Re: Lyrica to Neurontin Update - An Amazing Day

August 27, 2008

Suzanne,

The fun never ends, does it?

I've had the opposite path; Neurontin to Lyrica to Lyrica + Cymbalta.

The Cymbalta addition just made foot nerve pain worse, and gave me

crazy side effects of nervousness, mild insomnia, more frequent and

powerful twitches, and an even worse short-term memory.

Doc took me off of 60mg Cymbalta 3 days ago, and has started me on

Keppra, and the effects are unknown.

My nerve pain is confined to my feet and seems to be worst when I

first get up in the morning. Second worst is from 3pm until I go to bed,

getting progressively more stingy as the day wears on.

I tried to get doc to perscribe a pain med to take " edge " off and he

fixed me up with Tylenol-3; whoop-dee-doo. Won't perscribe anything

stronger for fear of addiction.

Funny thing is though, he said he could refer me to pain specialist;

knowing full well their paths include hydrocodones, oxycodones and

the like. I guess my doc didn't want to turn me into a zombie, but

evidently would let another doc do it.

Sheesh.

Anyway, I just felt like comiserating a bit. I am just so tired of

pain meds. I hope you have successes in your drug trials and find

something that works for you.

-Steve in Indiana

August 28, 2008

Thanks for your reply Steve.

So far, the Cymbalta is helping my depression, but not much on the pain.

I'm using a cane during the day and taking hydrocodone & generic ambien

at night.

I can be in alot of pain by the time I drive home from work and its

worried me that I don't have the braking response time I used to have,

especially coming home in pain.

I'm very limited in my finances right now, so those three meds are all

I can afford.

Hope that the Lyrica works out for you.

--Suzanne in TN

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