This is a bit off topic but then again so is the whole thread
Something I noticed while tapering down off Lyrica to neurontin. Firstly I tapered down from 300mg of Lyrica to 75mg in around a week whilst adding 300mg of neurontin. BOOM----> at these levels my neuro pain has decreased dramatically!

On 300mg of lyrica apart from the awful side effects ie zombie cant get motivated, wild ringing in the ears, dropping things, balance issues , insomnia etc etc , I also had an increase in nuero pain (burning, cramps etc) and I suspect it may have been mild swelling putting pressure on the nerves in my feet. Although my feet weren't physically swollen they felt like they were if that makes sense

Now Im not going to ramp up neurontin either. 300-600mg neurontin in the day and 75mg lyrica at night is perfect with pain at around only a 3.

my point being coming off high doses cause withdrawals which obviously effect the nerves and I nearly went back to my full dose because it was very uncomfortable in the 1st week

Morale... I wonder how many are on high doses that dont need to be? tapering down can send confusing signals so many i guess just stop the process through fear of more pain

If you are on high dose lyrica/neurontin and you still have breakthrough pain then perhaps you dont need the high dosage?

Just something i wanted to share..