HOLY HELL! WOOOO!!!!! LYRICA!
So... last night I took lyrica a few hours earlier than usual and stayed up a few hours later than usual. (I just recently started it, taking 2, 75 mg pills a night.") when I went to bed my bf said something about how I hadn't complained of pain for a few hours so he assumed I wasn't in pain. I was passing out, I mumbled something about "I'm always in pain what are you talking about." and then I thought, wait, I'm not in pain right now....then I fell asleep.
I decided to up my dose today, yeah, a few days before I'm supposed to. blah. it was worth it. So I took another 75 mgs in the morning. 20-30 mins later, my throat was numb. swallowing felt weird, then my face went numb. I told some friends and googled it and yes it is a side effect (Any of you get it?) but also, the rest of me either felt numb, or I didn't know what NOT being in pain felt like so I called it 'numb' but it was like when I was getting my gall bladder out and they gave me morphine and it instantly took away the pain and felt like I had novacain in my blood.
This time, it felt like novacain in my muscles. It felt AMAZING. I walked to my friends work, just to tell SOMEONE about it, that I felt absolutely amazing. Like the energizer bunny. I walked there in a fraction of the time it normally takes me to hobble up there, AND I wasn't SUFFERING. I had about a 75% reduction in pain. my right ankle was a little tight, and my ride leg/up into my back in general was SLIGHTLY annoyed. but, if that was my level of pain for the rest of my life I could definitely live with that WITHOUT COMPLAINT!
Then, five hours later? That energizer bunny...well, the pain crept back in slowly. I take another one in 30 mins. I'm sure once I have a steady stream of it for a few weeks in my system that won't be the case anymore.
I was scared to try it, I was scared of weight gain (I'm already fat!) But the pain has been so bad lately that my boss (who is also a friend of mine) told me that if there is something to try, to plz try it, because my pain is negatively impacting my work performance *among other reaons*. (He wasn't giving me an ultimatum or anything but more in a friendly, "I can see the distraction....the pain on your face if there is something to help, then give it a shot." kind of way)
So, I tried it. and I'm so glad I did. If any of you are scared to try it, I dunno, it might be as good for you, it might not, but don't let the fear keep you from feeling better. I know it's different for everyone....but...I feel like I want to give someone else hope. Cuz I know it works for SOME people, and maybe some of those people it might work for may never try it.
Good luck to you all, I will keep you updated with side effects and such!
I decided to up my dose today, yeah, a few days before I'm supposed to. blah. it was worth it. So I took another 75 mgs in the morning. 20-30 mins later, my throat was numb. swallowing felt weird, then my face went numb. I told some friends and googled it and yes it is a side effect (Any of you get it?) but also, the rest of me either felt numb, or I didn't know what NOT being in pain felt like so I called it 'numb' but it was like when I was getting my gall bladder out and they gave me morphine and it instantly took away the pain and felt like I had novacain in my blood.
This time, it felt like novacain in my muscles. It felt AMAZING. I walked to my friends work, just to tell SOMEONE about it, that I felt absolutely amazing. Like the energizer bunny. I walked there in a fraction of the time it normally takes me to hobble up there, AND I wasn't SUFFERING. I had about a 75% reduction in pain. my right ankle was a little tight, and my ride leg/up into my back in general was SLIGHTLY annoyed. but, if that was my level of pain for the rest of my life I could definitely live with that WITHOUT COMPLAINT!
Then, five hours later? That energizer bunny...well, the pain crept back in slowly. I take another one in 30 mins. I'm sure once I have a steady stream of it for a few weeks in my system that won't be the case anymore.
I was scared to try it, I was scared of weight gain (I'm already fat!) But the pain has been so bad lately that my boss (who is also a friend of mine) told me that if there is something to try, to plz try it, because my pain is negatively impacting my work performance *among other reaons*. (He wasn't giving me an ultimatum or anything but more in a friendly, "I can see the distraction....the pain on your face if there is something to help, then give it a shot." kind of way)
So, I tried it. and I'm so glad I did. If any of you are scared to try it, I dunno, it might be as good for you, it might not, but don't let the fear keep you from feeling better. I know it's different for everyone....but...I feel like I want to give someone else hope. Cuz I know it works for SOME people, and maybe some of those people it might work for may never try it.
Good luck to you all, I will keep you updated with side effects and such!