Amazing You posted what I was thinking for the last 3 days. Im on a tropical holiday and the weather system has doubled my N.P. Most of the time Im in the hotel room staring at the ceiling. Lyrica also stopped working. Seems Like everything is contributing to my P/N flares, the weather , antibiotics, spicy food, alcohol, msg blah blah. This time when the pain got to much I went and sat with normal people in the pub. After my 3rd beer the pain numbed and was tipsy enough to fantasize I could be the same as the happy laughing faces around me. I dont remember the last time I really laughed hard. Mixing drugs and alcohol is a no no but so is sitting in my room on holidays. It worked by putting me in a better mood and breaking the cycle and i feel better today. having kids to deal with must be really difficult although as already mentioned they do see things differently although that doesnt help you feeling guilty which is the biggest downer . Guilt which I know I shouldn't feel since I didnt ask for this. I have lost a lot of friends through guilt and withdrawal so am learning to deal with that.

have you asked for elavil with Lyrica? they are a very popular cocktail. My understanding is its best to have a cocktail rather than an endless titration although I have read of exceptional circumstances of people being prescribed 1800mg of lyrica and the person was a SCI in a chair. I realize there are always others worse off that are trying , so i continue to try.
Good luck to us all.