Lyrica is awful. I personally don't know anyone who has managed to take it. Gabapentin on the other hand is much easier to manage to take. When they altered the main drug (its in the same class) to come up with Lyrica, I don't know what they did, but yuck. Plus now they say Lyrica doesn't work.

There are many other possible medications that can help, but more important is to do physical therapy and desensitization to help "re-train" the brain and improve functionality for long term use of your body.