Hello Gang, After more than a year suffering through too much pain than my 5200mg/day Neurontin could handle, I have seen a new neurologist who has started me on Lyrica as a chance of getting my pain under control. She didn't want to increase my Neurontin, and I wasn't really interested in that either. She also helped me with better information about my Baclofen dosing and spasms, so that's working out much better. I've actually been getting a bit more sleep at night. I didn't really want to change anything around, as I was doing well on the Neurontin for 8 yrs. Well, that is until it just wasn't handling the pain. I was doing well without any bad side effects. I had some speech problems where I couldn't grasp my words for the entire time really, some weight gain, but not really anything else that was noticable or that I remember at the moment, lol. Heck, I've taken it for so long that I'm used to whatever state that I'm in. It takes someone on the outside to notice that I'm a bit odd or off. Can anyone out there tell me how long it took them to get over the really bad fatigue factor? So far I'm not noticing any other symptoms. I've taken for 4 days now, and am still on the same dosage of Neurontin. The doc gave me 50mg caps, and told me to take for a week before changing my regime with Neurontin. I am then to raise it and lower my Neurontin based on her instructions. Hugs to all, Barbara A
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