I have had really good results with Lyrica. I take 120 mgs at bedtime. At one point I ran out and had to wean off of it. The nerve pain was unimaginable. I hadn't realized how well it worked until I didn't have it.

However, the weight gain is nothing to sneeze about. I heard on the news tonight that 95% of all overweight people can loose weight. You sure as heck don't hear about people that take 3-4 pills daily that have weight gain as side effects. I wonder how many people on these diet and exercise shows have to take meds like we do. Would they take unhealthy people like us onto their shows and show us how to exercise and loose weight? No! Their liability insurances wouldn't allow it. Sorry my rant for the night.

Thanks again for all of you that have responded to my thread.