Hi Katie and Welcome,

I assume you are on Lyrica for your RSD Pain and or spams, jerk, jolts/It is in the anti-convulsive family of meds. Many like myself were given Neurotin and then changed over to the newer one Lyrica. Both have the side affect of gaining weight for most people. I had dailey electric jolts,thru the brain, jerks and spasms in my limbs. Was on 3200 mg. of Neurotin and then changed to Lyrica 400 mg which seems to help a little better for the pain. I had always been very very active in sports of various kinds and small, so the weight gain was really hard to adjust to. I asked to try and go off of it after about 5 years. Very slowly Took about 3 months and so far no jerks, etc. I'm so happy. They made me tired, sleepy, lacked energy too. I've lost 20 lbs so far and am happy about that. But if my electric jolts thru the brain come back, I would go back on. They were very violent and scary.

I have full body 12 years, following surgery. How long for you? This forum is full of wonderful caring compassionate RSDers. Please join in any time you feel up to it. Take care, Loretta