Well, ain't life grand.

I've got an impingned nerve at L4-L5 and L5-S1 that acts up.

I've been on Lyrica, 300mg/day for about a year; a couple months ago, we increased my dose to 600mg/day. That completely knocked out the pain, I was loving life, until...

I started having some pretty serious side effects (suicidal ideation, crying, depression) - we cut the dose back down, and the sides stopped. Of course, the nerve pain came back...temporarily.

I'm now trying to eliminate this drug. So, I'm trying to drop to 150mg/day; I did that yesterday, and today have some additional w/d symptoms. I took a full 300mg today, so that hopefully I feel like a normal human tomorrow.

Anyhow, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

This thread has been an eye-opener. Thanks to everybody for relating their experiences. I'll try to post about my progress as I get off this evil drug.