My daughter has been prescribed this drug. I know one of the side effects is somnolence, but I'm wondering if it's something that will subside when she's been on the drug for a longer time as her body gets used to it or if it's just one of those things she'll have to deal with. Right now she's kind of a zombie and even she joked that its a "personality suppressant".
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Does anyone here have experience with the drug Lyrica?
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Lyrica was a godsend for me..... I had guillan - barre ( a big deal neuropathy) last winter - a focal form affecting my shoulder and arm - I was in great pain, and also on muscle relaxers and pain meds - so I can't account for the somnolence neccessarily was caused by Lyrica (but i was pretty out of it). Needless to say - I couldn't ski at all last winter. Every now and then I will still take it to deaden the discomfort I still feel, but I don't think it makes me zombie like. It was also the last medx I was weaned off of.... but I was able to work (nursing) while taking this - and with nursing it sort of helps to not be a zombie!
Why, may I ask, is she prescribed this med?
Why, may I ask, is she prescribed this med?
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I believe Bonni was on Lyrica for a bit. She describes the side effects of many of the meds she's taken in detail in her thread on epic. It's a long thread though, you might want to use the search this thread function to find where she talks about Lyrica.
Seems your daughter's sense of humor is still there, with the "personality suppressant" joke
Hope it works out for her.
Seems your daughter's sense of humor is still there, with the "personality suppressant" joke
Hope it works out for her.Wow, Bonni's problems are tremendous. With everything going on in her body, I don't know if she knows what drugs caused what side effects, but thanks for the link.
And yes, given the incredible pain my daughter endured in high school and how she's coping with her current relapse of CRPS, she has a wonderful (albeit warped) sense of humor. She's just hoping to finish up her senior year of college without a major problem.
And yes, given the incredible pain my daughter endured in high school and how she's coping with her current relapse of CRPS, she has a wonderful (albeit warped) sense of humor. She's just hoping to finish up her senior year of college without a major problem.
