Hi @maryflorida, Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thank you for sharing your experience with Lyrica. Are you able to tell us a little more about your diagnosis and why your rheumatologist prescribed Lyrica?

@maryflorida Wow that is interesting Evidently you system coulde,nt tolerate this Different body systems work differently . What did he prescribe for your pain

Hello. I was on low dose Gabapentin; 100mg, three times daily. It made me feel like I was in a Salvdor Dahli painting that is, everything was surreal. I hated it. It worked well at first thought. I had vision disturbances (double vision lasting up to 40 minutes several times per day and a pattern in my vision field-not too bad, I could put up with that but weird), which are very common to both Gabapentin and Lyrica. Finally I switched to Lyrica by a slow taper off Gaba so little to no pain coverage and it was brutal. Then began low dose Lyrica, I think 25mg. three times daily to be increased to I think 75mg. three times daily max dose. Well, the Lyrica had the same side-effects only way worse! I researched how to taper off Lyrica and begin Gabapentin and as it turned out, I did NOT have to taper all the way off one to begin another. It was a very reputable source and I spoke with a pharmacist. So I was able to just switch one dose of Lyrica back to 100mg. Gaba, then two the next day and by the third day I was off Lyrica and back on the Gaba. Well, miracle, I do not have the unwanted side-effects of the Gaba like I did when I was first on it!!! I'm still at a sub-therapeutic dose at 200mg, three times daily. It seems I need to increase and increase and that troubles me. I do have some of the same side-effects but not nearly as bad. Idon't like this anti-seizure catagory of drugs. They weird me out. They do make everything just sort of "roll off" , a detached feeling. Which has it's benefits. Neuropathy is painful beyond words. Just an awful, awful affliction. Be well, warm regards, Sunnyflower