Posted by Larry Hoover on December 20, 2005, at 0:56:07
In reply to Pregabalin / Lyrica, posted by NikkiT2 on December 19, 2005, at 13:11:35
> Hi,
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> heavens, its been so long since I've posted on plain old PB..
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> Anyway.. I've been prescribed Pregabalin for long term chronic nerve pain (CRPS is my diagnoses).. I'm desperate to ease the pain, but I've also just read the side effects..
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> I went through so many years of various psych meds and their side effects.. the side effects were just terrible for me - I seem very sensitive to them. Anyway, read the side effects for Pregabalin and I'm not sure I can face it all..
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> So I wondered if there were any personal experiences here.. Tha pain is pretty bad, and I desperately want it to stop.. but I also don't want to be messed around with side effects again..
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> Why is life never simple?!
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> Thanks guys
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> Nikki xOkay, I made this list because I was having trouble with memory and speech production, and I probably was increasing the dose too fast for my sensitive body. Most of these have faded. But here's the list I made for my pain specialist to see (and he didn't even look at it):
LYRICA
Side Effects:
visual
-perception of movement when objects stationary.
-perception of depth, in 2-dimensional objects, e.g. text on computer screenperception of body moving, when it is stationary.
episodic mental dizziness (not like body dizziness), I'm going down, totally overwhelming
-three major episodes, the last one lasting four hoursinvoluntary muscle contractions
-twitching, when trying to sleep
-jerking movement, when stationary
-clasping movement in hands
-clumsiness
-tremorcognitive
-difficulty in managing complex thoughts/tasks, confusion
-recall problems, aphasia (finding right word, completing sentences/thoughts)
-stammering
emotional lability
-very susceptible to cryinginsomnia
weight gain (craving sweets)
with respect to pain:
-if pain was music, still just as loud, but the treble is gone (stabbing, lancinating pain)
-bass notes still just as loud as before (achiness)
Sorry, the formatting kind of got mangled, but you can figure it out.Most side effects have faded. I still have episodes of confusion, some memory problems, some problems getting thoughts out (even affects typing, a bit. I have to do good edits), physical clumsiness. It helps with the pain, somewhat, and may be having a slow overall dampening effect. It's early yet, but it might be working for the pain. I still take the same level of opiates I did before.
Lar
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