I was on both Lyrica and 40 mg Cymbalta, I found that Cymbalta
helped with the pain though I don't suffer from banding so I can't
speak to that. It also helped with my anger and depression. As for
side effects it made me want to sleep 16 hrs a day and I had
difficulty multi-tracking my thoughts. After a major improvement in
pain I weaned off Cymbalta this past spring. 100mg of Amantadine
helps counteract the drowsiness. I would go back on Cymbalta if
things got worse.
Mindy the Artisan
On Sep 3, 2009, at 9:35 AM, Robert Pall wrote:
Readers of my postings will remember that I saw Dr Kerr in
July and we decided to wean myself off of 2 of my medications. The
first one I went off of was 4-Aminopyridine (a Potassium channel
blocker) and the second med is Lyrica. Anyway I did not notice any
change in my banding going off of the 4-AP however once I reduced
the Lyrica from 450 mg per day (3 pills) to 150 mg per day (1 pill)
the banding in both legs became much worse. Per Dr. Kerr I went
back to 300 mg of Lyrica but the banding is still much worse. The
new approach is to go back to my original meds and original
dosages….but before Dr Kerr has me go back on the 4-AP he wants me
to try adding Cymbalta to the Lyrica and see if that will reduce
the banding. Question…do any of you take both Lyrica and Cymbalta
and if so with what kind of results. If you only take Cymbalta has
it helped and if so in what way….lastly what dosage do you take and
are there negative side effects.
Rob in New Jersey
