I have been taking Lyrica for about 7 or 8 years now. I am diabetic and have been since 1969. Before Lyrica I was having pains in my wrists and in my fingers. They were so bad I could not sleep very well. My fingers would go to tingling and then go numb anytime I held a pencil or an eating utensil. For a while Lyrica helped with the pain of my ankles. Now all that is gone with the help of Lyrica. Lately the pain in my ankles has returned with much intensity. I am now on three 75 mg pills a day. I can tell in a short while if I have forgotten to take my Lyrica. I get chills and I get irritable at anything or anyone. Even if I am taking it on time and don't forget to take it, I have memory loss and my common sense is awful. My book sense is still sharp but my life memory and immediate memory is unreliable. I am so forgetful. I can do something and in a moment do not remember if I did it or not. My memory is such that sometimes I can not tell between a dream and reality. The always sleepy thing is my daily life. I can fall asleep in a minute at any given time if I am not busy doing something. On occasion I find myself waking up here at my desk. I can be sitting here thinking of something and soon those thoughts are what I am dreaming about. I have paranoia spells once in a while. I had no idea Lyrica was the culprit to all this until I looked it up recently. I put up with these things because the pain in my wrists and fingers was incredible. Just recently my doctor told me my constant sleepiness could be caused by Lyrica.