Lyrica for fibromyalgia

[Veelala]

Anyone take lyrica?

[desquinn Partner Volunteer FMAUK Trustee]

Yes lots of people do

[sylvi]

Yes me,i went on holidayast year and didn't take enough of them and was very ill and had to get to the hspital to get some more and within a hour i felt better.xxx

[GillyGangGong]

Yes me I take 350mg a day, I started 10 years ago on 75mg x 3 a day they are supposed help with getting a good quality sleep deep R.E.M and it help my anxiety. be aware in some people they can make you feel really down and depressed when you start taking them.

[Fra22-57]

Even taking since 2011. It good when you have to try reduce.can make you feel spaced out etc.was wrongly told not to take before evening n morning of a procedure and ended up collapsing then in hospital for month. nightmare.good for pain thou

[Shanim]

I took Lyrica but it was changed to pregablin then to Lacaent which are all genearic versions of , I take 2 x175 gm a day, I take it for nerve damage, I wouldn’t say it takes the pain away completely but it helps, I found it better than Gabapentin, not as many side effects.

[bimblemitch]

Hi, I take 600mg a day. Two in the morning and two at night. I have a lot less side effects taking these as I did when on gabapentin.

[Pat13]

Hi, I take 600 mg a day, 200 mg in the morning, 200 mg lunchtime and 200 in the evening. I think it helps, but I have been told not to reduce it so unless that happens it would be difficult to say.

[PurpleDragonMistress]

Yes I am, 150mg twice a day xx

[linspin]

Had a bad reaction to this drug. Same with Cymbalta. Felt like a zombie.

[FiHut]

Yes, but the hallucinations and huge tiredness it caused meant I stopped taking them at all after 3 days but then I was taken ill to hospital with Sepsis and the staff gave it too me again it nearly killed me - it made my breathing so shallow that I couldn't maintain my own airway so I am now classed as allergic to it.

I know that some people say you get used to the tiredness and that it decreases in time but the hallucinations, even in Intensive Care where I "saw" children that didn't exist or the priest that began shouting a sermon at the bottom off my bed means that I will never touch the stuff again - a horrible, frightening experience!

[Veelala in reply to FiHut]

Thank you for sharing