Help with lyrica withdrawal symptoms ??

[Paladin97]

I have a question regarding lyrica withdrawal symptoms ................ I am currently suffering with this and am on day 38 with no end in sight from these godawful symptoms ............... in fact,  it has gotten worse in the last 48 hrs,  which is so depressing,  as I thought I would improve as I distanced myself from the drug ...    I was only on a very low dose and for a short period of time,  but my body has become dependant on other meds in the past in the same way,  so I am not surprised that it happened,  but I am surprised by the severity and length of suffering  .............  If it doesn't improve,  I won't be able to go to work any longer,  which terrifies me  ........  is there anyone out there with suggestions regarding things I can do to lessen the severity of these wds?  I have an appt to see my doctor on Wednesday,  but I am really afraid of not making it through this..................  is there anything she can do ?    Will I be like this forever  ???

Thanks so much ...

[Lyrica_Hell]

I too am about to go through another (3rd time) Lyrica withdrawal, I have dedicated a Youtube channel so people can understand how bad this drug is.

[praysformedfree]

My dr put me on Lyrica for nerve pain on top of using Fentynl patches. I had a stroke or stroke like symptoms from the Lyrica. My brain was fuzzy for months after quitting the Lyrica c/t. It has been a horrible road and I know what you are going through. I am now trying to tapper off the fentynl patches. Have withdrawl symptoms all the time. Irritable, awful depression, sweats, anorexia, fom insomnia to sleeping too much. These are horrible drugs and I do not know why the dr does not tell you what will happen when you try to stop the medications. I suffer from neurological pain almost consently but not sure what is worse, the pain or what the meds have done to me. I want my brain and life back. Hope you are doing better and hang in there. We are all in this horrible boat together.

[LyricaMom]

Don't be worried - everyone is different.  Some people only suffer for a week or two - that could be you, so stay positive!! I hope you are beginning to improve by now.

My son used Dramamine and finally got a prescription for Zofran for the nausea to take as needed.  Also, he drank a lot of ginger tea and drank ginger ale. The nausea kept him from wanting to eat, but he was able to keep food down when he did eat.  The nausea is not quite as bad at 6 weeks out, but it is still there. Also, try some electrolyte enhanced water to keep things in balance. This is unbelievable, isn't it?

[LyricaMom]

My son was on a max dose of 450mg lyrica/day for less than 2 months for anxiety.  In early March, we began what we thought was a slow taper off Lyrica, way slower than was even recommended by the manufacturer or his doctor.  By May 12, he was off completely - so that's like a 10-week taper.  Not only was the taper process full of withdrawal symptoms such as extreme dizziness, nausea, and depression, the past 6.5 weeks since his last dose have been horrible.  He has had itchiness, nightmares, dizziness, deep depression, anger, anxiety and panic attacks, nervousness, burning sensations on his skin, nausea, bowel issues.  He has had insomnia and a general inability to relax.  However, as someone said before, the cruelest thing is that you think you are getting better for a day or two and then it all comes crashing back.

We are hoping for this to end soon.  I know some people get no WD symptoms at all, while others suffer for weeks.  I wonder what it is in a person's chemistry that makes some suffer so while others can simply stop the drug.  Oh, and our doc told us there would be no WD from this drug and that it was safer than Xanenx.  This has been a nightmare.

After researching this these past couple months, my conclusions are these: In some people, Lyrica causes some extremely horrific withdrawal symptoms while others have no WD.  In these people, it does not seem to matter how long you were on the drug or what your dose was.  Also, it does not seem to matter how slowly you taper.  Some people seem to think a slow taper is the answer and if you have issues, you clearly didn't taper slowly enough. Also, the issue does not seem to be getting the drug out of your body necessarily.  What seems to be the issue is rebalancing your body after Lyrica has been dampening your nervous system.  For some people, this can take several months obviously.  

Best of luck to all who are suffering.  I would never recommend this drug as this withdrawal is way worse than the symptoms for which it was originally prescribed.

[xobeckaxo1]

That Lyrica is nasty nasty stuff. They put  my mom on it and within days she was groggy talked like her mouth was full of marbles you couldn't understand her we thought she had a stroke! The doctors even diagnosed her as a mini-stroke and because of that they removed her from all her medication during tests and she was fine they slowly started her again and BAM as soon as the lyrica hit she was horrible again this time she could never stay awake and she called me (living 40 minutes away) saying there was people in her house saying they killed my son and she was locked up in the bathroom with a loaded gun so they couldn't kill her. Needless to say the Lyrica got flushed and she went through a month - 6 weeks to get it mostly out of her system shes still tired, groggy, sometimes talks where you can't understand her. Keep the faith and take back your life!!

[mstalk]

I'm only on day 3.. knowing you all are already in the double digits is scary because I thought this could only last a week or so.. so much for being naïve.. I don't ever want back on lyrica but I don't know at what point I might need to get help from the hospital with my w/d as far as hydration and eating goes I haven't kept any food or water down and like I said I'm on day 3.. any advise will help!