Just as I told you on Sjogren's World, Lyrica caused me (and many others who have said the same thing on forums) to be a Zombie. The sleepiness and dopey feeling was that bad! I also found it didn't help as much as the Neurontin had (but I maxed out on the dose).

Keep in mind that it will take you a LONG time to come off that high of a dose of Neurontin before you can start the Lyrica...which will mean increased pain during this process. I understand why you want to try something different, but it's going to be a difficult process no matter what you end up trying.

Have you had the sleepiness the entire time you've taken Neurontin, or just at the highest dose? If only recently at higher dose, then maybe you can bump it down to where you didn't have the side-effects...and see if you can tolerate your pain at this level again.