Has anyone been on Lyrica?

Hi! I took Lyrica post my lobectomy (2022) and wedge resection (2024) and Tramadol. I don’t like the effects of oxycodone so never take it.

I found the Lyrica reduced the nerve pain tremendously and would have been lost without it. I suffered no sedation and no weight gain. I’d read that it can increase appetite but never experienced that.

Everyone is reacts differently to medication. I’d suggest giving it a try and weigh the benefits versus effects.

Best of luck!.

I took Lyrica for a few weeks after my LUL segmentectomy. I didn’t want the Oxycodone! I also didn’t like the idea of the side effects and I’m not sure how much it really worked because they also had me on Tramadol, Robaxin (muscle relaxer), Gabapentin, 800mg ibuprofen and Tylenol. If I remember correctly, You have to go on Lyrica slowly and off of it slowly. I didn’t want all those meds! I slowly got off of all of them except the ibuprofen and didn’t have increased pain. Within a month afterward I didn’t need anything. I did tons of walking and very easy slow stretching. I wasn’t “pain free”, but close. When I did get a pain that was my signal to slow down a bit or not to do what I was attempting at that time. I would take a couple of 200mg ibuprofen and that worked. Hope this helps. God Bless and I pray for your healing. 🙏🙏🙏❤️

I take Lyrica, but it’s supposed to be more for nerve pain. I don’t find it particularly helpful for nerve pain. But it does help me sleep. I take 100 mg at night. Hope this helps. Sending good vibes.

Thank you so much! I've got plenty of things that make me drowsy, and I'm not inclined to get another one 🤣. I'm also in the chemical soup of psych meds, and I don't think I want to throw Lyrica into the mix. I already feel like my psychiatrists crash test dummy!
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Thanks very much! This is what I was hoping for... To see several sides of the issue. I just didn't want to dismiss it out of hand. I'm still reluctant to go on yet another medication, but I'm still thinking on it!
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The side effects listed are potential side effects. Maybe they'll affect you maybe they won't but you'll never know unless you try it. I was on Lyrica for seizures which is what it was developed for, but it didn't help my seizures nor my neuropathy. It did cause me some muscle problems. It didn't increase my appetite. As far as sleepiness is concerned I've taken so many seizure medicines for so long I don't have drowsiness issues or if I do, I don't notice it. Even if it does cause you to be drowsy after a few weeks or months that may improve or even go away altogether. Once when I was in my doctor's waiting room, there were, I believe nine of us and someone brought up Lyrica and then everybody chimed in and no one liked it. Everyone had something bad to say about it.
I have it listed with MedicAlert that I am allergic to it which I'm not, but I just want to make sure nobody gives it to me. but on the other hand, I know people who take it for seizures and it helps them and also I have a friend who takes it for fibromyalgia and she loves it. A number of people take it for neuropathy who also benefit from it so who knows.
Ake care,
Jake

🌹 l absolutely Love Lyrica ! I didn’t even realize that I had nerve pain, until a friend gave Me one and within 15 minutes I felt Fantastic! I’ve been on it for a year. It’s not addictive! You really realize how much it’s helping when You forget to take it for a couple of days and then You start hurting! I did a lot of research in the Major Medical Sites and found out Lyrica is very safe!🌹

I took one dose of lyrica on a Friday evening for treatment of the pain from fibromyalgia. I woke up Saturday morning, literally singing to myself, "I'm gonna kill myself " in a sing-songy manner. I was not suicidal at the time. I spent the morning writing letters to everyone and made an audio tape explaining the long term pain I've been in and could no longer endure. Nothing could stop me. My mind was racing. Even a phone call from a relative telling me about a cousin's passing, had no effect on me. I swallowed hundreds of pills and began to slit my wrist when I had the urge to urinate. That saved my life, because I last remember sitting on the toilet and saying, "oh God!" before passing out and falling over the bathtub. I was bent over for 8 hours with my head pressed to the bottom of the tub, my knees against the side of the tub and floor, my elbows on the top of the tub. My son became worried because I wasn't answering his calls all day. He came home and found me bent over the tub with my pants down. He thought something evil had happened to me and he went into shock. His wife called 911. My son literally couldn't talk or move. I spent 2 days in critical care before I came to. In the middle of the night, my family doctor woke me up and asked if I knew what was going on. He explained it all to me. What saved me was as I was falling over the tub, I vomited while going down. That reduced the amount of drugs I had taken. I spent 11 days in a psychiatric hospital. The day I returned home, I was watching a commercial about lyrica. It stated that it can cause suicidal thoughts or actions. I searched the internet and discovered you can not take it with 2 of the medications I was on! I took samples of the lyrica before filling the prescription, or else my pharmacy would have noticed the dangers.
I understand you're in palliative care, and I'm deeply sorry for that. I will keep you in my prayers. I wanted to share my experience with people reading your post in order to make them aware of the possible dangers.

God be with you 🙏

Wow! Scooter81, That is SO AWESOME that you could share that! More Awesome that you are HERE! I read the side effects and know people who are on it and can’t get off of it. If you have to start a drug slowly and then get off of it slowly that should tell you it is a potent drug! I found no benefit from it that I couldn’t get from Ibuprofen. I know some people can’t take ibuprofen but Lyrica just scared the hell out of me and I didn’t want to take it for more than a week. That was how long I had to slowly get off of it after only a few days of being on it. Not judging those who take it and it works for them but I opt for anything else that isn’t addicting or puts my mental health at risk. We already get a mental health jolt when we go through all that we do with Cancer or other such things. I don’t believe in adding to that! Gabapentin is also supposed to be good for nerve pain. I would choose that over Lyrica, but even that is only for so long. Maybe some light physical therapy would help ease some of the pain? I am not a fitness person, but I know walking and slow easy stretching has helped me more than the meds did. I pray you find a good way to relieve your pain without the horrible side effects. I do Thank you for sharing such an experience that most people would be too embarrassed or ashamed to share. That was very brave of you and I’m sure it has already helped many people! God Bless you and I pray he gives you comfort!🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

I also had horrible side effects from Lyrica. Damn near died. I had allergic reaction. I have horrible nerve pain from Upper left lobectomy. I am on Toprimate also anti-seizure med. Works GREAT!! I take 50mg 3 x a day! Zero side effects!