John; Your point is well taken. I also had difficulty going on Lyrica, but I hung in there and continued with it because the pain under my skin all over my body gave me no choice. Before Lyrica, I could not sleep or work; I felt as though I were being fried with high amperages of electricity. I could only just lay there in awful pain. And since I had broken my back in an industrial accident which bent me backwards until I couldn't see below my chest, I have adjusted what I consider to be painful.
The Lyrica killed the pain. As for getting off it, why would I do that? Its addiction is a mute point for me, since living pain-free is itself addictive; so that I would become immediately addicted to whatever removes this awful pain. Dalton (718) 838-0437 From: john snodgrass <[email protected]> Reply-To: john snodgrass <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:52:09 -0800 (PST) To: Bernie <[email protected]>, Dalton Garis <[email protected]>, TMIC <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] re pins and needles > I personally had no good experience with it. > > I had no bad experience with it. > > Just another one of those trials for me that didnt help out > > Somewhere I read where someone else loved it. > > > > > > From: Bernie <[email protected]> > To: Dalton Garis <[email protected]>; TMIC <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:25 AM > Subject: Re: [TMIC] re pins and needles > > > Not trying to scare off anyone considering taking this medication, but one > has to be very careful with Lyrica, it has some very nasty side effects. Make > sure your doctor starts you on a low dose and that you and your doctor monitor > yourself very closely for these. Make a list of all of them and keep it handy. > I was put on Lyrica and it made my life horrendous with a lot of misery until > they could get me off of it. One also has to be weened off Lyrica, abrupt > stopping of the taking of this medication can actually kill you. Here are a > couple of links that tells you about Lyrica for you and your doctor to > consider:: > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000327/ > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pregabalin > > > > > >
