Posted by TylerJ on March 13, 2006, at 7:38:39
In reply to Re: Pregabalin update, posted by Cairo on March 13, 2006, at 7:24:29
> Upping Lyrica to 150mg BID causes a lot of unsteadiness. Definite antianxiety effect in me and elevated mood, almost bordering on euphoria. Seem to have more energy. Also tapping my foot alot lately (hmmm).
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> Two days ago I decreased dose of Lyrica to 75mg during the day, but kept 150mg at night. Still very good sleep, waking up with no stiffness, but not as much unsteadiness. Still feeling a bit of numbness in extremities and face (just like I did with Neurontin).
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> The only problem is that my weight is going up. I jumped up 6 pounds like overnight. I'm going to have to really count calories and walk twice a day to see if that will help or if it will have no effect. I suspected that when I took Neurontin, the weight gain was not affected by calorie control or exercise, but never really documented it.
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> So, pain is better, sleep is better, morning stiffness helped, less anxiety, better mood. Lyrica has not helped the popping in my joints nor the tendon tenderness that I have. I suspect that might be due to hypermobility (lack of stabilization of the joint) and metabolic factors.
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> I'm also taking clonazepam 0.5mg and nortriptyline 20mg at bedtime, and atenolol 10mg and Unithroid 0.05mg in the morning, but have been stable on these for awhile.
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> The weight might be a problem. I'm going to check my glucose levels periodically to see if they are affected.
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> Cairo
>Thanks for the update. So Lyrica is a good sleep aid? I'll have to talk to my pdoc about that. Do you still take Traz? I know Traz causes weight gain...because it's partially an anti-histamine. Take care.
Tyler
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