I was on Lyrica for about a year give or take a month or two. I gained about 25lbs total all in the first 2 months. Then leveled off. I started to gain again about 9 months into it & decided it wasn't really helping me any. The side effects were worse than any gain I had from taking it. I was always sleeping. I would sit down to read or watch TV & I slept. And I have RSD in both feet so I sit alot. I had no energy & was lethargic. The reason I didn't gain too much after the first couple of months is because I stopped eating constantly. It made me more hungry & I just can't afford to gain weight as I am a bit over weight anyway. Once I quit taking it I started to loose the extra pounds by watching more closely what I ate & when I ate.

I take Neurontin. I am on a high dose of it & my PM doc was hoping by talking Lyrica I could come off Neurontin or atleast lower my dose. Even while on Lyrica I couldn't lower my dose of Neurontin. I had no problems coming off Lyrica but then I was on a low dose anyway. 50mgs 3 times a day is all. When on a higher dose I never stayed awake. I am completely happy with Neurontin. It helps with the burning pain & also with the numbness & heavy feeling in my feet. I am glad to be off Lyrica & have been off for almost a year now. I also have Fibromyalgia & it didn't seem to help that at all either. RSD pain mostly over rides the Fibro pain anyway now.

Good luck going off of it.

DebbyV