I thank all of you who shared your struggles on this forum, it gave me great comfort in the beginning knowing I was not alone.

I started on Lyrica in the winter of 2006 for fibromyalgia and neuropathy pain. I went toxic on it and had to do a 3 day withdrawal. When I started my withdrawal 20 days ago it was pure hell. I did not think I would survive the ordeal. But I'm still Lyrica free. The first day of coming off of lyrica all my major nerve pain ceased (not the neuropathy though). Lyrica created more pain. (there are several articles on this) My doctor gave me a shot of Oxytocin (Pitocin) for the rebound pain on day 5 and now my pain level is about the same as it was while on the Lyrica.

I ended up the the ER with an over the top heart rate. Turns out that going off the Lyrica sent my Thyroid levels way way up. Since then I quit taking my synthyroid. The shakes, anxiety, chest pains, hot/cold spells, sudden rapid heart rate, lack of appetite and sweating, are now under control. It won't hurt to have your doctor check your THS levels if your heart rate increases.

That said, sadly my mind is now broken. I think differently and have developed all kinds of mental, emotional, cognitive and memory problems. The last 6 months of my life are a blur. There are articles of the effects of Lyrica on the hippocampus that explain why this can happen. So now i pray that my mind will heal.