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Old 10-06-2013, 10:04 AM
Dragonlilly Dragonlilly is offline
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Well at least I know why I'm sick as a dog... I have been on Lyria for more than 5 years for fibromyalgia. In general it has worked very well for me, although not as much in the past year. I've had more breakthrough flares.
About 4 months ago I developed what is currently diagnosed as an atypical neuralgia that makes it nearly impossible for me to talk. It has ruined my life. As my job involved tons of talking, I have been on medical leave for the past 8 weeks. Finally ended up with a neurologist who is attempting to treat the problem. He prescribed Trileptal, and had me taper off the Lyrica. Because I had researched withdrawal, I was expecting some problems. Right. Down from 450mg to 150mg, within 2 weeks. That was not so bad. Then he said to stop.
Not.

Symptoms include:
Nausea
Profuse sweating
Depression
Lethargy
Itching
Chills
Crying

I will call him in the morning and insist the taper be done more slowly. In the meantime I'm just going to take a pill.
The good news is that my neuralgia is better. Not gone, but better.
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