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Originally Posted by Idiopathic PN
Susanne,
I tried Lyrica (after gabapentin). My neurologist wanted me to shift from gabapentin to lyrica because at that time, I thought I had still pain with Gabapentin. Taking lyrica, at least for me, was scary because it seems I could not control thinking of extremely negative thoughts. I don't remember if my pain was better, my mind was preoccupied of something else.
As much as possible, i will maintain a good distance from Lyrica.
Mary
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That must have been very scary.
It is really hard to know how each of us will react to any given medication. I do not like the way Lyrica is marketed with so little real evidence and such vague information in the ads- lots of qualifiers like may, some, etc.
I can't help but feel that most of the impetus for Lyrica came from the expiration of the patent for Neurontin.
Most of the new people on the forums are looking for such concrete assurances, while those of us with more experience get very little help or information from our doctors, especially our neurologists, and come to accept that and rely on ourselves and each other.