I've been on Lyrica for 6 weeks. Started at 50 mg. 3 times a day and now upped it to 50 mg. in a.m., 75 mid day and 75 mg at might for total of 200 mg a day. After 6 weeks I'm still having side effects....feeling loopy, hard time forming sentences, slurring words, and short term memory loss. It does help my pain alot. But, seems to need to be increased every few weeks. I'm not sure if I'm going to stay on it. I couldnt tolerate Gabapentin, so next stop is to try Cymbalta.