From reading on all the various forums here, some medications just don't work for some people. Often it is a case of trying different meds to find the right one, or ones, for you.
Hopefully your doctor will be aware that this can happen.

It has also been brought up in the past that an added anti depressant will help the pain med to be more effective. Possibly due to less tension be held in the body?

Tension = shallow breaths instead of full diaphragmatic breaths along w/ increased muscle tension

I hope you are also exploring various therapies, home care, self help ideas that have been mentioned by fellow posters in many of the messages here, along with any needed medications.

Thanks for all your replies

I'm gonna take Lyrica for a few weeks more, but if it doesn't work i probably have to switch medication.I tried acupuncture in the past, but I didn't feel sufficient pain relief, perhaps because they were treating me for tennis elbow -maybe I should give it a try again.

I just hoped the Lyrica would work, because so many consider Lyrica a wonderdrug

As I was recently diagnosed with having a depression, I probably have to switch medication anyway to some antidepressants, as far as I know they can be pain relieving also.

You're right JoMar, besides taking medication; I regularly go to a physical therapist who also studies osteopathy, see a chiropractor, doing gentle stretches, taking a lot of supplements and using a TENS unit.