Originally Posted by loretta jewell

Hi MominPainRSD, YEAH!!!!!

I'm so happy for you! Progress is progress. Ants even left. That's such great news. On the Lyrica, I've been on it over a year now and slowly going off. Remember, was on Neurotin 3200mg. because of dailey electric shocks, jolts, spasms. Then changed to Lyrica. I remember liking Lyrica, felt it help me with nerve pain more. The weight gain was with both drugs. If I remember right Lyrica can cause headaches in some people-I was one of them. My Dr. said I could occassionally have a glass of wine in the evening. Because I take other meds before bed, I always make sure there is at least 3 -4 hours between the meds and the wine.Same as waiting 3-4 hours before driving after taking pain meds. Because I don't have spasms, jerks, jolts, I've slowly been going down on Lyrica from 400mg. to 50 mg. and next call my Dr. and hopefully go off. And hopefully not get any symptoms back.

After I got those lesions a few weeks ago, I broke out in rash that itched and became tiny blisters from the bandaid. So skin rashes are not surprising for RSD. My Dr. has cautioned me to always wear block in the sun. I've broke out several times by being in
the sun. Please, please take it easy. I'm so happy for you getting good results from the blocks. Take care, Loretta