Mrs. D says (re her link to the article on Lyrica/Neurontin and brain synapses):

Still we do not know to what extent this is going to affect adults using these drugs...but it is still something to think about, carefully.[/QUOTE]

That would certainly help explain some major brain lapses in recent months. Among us (ahem) senior folk, forgetting things or, as my brother-in-law says, "losing the plot," is scary and the first thought (or fear) is incipient Alzheimers. Not exactly encouraging. However, I've been on Lyrica for about six years now. Tried to wean myself off it at one point (very very slowly) and found myself too tired to get upstairs so went back -- to Neurontin first. Then, when the dose of Neurontin was at the max, I switched back to Lyrica. Now I'm wondering if my exhaustion was from some other cause (the relief, I have to say, was instantaneous -- placebo effect?) and I simply attributed it to the wrong thing. Anyone else have any experience with this? I'm not beyond believing that the drug companies plot to get one hooked . . .

Marcia