I had the same problem with trying to wean myself off of a very high dose of Lyrica, Todd. I thought I was going crazy (hey...maybe I was!) for an entire week. Now I'm taking 75mg, one in the AM and one in the PM and it takes the edge off of the pain and makes it tolerable most all of the time. I also take 1mg of Clonazepam every night before sleep to help with the spasms and pain and does it ever help me sleep!!! It is also good for Restless Leg Syndrome which I also have. If the pain gets too bad, I take OTC Tylenol or Ibuprofen. The 'band' really gets to hurting a lot around my chest where the TM got me but the Lyrica helps with that.
Interesting about what the different providers have their patients doing with meds. I had been going to one (I also worked with her in my clinic) and she had me on very high doses of Ibuprofen and Tylenol along with very high doses of Lyrica daily. When I went to Johns Hopkins and saw a neurologist there, he about had an attack when I told him what I was taking! Another good thing to do when it comes to taking a lot of meds is to utilize your pharmacist's knowledge. Most of them will take the time to help you learn what will react to what and advise you on all sorts of things. The sad thing about today's providers is that they are so darned limited to the time they can see their patients. They just don't have time to do the education' that they used to so it's up to us to make sure we are knowledgeable especially about our meds as much as we possible can. Jeanne -------Original Message------- From: Todd Tarno Date: 7/6/2008 2:11:44 PM To: Gerry Surette; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: tmic-list@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [TMIC] Weening off Nuerotonin b/c it will take awhile to get weened off the nuerotonin. You don't want to do what my doctor told me. He told me to stop nuerotonin Cold Turkey & start the Lyrica the same day. I had the worst headache for 5 days. I believe your doctor and/or someone here can tell a good way of weening off the nuerotonin & starting the Lyrica only should take a few weeks. I like Lyrica b/c I would forget my second dose at 3:00 and would remember when I started having pain. With Lyrica, I take 2 doses, morning & evening. And not all the side effects. Good Luck, Todd in CC, TX ( from someone that really likes Lyrica. ) Gerry Surette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have yiou tried gabapentin; Why are you taking 8 10 other meds. I am not an md but you should certainly check with your md. re side effects. Why do you want to try lyrica? gabapentin workes the same way as lyrica with no side effects. to me and this is my personal opinion the less drugs you take the better it is. >From: robert hennessy >To: >Subject: [TMIC] Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2008 12:31:30 -0400 > >thanks to everyone who replied. let me clarify some of the meds i take. >3600 milligrams of nuerotonin/day, baclofen, zanaflex, fioricet, i also >take coumadin, so asperin is out of question. i also take about 9-10 other >drugs for various things. do you think a switch to lyrica would be worth my >time? b/c it will take awhile to get weened off the nuerotonin. >_________________________________________________________________ >Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. >http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008
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