Lyrica

I’ve been on Lyrica for 3 yrs. Dose has gone up to 100mg 3x per day. I take dose immediately when I get up 3pm and 10pm just be bed. Pain is manageable until around 5am. My worst issue is the numbness in my feet has reached the point where I it on the entire bottom of my feet and starting to progress to my ankles. Lyrica does nothing on the numbness for me.

That's interesting! I've been taking Lyrica for the past 3 years, currently at 75mg 3x a day. So my last dose is usually right before bed. Sadly, regardless when I take it, evenings are when my nerve pain is the worst. I tried adjusting my doses so I could take the last one a couple of hours before bed, and that helped a little, giving me the chance to fall asleep. But then the pain would wake me up. Your experience might depend on the dose you're taking.
I'm picking up a new prescription later today for low dose Naltrexone (1.5mg capsule once a day). I've read posts by others in the Neuropathy group that they have found it eliminates the burning, pins and needles, and electric shocks, but not the numbness. The side effects are also relatively mild and dissipate as your body adjusts to it. It may take some time for it to take effect to that extent, but I'm willing to give it a try and get off of Lyrica. I really liked it at first, but it's given me awful brain fog and fatigue, not to mention weight gain. So I'm hopeful in trying the LDN and will post what kind of results I get.
There are various websites that explain about it. One of them is http://www.ldnresearchtrust.org

Welcome @corkybailey, I have idiopathic small fiber neuropathy with numbness only, no real pain so I'm not on any neuropathy medications as there are none that help numbness (or I haven't heard of anyone that's found one). A search of Connect lists quite a few discussions when searching for "neuropathy numbness what helps" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/search/discussions/.

Have you tried any other medications for pain relief?

That's interesting! I've been taking Lyrica for the past 3 years, currently at 75mg 3x a day. So my last dose is usually right before bed. Sadly, regardless when I take it, evenings are when my nerve pain is the worst. I tried adjusting my doses so I could take the last one a couple of hours before bed, and that helped a little, giving me the chance to fall asleep. But then the pain would wake me up. Your experience might depend on the dose you're taking.
I'm picking up a new prescription later today for low dose Naltrexone (1.5mg capsule once a day). I've read posts by others in the Neuropathy group that they have found it eliminates the burning, pins and needles, and electric shocks, but not the numbness. The side effects are also relatively mild and dissipate as your body adjusts to it. It may take some time for it to take effect to that extent, but I'm willing to give it a try and get off of Lyrica. I really liked it at first, but it's given me awful brain fog and fatigue, not to mention weight gain. So I'm hopeful in trying the LDN and will post what kind of results I get.
There are various websites that explain about it. One of them is http://www.ldnresearchtrust.org

@brennankb55
Lyrica and anything like it made me unwell period, Muscle relaxers also not a fan, But i do like my Norco !

I’ve been on Lyrica for 3 yrs. Dose has gone up to 100mg 3x per day. I take dose immediately when I get up 3pm and 10pm just be bed. Pain is manageable until around 5am. My worst issue is the numbness in my feet has reached the point where I it on the entire bottom of my feet and starting to progress to my ankles. Lyrica does nothing on the numbness for me.