OMG I couldn't even try Lyrica, my thyroid put enough weight on me. Any more and I'd be in more pain from the morbid obesity than the fibro. No thanks. I did read about the coincidences between fibro and flouride poisioning and going to check into it more. Sounds like it's worth trying to eliminate the flouride than keep being the pharmacy company's guinea pig.

Sara

I have been on Lyrica for about three years for neuropathic pain. It really spaced me out at 30 mg tid for the first three months. I ended up setting my alarm for two hours before I wanted to get up for the first dose. I took the second dose at nap time and the third at bedtime. Within 15 minutes, the room would be spinning but it did reduce the pain. I do have Fibro but it doesn't help with that.

My biggest concern is that when my Part D decided to discontinue paying for it, I went for ten days without it. I experienced a WD that was worse than anything I experienced when discontinuing an opiate. My pain doc called the ins. carrier daily. On day ten, I called him and said if I didn't have this straightened out, I was going to the ER and saying the magic words to get put up on the psych. unit where I could get it since it was on my official med list. That got the ins. company off their butts and precerted me for a full year.

Very interesting thread.

I've been taking generic neurotin for about 4 to 6 months now.

Its been very helpful. I'm not sure if its the fibro it helps as
much as the other things going on.

donna