I have tried coming off this drug 3times. last time reducing dosage. But pain increased also. had a miserable month. The worst being when I actually stopped it. By the next day, sweats, itchy skin, pain unbelievable. saw Gp mid afternoon. all he offered was go back on at lower dose. by night time, I was a wreak. bedrest.couldnt move. screwdriver burrowing into my lower back, unbelievable.
survived the night, but next morning, returned to full usual dose of 600mg daily. By the following day, I was bouncing around back to usual self. took me another week to feel less fatigued etc.
its a dangerous drug. I felt like one of those heroin addicts coming off cold turkery. I lothe this drug,but it works for me.

Sorry to hear about your Lyrica struggles. I have posted many many posts to this thread, going into detail of my battle coming off the drug. Specifically, I want to respond to your experience with horrible pain initially trying to stop lyrica. I had a similar experience, which I can now say was a side effect of withdrawal from lyrica. My pain was horrible when I first started tapering down, but I've been off lyrica completely for 15 months now (wow, almost can't believe it's been that long), and that pain did subside. I still have my normal pain for which I originally took lyrica for, but I'm so glad I pushed through to get off Lyrica.