Update from a month ago ?

[Pinkpeony]

Further to my query about Dulexetine. I put a message to the practice to delete this from my repeats prescriptions as it made me so ill. A few days later I received a message from the surgery saying that there was a script waiting for me . It turns out that it's Pregabalin. twice a day. My doctor if I can call her that is apparently on one of the holidays she is always on when I should speak to her. Am I wrong in thinking that this is a similar sort of drug to Duloxitine. I am prone to side effects and I think my drastic weight loss doesn't help .

I.know many people take these meds without problems .

TSH 0.05. 035. - 5.5

Free T4. 13. 9 -23

Free T3. 5.8. 6.5

Recent thyroid test

Vit D 79 50 - 9999

[humanbean]

Pregabalin made me sleep for 16 - 18 hours out of every 24.

Since being sedated all day, every day, is not my idea of a good way to spend my life I would never take it again.

[Pinkpeony in reply to humanbean]

Gosh it wouldn't be mine either. I Have been taking

Codeine and paracetamol since two bad falls last year and am wary of taking yet another med on top of the ones I am taking already. I'm seventy eight and I feel like saying 'stuff your tablets , Iv e had enough ) Pp

[Pinkpeony]

Scrumbler. Some may say I didn't give it a chance , but the very first tablet had me up all night with (sounds awful) projectile diarrhea) and dry retching with awful pain . I have gastritis and diverticulitis problems. Add to that a Hemicolectomy . and my bowel doesn't stand a chance . Pp

[Pinkpeony]

I will do . Thanks. Hope you're doing ok😊

[shaws in reply to Pinkpeony]

The very best thing for us, the patient, is 'how we feel on a particular thyroid hormone replacent'. What suits one patient may not suit another and I do wish that doctors and endocrinologists would, at the very least, realise this. One size doesn't fit all of us and I doubt the doctors/endos are aware that the majority of us feel best when TSH is 1 or lower (and how many doctors stop increasing dose if TSH just comes within the top of the range.

[Pinkpeony in reply to shaws]

shaws I've given up constantly explaining why my TSH is low. It doesn't matter that my other results are fine. All they see is low TSH and the fact that I use NDT. I haven't come across a gp or specialist who has a clue. Pp

[humanbean]

What condition have you been diagnosed with that prompted your doctor to prescribe, first Duloxetine/Cymbalta and secondly Pregabalin?

I found the Patient Information Leaflets for both drugs :

medicines.org.uk/emc/files/...

medicines.org.uk/emc/produc...

If you look at section 1 of both leaflets you can see what they are intended to be prescribed for. Do any of those conditions affect you?

[Oshgosh]

Gabapentin made me feel strange— seeing things that weren’t there out of the corner of my eye.

It did t help the pain either.

My GPS asked how it made me feel.

I replied other worldly and we left it at that.

I weaned off them,now I take co codamol or codeine.

Sometimes it works,sometimes it doesn’t,but it’s still preferable to taking Gabapentin.

[Helcaster]

Crikey I've been using gabapentin for pain from interstitial cystitis since 2006, the only problem I have is waiting many hours for it to do something. I don't find it a good pain med at all. I only take it when I need it. I don't like the sedative effects, but you seem to get that with all pain meds. I had swollen veins when I first took it. At high doses I find it impossible to think straight, forget any problem solving. I tried amitriptyline in the early days, but when you're in severe pain what is an antidepressant going to do? Then it was on to tramadol, which was quite a good pain killer but made me itchy all over. When I recently took it after surgery it gave me psoriasis on my neck and chest. It's very difficult to find a suitable pain med for severe pain.

[Jaydi]

I was using gabapentin then pregabalin for neuropathic pain. Due to the side effects ( being ‘out of it’ for short periods and ‘drunk’ for longer) I switched to duloxetine which has been a big improvement - greatly reducing anxiety and allowing me to stop anti depressants. Pain levels could still be improved of course.

[Pinkpeony in reply to Jaydi]

I'm glad to hear that you have found something that works for you. It gave me a real scare when I took the first pill and I had such a reaction. Its difficult not being able to discuss anything with a Gp Pp