yes it is also helping me and I seem to be hungry all the time - so I keep some veggies on hand to munch on - have to watch it tho. Hugs and have a good night donaP

I know how you feel. I take prednisone for RA and I am hungry all the time. Even when my stomach is full from having just eaten I have real hunger pains - I have put on 45 lbs in the last year. I can't wait to be off this drug even tho it helps me tremendously. Hopefully you will figure out a way to keep taking the med, while dealing with the hunger. I don't know what the answer is, but there has to be something - it's just not fair to find a drug that finally helps you but at the same time creates another problem! Good luck, I hope you find a solution...hugs jilly

The commercial should say it doesn't help everyone.

Guess it is human nature to wish all meds would work wonders, but it isn't so. My DW Pink tried Lyrica with no luck at all, she is on neurontin.

Sometimes I feel guilty it helps me and not her.

Don't despair, talk with your doctor and try something else, never lose hope that something will work for you.

Ouch

Does anyone else get night-time sugar cravings and any suggestions for handling them?

I also have what I affectionatly (LOL) call sleep-eating...waking up to discover I have eaten (usually something sweet) and not realizing I have eaten!!

Lyrica is giving me the munchies big time too. I could eat everything in site. It all sounds good. It has helped my pain. What is helping me is drinking flavored water, chewing gum and hard candy. I lso bought some low cal snacks. I actually have been feeling so much better that I am walking everyday. I am going to stick with it for awhile longer. How much Lyrica are you taking?

That is One Drug I had never tried...and after reading everyones statements about it I am glad I had not the chance to...I am 45 pounds overweight...and my cholesterol is thru the roof...so the last thing I need is More Weight...these meds help in one area and seem to hurt another area...I wish they could find something with a nice balance...tho there ARE days I wish I could take meds....after reading all the Side effects I am glad I cannot...we have so many battles to fight already it seems....sigh

I'm on 100 mg twice sometimes 3 times a day. Today I woke up and my legs feel so heavy (not to mention fat!) I went to Target last night and bought a bunch of lite yogurt, cottage cheese, fruit. I do better with protein and I noticed it keeps me full longer, especially the yogurt. Still, though, I had a dream last night that I was a cook in a restaraunt and it was my job to cook pancakes and sausage!! I am dreaming of food for goodness sakes!! I have my first appointment with a Neurologist at a Pain Med Clinic in Minneapolis. I am hoping he will have a solution. I really don't want to have to go on Narcotics especially if there is something that is nonnarcotic that does work. Good timing for my appointment. I hope I don't have to get weighed!! I'm afraid I'll go into a deep depression:):(.

I used to always Google any med my doctor wanted me to go on to see if weight gain was a side-effect. The problem with it being one is that the med causes your body's weight 'set-point' to be turned up and you gain weight regardless. Your hungry because your body wants to gain weight and what it wants, it gets.

Dreaming about food would drive me nuts!!

Ya know it must have something in it like Pot does I feel?? I have a sample I found during Thanksgiving and will take it only cause I can not take the pain. After several minutes?? I am thinking of whats in the fridge.

6 ONE WAY HALF DOZEN THE OTHER.EITHER WAY IT WOULD BE UNHEALTHY FOR YOU. NO ONE NEEDS THE WT. GAIN TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS IN OUR ALREADY HURT BODIES.....ARE YOU GONNA TRY TO SWITCH TO SOMETHING ELSE?....LOVE.H.

I just started lyrica. I am on 50 mg twice a day. My doctor is weening me on to avoid side effects b/c he says it helps with the pain. But I am hearing so many negative things about it. Especially with the weight gain. Has anyone had any luck with the Lyrica?

This is the same issue I have with the steroids and the marijuana tho luckily the weed doesnt cause the bloat like the steroids do. I was gonna ask neuro to try the Lyrica but after reading so much about it and its side effects I think instead will break down and ask for the morphine (been putting it off for a year)

I am going to try and take 100 mg 1 x daily until my first appt at a pain clinic next week. I am going to ask him what he thinks I should do. I sure hope he has an answer. It's evening and I have only taken that one dose, and I'm really sore right now. I might break down and take another one. I can't stand this pain!! I want to say to those who have not tried it, or who just started taking it, to know that I really don't think everyone gains weight on it. I think it's the fact that it does certainly increase ones appetite, but I believe it's the extra calories that have made me gain the weight. So that's not as the same as the Lyrica being responsible. The fact that it is working for me for the pain, just might make me eat a lot less so I can keep taking it, because I honestly feel it's a calorie issue. I don't want anyone to not try this because they hear posts like mine...the fact is there are many people who are not experiencing significant side effects. My post is just a venting, and don't want to discourage anyone to at least try it, because it does help a lot of people with the pain, me included!

I learned something interesting today about lyrica from my doc. I have extreamly low blood pressure and I noticed that it was slightly up and so I asked if any of my meds could raise it and he said yes lyrica because it has salt in it so guess where some of the weight is coming from yup water weight from retention due to salt. Thought I would pass on that little gem of info
TAM

Thanks for that Tam!! I wonder what the heck salt is doing in it?