hi Lee. I have been on Lyrica since it came out.....125 mg bid. I had wild side effects for the first three months. Within 20 minutes of taking it, the room was spinning and I was holding on to the walls. This lasted 2-3 hours per dose. Since I don't work, I would set my alarm for 6 am, take the Lyrica and sleep in until around nine feeling fine. I took my second dose at bedtime which work well as a sleeping pill.

It has worked well for nerve pain up until a year ago. I haven't worked up the nerve to taper off of it yet as I have read all of the horror stories. When I do, it will be one long, slow taper as I have had trouble with my Part D paying for it twice. Both times it took six weeks to get it cleared up and the w/d was unbelievable and never slacked off until I got back on it. Wicked stuff. I have no idea how it got FDA approval.

The local kids around here use it as a party pill and call it Big L. That should tell the FDA something. Take care.