Originally Posted by AussieDebbie

I've been on Lyrica now for almost a year. When I first started taking it I experienced a constant headache. Not quite a migraine, but annoying. My Doctor assured me that it should go away with time and to hang in there a while longer, which I did. About 2 weeks into taking it, the headaches went away.

I now experience brain fog most of the time. I have good and bad days, but overall it's not too bad. I also get some blurred vision, sometimes, but it doesn't worry me as I know it's not permanent and just an effect from Lyrica.

The positives for me outweigh the negatives. Lyrica doesn't tend to get rid of the burning pain so much, or the stinging, for that I take Tramadol which does the trick quite well.

What Lyrica does for me is take away, completely, the electric shock type pain, the shooting pain. It helped a little (perhaps 40%) with the other pain, burning etc.

So for me, Lyrica does the shooting, electric pain. Tramadol takes care of the rest. Together they do a good job of keeping my pain bareable, and I'm able to function.

Hope that's of some help. But, as always, it's an individual journey. I'd encourage you to stick it out for at least 3 weeks before giving up on it, if you try it. Once the initial symptoms start to disappear the amount of pain relief you can expect will be evident.