Below is my experience on Lyrica. It may not affect anyone else this way. And remember, there are alot of drugs that I cannot take due to their side effects on me. Alot of you probably remember when I tried Topamax *ROFL* it is funny to me now too, but it wasn't at the time. I do know I was highly entertaining to everyone else that was on the other board at the time tho

I was titrated up to 100mgs 3 times a day when I started Lyrica last spring. It seemed to really help take the zipping, zapping & alot of the burn away. I liked what it did for me at first. Then recently it dawned on me that all I did was SLEEP SLEEP SLEEP. And gain the LBS LBS LBS. I have gained about 25lbs & I wasn't skinny to begin with. I hate how much this extra weight has made my clothes fit AARRGGHHH & I hate carrying this weight around on me. I hope I can loose it.

I was on 100mgs 3 times a day and I have become a ZOMBIE. In the morning & I wake at 6am, take meds, maybe drink a cup of coffee before going back to sleep. Then I don't wake until between 10am to noon. Then unless I take 100mgs of Provigil to help me stay awake, if I sit to read or watch TV I doze off & on. After dinner I am lucky if I make it to 8pm before I am back asleep again. So now I am on 75mgs 3 times a day. I asked the doctor on Tuesday to help wean me off of it. So that is what we are doing. I think I would rather have more pain than sleep almost 24/7.

My grandson's don't even ask to come to Grandma's anymore cause it just isn't fun up here anymore. Even my husband agreed when we talked about this last weekend. Something has to give so I am choosing to have more pain if that is what happens after going off Lyrica. But atleast I will have MY life back. I was having one grandson every other weekend before going on Lyrica last spring. I don't want them to be here & all Grandma does is sleep sleep sleep. And I miss my little guys. ALOT. I have 3 grandson's Logan 5, SIlas 4, & Romyn 11 months. I want to enjoy them like I was enjoying.

We will be titrating me off of the meds slowly so as not to have any problems pop up while going off of it. So far so good. I am still sleeping but it has only been a couple of days. And it is still a high enough dose to probably make me remain sleepy for awhile.

I think this is why I have disappeared from my computer until recently as much as I have. My friends don't even hardly email me anymore. I don't answer them back. I have let weeks go by before even checking email this last summer. I just didn't realize how much I was sleeping until the last couple of weeks.

Lyrica is going to be a good drug for alot of people. I just know now, it is not for me. I am on neurontin & will stick with it. I know that 'animal' & it's side effects. I had taken it for Fibro without much help for it, but I went back on it for RSD & it does alot of good for me.

DebbyV