I too wish I could do Lyrica. Especially if it would leave me in less of a fog
all day long.
I hate TM. I really really hate this.
Heather in Calgary
----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Tarno
To: TMIC
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 1:17 PM
Subject: Fw: Re: [TMIC] TMIC Neurontin--does it exhaust you?
Hey Jill & everyone,
My doctor told me to switch neurontin to Lyrica cold-turkey, because
they where in the same family. I had the worst headache for 5 days and then I
was fine. So I don't recommend doing like that, but it's faster.
Why I like Lyrica for me, is that I only need to take it twice a day
instead of 3 times a day. When I was on neurontin in the middle of the day, I
would start to feel pain and then knew I had forgotten my second dose of
neurontin. The neurontin would make me a little foggy and that might have been
why I would forget the second dose.
I wished we all could do well on Lyrica,
Todd in CC, TX
--- On Sat, 4/17/10, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] TMIC Neurontin--does it exhaust you?
To: "Neil McNeil" <[email protected]>, "Janice Nichols"
<[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], "Jill
Posner" <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8:54 PM
Jil,
That much neurontin also exhausted me, but I took fewer naps as time
went on.. It never eliminated TM pain, however, it helped some. My biggest
complaint about Neurontin is the time it took to work and how fast it wore off.
My Neuro said that was a common complaint and suggested I try Lyrica. I
researched Lyrica for a year before letting my him write a prescription. My
biggest fear was his insistence that I could switch from neurontin to Lyrica
overnight. I finally made the switch exactly that way - overnight - with no
side effects. I didn't swell up like a toad nor did I turn into one. Lyrica
works within fifteen minutes of taking the pill and lasts much longer. I took
75mg every 12 hours for a year, then upped to 75mg every 8 hours for about 9
months. I then asked for an increase to 100mg every 8 hours and have been on
this dosage for over a year.
I understand being afraid of Lyrica, because I was petrified of it
myself. Now I have to share the benefits I received. It works for some, but
not for others.
Patti - Michigan
---- Jill Posner <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am new to it...am on 2400mg a day--600 mg 4 times a day. It
leaves me feeling like a zombie and doesn't really eliminate the pain. Lyrica
is in the same family so I didn't think it made sense to wind down and up
again. And it seems to have more side effects. I don't care to be as bloated as
a toad.
Are there other options?
Jill
