

i am weird or something because my feet are fine, my pain is from my knees to my ankles. doctors look at me and just shake there heads

Mark,
You're not weird- I have peri neurpahty and my pain is from my knees to my ankles too- my feet have no sensation in them.

You are on a low dose of Lyrica. I take the max dose of 600ng.day and it helps my pain so well (I also take it for fibro pain). You may want to ask your doctor if you can increase it.

But there is also Gappentin (Neurontin) which might help you better. Some people find Savella helps their pain better. Everyone is different.
I hope you find relief soon. It's never fun to be in pain.

Sandy

I am new to this site. I have tinnitus, anxiety and depression. My chronic pain is nerve pain head to toe. cold makes me sting and burn, the heat makes me sting and burn all over. I was bad but worse after neck surgery, taken off a lot of drugs very quickly so was going through severe withdrawal when given the MRI which I think started the tinnitus. I got better for a little while, now my pain is usually an 8 and can go up to 10 if everything attacks me at once. I can handle muscle pain but not this all over burning. It has even started burning in the worst places you would want it to burn. It's been 5 years, 3 of which have been unbearable

I want to add I have been on high doses of Lyrica which was suppose to help with the burn - didn't. Gabapentin worked years ago and I got totally better and back to work. Don't think 'savella is available in 'canada. I"m scared, warm weather is coming and last year I had a breakdown from the pain.

i tried gabapentin i have tried everything at least twice, when my doctor upped me to 150 mg my feet swelled up in a matter of days. so i started at 75mg for 2 months then 150mg and my feet swelled so he dropped me to 100mg twice a day and im on my 2nd month at that dose

Hi hun,

I am so sorry that you are having so much trouble! It sounds like since this is the 3rd try with this drug and it is not working that you need to ask your doctor to switch you to something else. When I read what you posted about the third try with Lyrica and no success that is what prompted me to tell you to ask the MD to switch you to a different med. From what you describe it sounds like Lyrica is not your drug. Best of luck and keep us posted on what you are going to do next. We are here for you no matter what!!

i have tried everything, im running out of time i cant take the pain anymore. i just came back from my 10 block walk and im dying. i dont think im going to make it.

So sorry you are going through this. I reacted to Lyrica after two weeks so off and was on 2700 mg. Gabapentin which helped with the nerve pain for awhile. I have nerve pain and a brain tumor and cannot take most narcotics as react. My pain is only from my neck to my knees. Sometimes the pharmacist can advice you better then the physicians as that is their training. Mine has saved me more then once. The only way I get through the pain is with deep slow vreathing and visualization. My fur babies help. Without these techniques I go into a vagal response with my body shutting down. I wish I could be of more help. Keep us posted.
Joanne

Hi Mark.

My rheumatologist increased my Lyrica to 300 mg a day. It has also been my miracle drug. When he put me on that dose, he also prescribed Maxzide(diiuretic) to prevent swelling. It worked very well.

Would your doctor prescribe a mild diuretic to counteract this side effect?

hello mark, im sorry the drugs arent helping you, i hope in time they will start to kick in so you can have relief (((hugs)))

I have been on Lyrica for about 3 yrs now, for sciatica, restless leg syndrome and fibromyalgia. At first, I thought it helped tremendously. Especially, for the restless leg syndrome. I am now on 150mg twice a day, but I'm not so sure it is helping. I also have swelling in my feet and ankles, but I do take a diuretic to help with the fluid problem.

Thing is, I have tried to stop taking Lyrica on 2 occasions, even weaned off slowly. When I was off of it, I felt horrible. The sciatica got way out of control and I felt like I was in a continuous state of "withdrawals". So I wound up going back on it. I guess maybe it does work, afterall.

I have been on lyrica 2 different times-worked great in 09, but terrible constipation. Stopped and went on gabapentin-when dose upped, got terrible heartburn. Went back on lyrica in 2011-doesn't work as well now, as pain in everywhere(have oa and fibro too), but does help with nerves and to sleep. Hard to find something that goes for the long term. Hope this helps. Also, with swollen feet with lyrica, you need to call Dr. and probably get off. This is a serious side effect. Fibrohyg

I tried Lyrica for my RSD, but it was no help at all.

Have you asked your doc about SCS?