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02-02-2015, 04:28 PM | #1 | ||
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09-30-2013, 11:48 AM | #2 | ||
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it is important to know how addictative this drug is and how short a time period it takes for the drug to show the side effects. After 3 months on a 150mg dose and following exact medical advice on a slow a careful reducing dose plan, I have still suffered severe suicidal thoughts, severe abdominal pain, insomnia, rage, despair, exhaustion aand the list goes on. I wish I had never taken this drug, even the limited pain relief has not been worth it
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10-21-2013, 06:09 PM | #3 | ||
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the worst part was not knowing the lyrica was causing these issues. I had been to a chronic fatigue clinic and this doc diagnosed me with black mold toxicity. when I started having these strange symptoms/side effects, I thought it was deoxing from the mold and/or one of many supplements he had put me on along with lyrica. I was on 100-150 mgs. daily for about 3+ months. then stopped all supplements and the lyrica cold. within a day or two I felt the strangest feeling I have come to aknowledge were symptoms of dissociative disorder. Mind you, I have never had any psychiatric or mood disorders prior. some people have called it brain zaps....but for me it was the most terrifying of the sx. It felt like I had done LSD. for anyone who hasn't, it makes you feel you are detached from yourself. sort of a very uncomfortable tingling feeling in my brain. I though it was a stroke. I also had a burning feeling in my chest, heart palpitations. EVERYTHING felt strange to me, like all my brain circuitry was going crazy. I would not know how to drees properly, all my clothes except for seats felt uncomfortable, foods tasted different, my breathing felt forced. hot and cold at the same time. night sweats, big time. insomnia and a type of narcolepsy, where I would shut my eyes and be asleep immediately.I also had severe short term memory loss, more like amnesia. things from several years ago I could not remember. The bottom line was, I was not feeling, tasting as I had before this drug. How doctors can not know how horribly this drug can effect you or that the withdrawal can make one feel like there is no option but to check yourself into a mental ward. anxiety is too mild a word for what I experienced. it was pure terror. I'm sure it would not have been as severe an experience for me if I had known it was the lyrica.I was told it was a panic attack, detox from the mold toxins, so being confused and not even considering this drug could be the cause, made it all the more terrifying. Since I didn't know, when my bone pain came back I would take more lyrica for a few days, then, boom I would have a setback. It has been 5 months since taking it regularly, and 3 weeks since I stopped completely. Things are much better, the worst was about 3 months long. I am still not back to my "normal". I am wondering if anyone out there who had similar problems with this drug have gotten their "normal" back? or can this drug have permanent side effects that never stop? I am so grateful for the people in this forum. I have been struggling to find a diagnosis to what my disease is. When you have one doctor telling you you have MS and another that it's chronic fatigue, which both illnesses are really just a list of symptoms, it makes me feel really discouraged and hard to trust or know who to believe. I need a root cause so I can tackle this from the inside, not just treat symptoms of different problems that must all be related to one root illness. Thanks all, I hope to get to know you all and be anyone's shoulder to cry on, as misery does love company. peace, sara |
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10-31-2013, 06:54 PM | #4 | |||
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Hi Everyone,
I'm so glad that some of my information has helped you! I have now been off Lyrica completely for several months. I'm finally starting to feel human again, but going through the nightmare of Lyrica withdrawal affected my overall health so drastically that I believe I've lost years of my life to this drug. The good news is that you can stop. If you are one of the lucky ones who have no withdrawal, God bless you, enjoy your freedom. However if you, like me, dealt with, or are dealing with these issues now, I'm so sorry. All I can tell you is the longer you can taper, the easier it is. I've finally lost much of the weight I gained too, 25 pounds so far, with 10 more to go. Once again, for some reason, the lyrica weight I gained was so hard to get rid of. I was down to about 1200 calories a day, no fat, no meat, no sugar. Using this regimen, I was able to lose this weight in about three months. Be strong...You can get through this!
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11-08-2013, 11:09 AM | #5 | ||
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I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and put on lyrica a year ago. Worked up to 150 mg. Needed to increase but decided to taper off instead due to the side effects. The medicine did help with the pain but started to experience brain fog, confusion, blurred vision, weight gain, and hair loss. The main reason I made the decision to stop is because when I would forget a dose, it felt as though I was on my death bed! I thought that a medicine couldn't be good for my body with those withdrawal symptoms. I notified my doc and her instructions were to take 75 mg for 7 days then 75 mg every other day for two weeks. This is my first morning after the decreased dose. It's pretty awful. My eyes feel swollen, nausea, vomiting, gi issues, and general pain. I am hoping my body adjust quickly! I am wondering if I should see how I feel over the weekend before I ask my dr. It could be a coincidence and the weather change causing my illness, but it feels like when I miss a dose.
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I had to taper at a much slower rate to avoid withdrawal. I went down around 10 mg per week, eyeballing my dose. It took 8-10 months in all. Crazy, but true.
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02-16-2015, 04:45 PM | #8 | ||
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Hi: I am a new poster and in reading , I came to the conclusion that for my wife's withdrawal symptoms i would try starting her back on ! Low and behold 2 hours 80% improvement symptoms greatly reduced. Doctor wanted to treat her for some other infection because he could not believe that the symptoms she was experiencing could be from Lyrica. It was almost a magical way of seeing what was the cause of the horrible symptoms she was having. going back on will identify if you are sick or suffering from withdrawal. I think a taper of much longer time is needed. I am going to go for 10% reduction every 10 days and see how it goes. The doctor said a week or so is good!
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10-01-2017, 11:35 AM | #9 | ||
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05-27-2018, 03:33 PM | #10 | ||
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All kidding aside though, this poison should be taken off the market. Immediately. The withdrawals and what it does to a person remind me of all those videos you see on Youtube with regards to those on street drugs. This drug wasn't even tested, it was packaged and then boom! Doctors saw how much money they could make. I have NO respect for doctors at all. I can't begin to tell you how many people I've seen suffer because their idiot and ignorant doctors never told them about the side effects and the withdrawal symptoms. I was on 650mg a day last year, then this year, I had run out and it was the long weekend, so I was out of luck. Let me tell ya, it was horrific. When I did get my prescription and took one pill, every single symptom went away. That's when I knew I had to taper off. I slowly tapered off down to about 5mg and then last Friday was my last dose. I might be suffering right now, but it's going to be worth it just to have my body the way it used to be. I also gained over 35+ pounds in the space of about 6 months. I look like a balloon and walking became unbearable due to the extra weight on my knees. I am so hoping that in another few weeks, all the side effects, or most of them, will be gone. Again, thank you so much for your post! I just joined today and yours is the first I read and you are bang on! Good job! ~Esme |
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