Re:"Oldby" Anyone 3 yrs postop taking Lyrica for pain and having seizu

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(I'm sending this to the group for those who may be having similar

difficulties)

Hi Carolyn.

Your seizures could be caused by your cervical instability as it causes

pressure on your brainstem. Also, what about Tethered Cord Syndrome? Have you

been checked for that? I had seizures prior to my Tethered Cord Surgery. They

are gone now.

I have read about people being givin Lyrica for pain. It is an antiseizure

medication and some docs tend to use antiseizure meds as part of a group of meds

they try to help people in pain. You may need to try something else for pain.

Like, maybe a nerve block.

I read an interesting article in Newsweek about pain. They say that in some

people the nerves between the brain and body actually develop a pathway when an

injury or insult occurs and will continue to send pain signals long after the

reason for the pain is gone. It's a difficult type of pain to treat and ongoing

research is being conducted to find ways to prevent and treat it.

I would not recommend driving while having these seizures. You could ask your

neurologist to try something else to see if the seizures stop.

Hope this helps.

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