Hi, I took it for 6 weeks. It worked wonders for the PN pain. But it totally messed with my personality/mind.
I spent those 6 weeks, *not* enjoying being pain free, walking outdoors, doing things that I haven't been able to for 8 years, but sitting inside my house smoking cigarettes and not talking to anyone.
At the end of 6 weeks, people asked me where I had been because NO_ONE had seen me out and about. They thought I left town.
I am not a hermit by nature.
But I wanted this med to work so bad I kept taking it for those 6 weeks. I played with the dosage so don't remember the exact doses. But every time I brought the dose down enough so that I felt more like myself, the pain returned.

I gave up on Lyrica after that.
Sunrise

messed with me when I took it for nerve pain that I have, felt weird, lost, and I already have memory issues so do not need that...

I am on neurontin for few years now for my nerve pain which never have had to increase dosage from three times a day, each 300mg... but surely this too has side effects. I think each body is different, as some neurontin does not do well for or side effects too much and the lyrica works fro them...

good luck,sarah

Many thanks to everyone for their posts ... please keep your experiences coming on this thread .....

I sat in the parking lot of Dollar General....wondering how I got there, and which way was East. I think I got a good deal on some rip off toothpaste....I think.
Did I mention the sensation of Deja Vu....maybe that good deal was in a past lifetime.

So, Cy! That was YOU in front of me in line at the Dollar Geneal who got the last tube of that bargain toothpaste!

No WONDER I'm having dental problems! ......

I took Lyrica for seven months. I gained over 70 pounds and it completely destroyed my teeth. I had perfect teeth before using Lyrica, then I had to have NINE root canals, an implant and many, many caps. I have always taken very good care of my teeth (Orthodontia, Flossing, Dentist every six months, etc.). When I was on Lyrica, one day a tooth just broke off!

The only change in my lifestyle, before all of these problems, was taking Lyrica. It wasn't due to dry-mouth, as I drank water all day and night. I brushed two to three rimes a day, flossed every day. The damage occurred from the inside and some enamel came off the front teeth.

I have lost most of the weight, but still have 25 K dollars more to spend on dental restoration. Lyrica ruined my life.

I blew up like a balloon on Lyrica. Terrible swelling in legs and feet especially. Back on neurontin.