Posted by LucidDreamer on April 9, 2013, at 8:41:31
Ok so I'm trying to decide whether to take 1mg of Risperdal or 75/150 mg of Lyrica for severe anxiety. I'm a little hesitant towards taking Riaperdal because I'm already taking an antipsychotic - Abilify, although if it comes to it ill take it, cause I'm in a lot of emotional pain right now. Now a while back I came across a forum where a bunch of people were complaining that they suffered memory loss that did not get better once they stopped the Lyrica. Although I mean who knows how reliable that source is. But anyways that scared me out if trying Lyrica. But now I'm reconsidering it because I have read such good reviews in terms of how effective it is. Ok so my question if there's anyone who has taken Lyrica, how bad was the memory loss/ cognitive impairment if any? And if you eventually got off this med did you ever regain your memory and or cognition. If so to what extent. And if anyone knows how bad the weight gain is with Lyrica please inform me. Oh and did you have emotional numbness at all, like where your emotions become less intense? If you are able to answer any of these questions it would REALLY help me out, as I'm going crazy trying to decide which drug to take. My pdoc is open to both. Lastly would anyone here actually prefer one drug over another? Again if you have any insight PLEASE share it with me. Thank you so much!!!
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