Yucky yucky... makes my hands swell and my feet swell.

My face already swelled so big I looked like a chipmunk on a picnic!!!

Diaharrea one minute, constipation the next. what gives??

Is it messing with my other drugs? hmmmmmmm?

Has anyone else these issues? Men more than women? Visa versa or visa vesa, vesee vasa or whatever I'm trying to say.. you get my drift - just don't stand down wind! phewwwwww!!! LOL

And weight gain? 5 pounds so far for me. been on it now for about 5 weeks.

and I also noticed another thread about certain meds and depression.

One of them I take and it is Zonnegran (4 years now) and I also take Cymbalta so I should be feeling pretty good all the time but I am always sad.

Thanks for the info on that one.

Chin Up!! Mark

ahhggh.. is that whats happenin to my face? makes sense now.
Yes weight gain is bad with lyrica with me too and I am not eating near enouph to gain any weight I would think.
Biggie for me is the what I call dark thoughts.. awfelizing and catastrophising things, situations, bad thoughts from nowhere.. and not like me at all.

problem is that it works very well for pain for me.. an I dont want to go back there again.
I am intolerant of most narcotics and I had thought this was my miracal drug, took my pain down to more manageable levels.. I am waiting for winter to be over (soon here) then I am going off lyrica.

Hi Mark,
I bet you don't look as bad as you thinkUnfortunately weight gain and oedema are well known side effects of Lyrica and Neurontin.
If these and the bowel problems are the only side effects you have and you ARE getting pain relief then it may well be a good idea to keep going on it for awhile as your body may adjust.
Of course there are some nasty side effects that would make you want to stop immediately but this is a drug that does work for many without too much nasty stuff happening.
Cheers and luck
Tayla

mark,

the zonegran was the one that laid me low.....and i do mean LOW.....i was on it for about a month.....i started crying about 2 days into that month and i don't think i stopped till i'd been off it a few days.......don't know about the lyrica....i wasn't even 24 hours into that when i broke out in hives, so i don't know what that might have done......but i do wonder if taking both might exacerbate the effects?....something to check with your doc, i guess, tho since lyrica is so new, there may not be any definitive answer.

hope this week is a better week for you.

liz

I gained weight on it. I think about 7 lb in a very short time besides the nausea.

I am just now getting the weight off. To some weight isn't important. I bet you look fine according to your picture. With me, I noticed my back problems again along with the GERD and CAD.

IF a person deals with any or all of these problems then you do have to worry about weight gain. I can sure tell when I start gaining too much weight for my body.

Ask the Dr. to try you on something else. It's too bad that most of them cause weight gain.

Here we are today, the country dealing with so many overweight children and adults and then the meds have to add to it.

Ada

Long time no see Mark.

*raising hand* I too did the weight gain thing. To the tune of about 25lbs. YIKES!! Way more than I wanted to gain. I would love to loose all that I have gained in the last 4 yrs. I feel like a whale at times. Lyrica also makes me sleepy to the point that I fall asleep watching TV or reading very easily. I must say tho, that since going on it over a year ago, I have slept the whole night thru for the most part.

When it is in your feet, RSD, it is really hard to loose weight. I can't afford to go to a gym to do the weight end of exercise. And the indoor heated pool is too far away to go to 3 times a week to exercise in. My body has gone to soft fabby baby fat again. But when I try to go off Lyrica I can tell the difference in the nerve pain. And I only take 50mgs 3 X's a day. I am also still on Neurontin, 900mgs, 4 X's a day also. Together they work very well.

DebbyV