OT: Anyone taking Lyrica?

I looked it up on webmd.com and here are some of the side effects: http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-93965-L ... genumber=6

My wife was taking Lyrica for a while to help with her migraines. It did help with the migraines mostly.

The reason she stopped is that it made her feel drowsy/fuzzy-headed most of the time and also tended to intensify her emotions (particularly the negative ones). She had to taper off of it in order to quit it (which was a bit of a PITA as the pills are in powdered capsules) but has had no long-term effects from it since she stopped.

One thing she liked about it (other than the pain relief) was that she slept very soundly when using it. This was no small thing to her as she tends towards insomnia most of the time, but even still she decided to bag it.

I have very painful fibromyalgia- and with the very FIRST pill, I felt much relief- I do not take it every day- more often in the winter when the fibro is most fierce- but I have not had any ill effects- this has been for a couple of years now. Good luck, if you decide to take it.
~joan

Lyrica is **the worst** drug I have ever taken!

It does help with neuropathic pain. It also makes me dizzy, blurs my vision, makes me anxious, makes me babble and slur my words, and caused weight gain. A total of 30 pounds - about 15 pounds in a month each of two times that I went back on it.

I hate it, hate it, hate it!

Michael