I take both Lyrica and Cymbalta, however, I also take Baclofen.
I take 100mg Lyrica x3, 10mg Baclofen x3, and 60mg Cymbalta in the morning,
30mg Cymbalta in the afternoon. I tried an increase of 120mg Cymbalta in the
morning and got "brain zaps" (Google the term - it's not fun) so I dropped back
to 60mg. My Neuro was surprised that I couldn't tolerate 120mg. Duh, it took
talking with another doctor to realize I should have split the dosage. That dr
came up with the increase to 90mg daily by splitting the dose and it worked
with no additional side effects. TM is tolerable on these dosages. The side
effects are constipation and ringing in my ears. I take all three pills
together in the morning then split the rest through out the day and evening.
Banding is minimal, pain is tolerable, amd my brain functions. Life is good!
Patti - Michigan
---- Robert Pall <rp...@neillsupply.com> wrote:
> Readers of my postings will remember that I saw Dr Kerr in July
> and we decided to wean myself off of 2 of my medications. The first one
> I went off of was 4-Aminopyridine (a Potassium channel blocker) and the
> second med is Lyrica. Anyway I did not notice any change in my banding
> going off of the 4-AP however once I reduced the Lyrica from 450 mg per
> day (3 pills) to 150 mg per day (1 pill) the banding in both legs became
> much worse. Per Dr. Kerr I went back to 300 mg of Lyrica but the banding
> is still much worse. The new approach is to go back to my original meds
> and original dosages....but before Dr Kerr has me go back on the 4-AP he
> wants me to try adding Cymbalta to the Lyrica and see if that will
> reduce the banding. Question...do any of you take both Lyrica and
> Cymbalta and if so with what kind of results. If you only take Cymbalta
> has it helped and if so in what way....lastly what dosage do you take
> and are there negative side effects.
>
> Rob in New Jersey
