Dragging up an old thread here, sorry.

Does anyone know why you can't take antihistamines or opioids at the same time as Lyrica/ neurontin/pregabalin/gabapentin?

Isn't it just awfully saddening when that doesn't happen.

I had a neuro appt last week and mentioned how dissapointed I was not to be better. i've done all I should. food, drink, jabs, exercise, the lot.
The fact that I can't make myself better breaks my heart.

Hello, I wish all of us could make ourselves well. I too tried Neurontin and could not take the drug. The depression that followed me was horrible. I don't know which is worse, the pain or the depression. Now I have to tell my doctor about it. Hope you feel better today. ginnie

Yes, it is both sad, heart breaking and frustrating as well.

I have found that when these emotions and thoughts take hold, that it helps to remember a couple of things:
1. "I" am not my body, just as I do not have a disease...the body does.
2. If I didn't do all the things that I do to help the body stay as healthy as it possibly can, that the situation would likely be much worse.

Thus, after doing all that I should as you say, I can rest in the relative emotional-mental comfort that some things are beyond my control but their effects can be mitigated to some degree through intelligence and wisdom.

I wish you peace of mind that despite all the symptoms of this disease that play out in the body, that "YOU" can not be made better; for 'YOU" are already perfect, have always been and will always be that...just as you should be.

With love, Erika

Amen!! I know exactly how you feel.

Good advise Erika..


WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO kARMALA? LOL!!

I get spasticity relief from taking magnesium in a large dose, as recommended by a neurologist. Without it I would never sleep. I take 1000 mg a day divided into two doses, one a lunch and one at dinner. I can take them any time, don't bother my stomach because I get good brands at the health store. The cheap prescription a doctor gave me here (not the original doctor) gave me indigestion. When I have been in the hospital without magnesium I have been awake and spastic and jerky all night. Might help you. Doc gave this to me when I could not take Baclofen or Zanaflex.

I am going to look into the magnesium! My neuro and rheumy didn't mention that to me. What brand do you buy? I have acid reflux so I don't want to deal with the indigestion part. Thanks

If you get the Morton Epsom Lotion, you don't need much oral at all. Available at WalMart and online at Amazon.

Carebear, I am sorry I didn't answer in 2012.. I must have been offline for a while.
I take a combo of Cardiovascular Research Mag Taurate and a combination capsule (several kinds of Mag) from Twin Labs. However, my new doctor thinks I can take less if I drop the calcium, as my calcium is high on the metabolic panel. They never told me to stop taking calcium before, even though I was tested years ago for parathyroid disease (which causes extra calcium in the blood--I did not have parathyroid).
I am looking for a new form of mag so I can take less, as it is causing diarrhea more than it did, since I upped the dose to control leg/foot/hip spasm and jerking.
I want an oral type, the one from Ancient Minerals is too expensive because it has a high shipping cost.
When I tried Lyrica I couldn't breathe well. Was this because I was also taking Demerol at the time? I had just been released from the hospital after a bad case of Shingles. The Lyrica was magical for the Shingles, even in a low introductory dose, but I still felt a tightness in my breathing muscles in my diaphragm. Now I read here that one can't take opiates with gabapentin/neurontin/Lyrica. Well maybe that was the reason, I was taking two things, one an opiate. I was still in pain from the Shingles after release from the hospital, and I was on a walker for two months. Then my husband died just when I got off the walker. Everything was so bad that I lived in a sort of spiritual dream world then, just waiting to join my husband in Heaven, but it's been 5 and a half years since he died (and I got over Shingles). I had a pain in my midsection all the time for a year, grieving for my husband, whom I felt was my other half.

I don't take demerol often, so when not taking it maybe I could take Lyrica. Hoping a change in magnesium and reduction of calcium will take care of the neuropathy in hip, leg, and foot (which is where the Shingles was, too.)

Currently taking it...other than a few days of "whoo hoo, where are my legs & do those hands belong to me," I'm not having much problem with it (my family has a history of weird side-effects & mine are: not feeling hungry & not being able to tell if I am full after eating--makes for small meals, when I remember to eat).

I was started on 1 capsule (300 mg.), after a 2 wk period, it was upped to 2 capsules a day. I didn't want to take anymore until I was sure that it wouldn't make me funky. It' now been upped to 3 capsules a day (900 mg.). I have a hard time remembering to take them; but am adjusting now.

I don't like taking pills...never did. However, I like the symptoms of itchiness, numbness & crawling feelings on my face, ears, hairline & back less. It works for me.

Never have taken it for pain.