I'm sorry to hear that. I hate pain meds too.

I've been trying for over a year to slowly titrate off Pregabalin (Lyrica) because it increases my feelings of numbness, which are already bad enough after the spinal damage. But every time I get it down (gradually reducing over a month or two), it seems ok for a week or so and then pain roars back like an express train.

I've decided to give up the struggle for 2023, but might try again in 2024.

I had no joint pain for the 13 months on Erleada and the 10 months off of it but I now have a lot of joint pain in my right hand, can make a fist, 3 fingers can’t close, burning sensation in my palm, hard to write, hold fork and knife, etc. My left hand is now starting to stiffen up too. I would like some meds for this but I don’t want to be sleepy all day. This side effect is truly new to me and it is easy to hate.