With the amantadine out of my system and with things feeling better, I tried the Lyrica for pain. Also a no go for this body I'm afraid. After 3 doses of the stuff my fingers and toes were like little sausages and muscle pain had increased rather than decreased. Also had increased dizziness and blurred vision so I've scratched that med off the list of possibilities as well.

I'll have another consult with the MS neuro on the 20th of this month so until then, I'm going to stick with meditation, stretching, Baclofen for spasticity and Ibuprofen for the pain and inflammation...and time off from work. Although my guts don't like the Ibuprofen it is far easier to deal with those side effect symptoms than with those created by the Lyrica.

It is frustrating to be back where I started; as I am still dealing with pain, spasticity and narcoleptic-type fatigue (almost face planted into my bowl of soup yesterday), but it is sure better than what I was experiencing while on these drugs.

"Feeling better" is relative...the devil that you know is better than the one that you don't .

With love, Erika