Anyone take Lyrica for fibromyalgia and pain?

Posted by mmak @mmak, Jul 19, 2018

I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia a few weeks back after a long journey of pain and uncertainty for 29 years. It looks like I also suffer from social anxiety disorder(this I just see from the symptoms I have, not yet diagnosed). Now my Doctor has prescribed Lyrica, I have been reading up on its reviews and most of them are very scary, has anyone used it before or are using it, please advise on it.

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crcape | @crcape | Feb 13 6:10am

I TOOK LYRICA ABOUT 14 YEARS AGO. ONE OF THE FIRST PRECAUTIONS WAS BLURRED VISION AND AFTER 9 MONTHS I FOUND MYSELF DRIVING TO THE RIGHT OFF THE ROAD. AFTER SEVERAL TIMES I CHECKED MY EYES AND FOUND MY RIGHT EYE WAS ALMOST BLIND. MY EYE DOC LOOKED INTO MY EYE AND FOUND THE NERVES HAD SWOLLEN UP AND WERE STOPPING THE BLOOD FLOW INTO THE EYE. LYRICA WORKS ON THE NERVES. I NOW HAVE PERMANATE BLINDNESS IN MY RIGHT EYE. WITH MY GLASSES THE BEST THE EYE DOC CAN DO IS GIVE ME 80/20. WHAT YOU CAN SEE AT 80 FEET I HAVE TO BE AT 20 FEET TO SEE THE SAME THING WITH MY RIGHT EYE.

elizabethraven | @elizabethraven | Feb 13 7:02pm

I know this is an older post but I'm replying to remember the name of this drug. I couldn't remember it until I found this discussion! I tried Lyrica for maybe 3 weeks but asked my doctor to take me off it. She had wanted to try it for chronic pain of CFS/ME. It was horrible. I slurred words, I couldn't focus, I kept forgetting appointments and what people said to me. I was in such a terrible stupor on it.