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Originally Posted by Johnsonsyard
Hi Everyone, On the way off Lyrica after awful reactions. Cut by half now but suffering from shortness of breath, pounding chest and head not to mention muscle spasms. Was getting SEVERE headaches ( ended up at Accident and EMERG ) . Have had massage on head , neck and shoulders which massage therapist found to be the toughest she's done and made headaches less severe. Any anxiety I feel is not me as I feel quite calm but body reacting independently ( I know that sounds crazy ) I was born with thickening of pulmonary artery and wonder if I should have been on this at all , but medics deny any link . I think they are covering themselves . Does this situation ring a bell with anyone ?
Regards
Nick
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Hi Nick, I am sure this is the Lyrica. I have found doctors to be rather in the dark re withdrawal side effects from this drug. I spent a year going to specialist physicians, neurologists, hospitals etc before I worked it out myself. You see, while I thought I was literally dying, I slowly got better. Then I linked the Lyrica decrease to my problems. I began to decrease again and within 24 hours was on a downward spiral again. Each time I began to feel a little better after 3-4 weeks of hell, I dropped the dose and fell desperately ill again. I believe there is nothing quite like the agony of withdrawing from this drug. I am sure everyone is slightly different but my withdrawal symptoms were very severe. Some to name a few- extreme nausea, extreme depression, stabbing pain throughout joints, inability to walk and stand for longer than 30mins, felt like my feet were walking with concrete on them, MS symptoms etc etc. I kept a diary and feel like I know a lot about this unfortunate topic, so am happy to talk.
McKenzie