Cramps that go from my big toe up to my groin, waking up during the night - I'm always awake by 5.30 which is no good at all, as Ir arely get to sleep before 1am, and total lethargy - I have just done my ironing after 4 weeks. Am so fed up with it, but it does help with my back pain. I am also taking tramadol for pain relief, along with 13 other drugs daily.
I have fibromyalgia . Recently my doctor put me on lyrica. Anyone else have awful side effects?
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- 3+ months ago by starmerd
- Topics:
- lyrica, pain, fibromyalgia
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I haven't taken Lyrica myself but the following link has reviews/comments made by people who have used it. Hope this helps.
http://www.drugs.com/comments/pregabalin/lyrica.html
As you are taking quite a cocktail of drugs, your symptoms may also be due to side effects/interactions from the other medicines that you are on.
Sounds to me like you are not going to a real Pain Management Doctor. If not you need to find one in your area. I found one in Burbank California that will help you fine tune your program. You should not suffer silently. There is a new Board that a doctor can belong to (American Board of Addiction Medicine) Many of these Doctors are Pain Management Physicians along with being an Addiction Physician as they go hand in hand.
You need to be cleaned out as something is not mixing. Do your homework and get the help you need.
Best to you !!
I also have fibromyalgia & took Lyrica with several side affects such as anxiety & lethargy, as you described, but I have since been given "Vistoril" 50 mg. 3 x day, I am also on other pain meds, though, so I don't know what the vistaril would do just on it's on--I have severe back pain & take Oxycontin & Percocet--for sleep at night, I take 1-50mg trazadone & 1-4 mg zanaflex, and 1-vistaril, 50 mg -- the combination of the 3 pills I mentioned has been giving me sleep for at least 4-5 hours without waking up--& my sleep pattern sounds as bad as yours. I also see a pain specialist, they take care of all of these issues.
