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Originally Posted by Marie33
Hi John
Did you get off the lyrica slowly or cold turkey? I think I may have to stop taking it side effects from lyrica becoming to strong. Does ambien help you sleep? My Doc scared me , said he wouldnt dx ambien for me because I could sleep walk. 
You said you had Gastroparesis for a 2+ years. Itsnt that nerve damage to the stomach nerves and affects bowel and stomach funtion? Was that caused from autonomic neuropathy. I thought once you have it ,it doesnt really go away..
Best of luck with your MRI results!! |
Yes I went off it cold turkey. The ambien helps now and then, it just depends it's kinda hit and miss. I still sometimes wake up after taking it. I also don't take it every night just when it's like 5am and I can't sleep at all. There are some side effects such as sleep walking and sleep driving o.O, but my doctor said as long as I don't take more then one 10mg pill I will be fine, people tend to run into the crazy side effects when they keep taking more because one pill is not working.
Gastroparesis effects the way you process food, it was kinda of like being full all the time. Only if I ate I would get really sick. Heck if I did not even eat I would get sick. It was not fun at all. Once I reduced the seizure medication I was on it went away for the most part. I still get really bad nausea a lot, but I am able to keep food down.