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!

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.

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.

always remember tapering off medication needs the help of a Doctor .. Never do it on your own...

That's right, although my Doctor wanted me to taper much faster and I couldn't tolerate it. Had to slow down just to function.