Leslie

Go to www.askapatient.com and type in Lyrica and it will list people who have tried it and how it effected them. There may not be very many posts since this is a newer drug, but it's worth a try!

TC N Hugs Judy

YES! I gained weight on this drug,and had headaches like crazy...after about 5 or weeks i noticed my feet and ankles were swelling i could hardly walk.Called Dr.and had to get fluid off my body. But for short time it did make the pain better...I just don't think this Med. was for me.Hope this helps you. Becky

i got it today but am not going to try it yet . i just started cymbalta and its kicking my butt not taking it tonite . and not starting the lyicra either.

I took Lyrica for about one month and during the last week it bagan to make me crazy. It affected my perception of reality so that I thought people were talking to me and when I would go to answer them I realized it was all in my mind. Then , on the way to the doc's office, I got totally lost even though I had been going there for three years. I finally made it to his office, in tears, and he took me off of it right away. I'm sure it helps some people and it is the first med to be approved for fibro specifically, but it did not work out for me.

Good luck to you. I really hope it works.

Hugs, Jan

I just started it yesterday. It took awhile but it did help on my pain. It also made me foggy, but hopefully that is just a temporary side effect. Today, it seems to have alreay kicked in and I took it approximately 2 hours ago. But, this pain I am taking it for has been very severe for 5 months. I am able(already!) to get up off a chair without my walker to pull myself up with!

my doctor just gave me Lyrica yesterday and I am wondering the same things as you. The side effects are scarry! He told me to weight to start taking it until I get back the results of the blood tests that they are running.

They took five vials of blood and apparently they are running tons of tests.

what kinds of side effects have you all had who have taken this?

My aunt took it for a whyle and she said that she got rashes on her arms and then broosing. She said that it looked like someone had grabed her very hard on both arms, patchy dark brooses all over.

I am also scared of the possible mental side effects!
I need to be able to take care of my baby!

My pain mgt. Dr gave me a rx and I had it filled and he was very honest with me and told me up front I should not gain any more than 10 pounds. All I could hear was 10 pounds and the logical side of my poorly functioning brain was saying but Holly if it helps your pain, but my vain side of my brain was saying but what if your still in pain and you have a really big butt. I got it filled and do not have the nerve to take it. Am I insane. I don't tolerate meds well at all and this is a really bad time of year to be experimenting. Also, Im with you guys, I suffer from vertigo already and he said the med would add to that symptom. That would be great. Im a big scardy cat. My older sis suffers from migraines and she took it for a short time and it made her higher than a kite. I would love to feel like she acted, but she acted a little crazy and thankfully she got off of them because, guess why, she gained 5 pounds. She said she didn't have a single migraine while she took them.

I took it for a month and didn't like its effect on me. i would literally fall asleep talking to people, was very out of it, just not worth what little pain relief it gave. hope your experience is better than mine.

Like i said,iT really helps with the pain,but the side effects are not worth it!I have a hard time as it is with Meds. Chashing Health...seems like we will do about anything to get rid of this Horrible PAIN!Becky

I take lyrica i didn't gain anyweight,i get a little high when i take it and drink caffeine i have notice.when i was on cymbalta and lyrica i was always falling or losing my balance

TRIED IT, NOT FOR ME, 2WEEKS IN FEET WERE SWELLING AND FELT HORRIBLE, BAD TASTE IN MOUTH. THEY SAY IT'S THE MIRACLE PILL FOR FIBRO AND THAT IS NOT TRUE, OUR BODIES ARE SO DIFFERENT AND OUR AFFECTS ARE DIFFEERANT FROM EACH OTHER. I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY KNOW THIS DRUG, IT'S LIKE THE PLACBO AFFECT FOR THEM, JUST B/C A FEW LIKE IT IT MUST BE THE MIRACLE CURE...STUPD COW POOP....HOPE THIS HELPS...HELEN

Lyrica is one weird drug sister. It is very hard to tolerate. I've been on it for about 3 weeks now, it's awesome for pain. Today I took my kids to the park 3 hours after I took it and I swear I feel drunk. It's like the world is sideways. It does make me very confused and tired. I'm hoping it gets better. I take 150mg once/day. My Rheum wrote the scrip for twice. I can't tolerate it twice/day.

I have been on Lyrica for sometime now and I find the it does help. little foggy now and then but not that much worse. I think it helps --- no weight gain. donaP

I went to that askapatient website that JudyS recommended (reply #1) and there was very few people with anything good to say about LYRICA. There were a lot of people with scary side effects.
I have to be able to function well enough to take care of my baby. What if I get dizzy and fall while holding him or drop him or meny of the other side effects that seam like they could endanger him? I am really scared to try this.

sorry if it seams like I am hijacking your post leslie. I hope we can both/all find some real answers. I don't want to be a guinea pig.

I've been taking it for about 6 weeks. It has helped my pain very much. Nothing else really helped.I was very sleeply for about the first 3 or 4 weeks. I'm afraid I have been hungry while taking it and have gained some weight. I'm going to try and get that under control but wouldn't even consider not taking Lyrica and going back to the pain I was in 24 hours a day. Everyone is different so you could try it - that doesn't mean you have to keep taking it.
Hope that helps,
sandi RN