Posted by yxibow on September 15, 2006, at 23:20:18
In reply to Re: Lyrica (pregabalin) - Side Effects ? » yxibow, posted by SLS on September 15, 2006, at 6:21:20
> > > What side effects can I expect from Lyrica?
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> > Everyone on this has a completely different angle.
> > Unfortunately it wasn't the Cat-V super-Neurontin replacer I wanted it to be. At a test dose (of course I'm on multiple medications including a reduced dose of Neurontin at the time to prevent seizures from over-GABA) of 50mg (like 1/6 of a target dose), it reduced my approx 20/20 to 20/40. As soon as it was removed, I was back to my normal vision.
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> I understand that the vision disturbance often disipates with continued treatment.
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> I'm sorry Lyrica didn't work out for you. Are drugs that are potentially beneficial for fibromyalgia on your radar screen?
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> - Scott
I'm not suffering from fibromyalgia. I have a rare somatiform disorder which causes things to appear brighter than they should be, contrast off, etc... going on 5 years, things are much better. Fluorescent, metal halide, and certain artificial lighting settings are still annoying to a degree.
I've been through most AEDs except for Lamictal. Trileptal just increased one of the few other odd sensory feelings (thirst/saliva) before reaching any notable dose. Lithium has not been tried and probably would be of little help.
Mostly therapy is focused more on goal orientation, returning to society more, (being that this came to my attention about the night of Nov 17. 2001 while attempting to drive in the mountains to the Leonid showers it is likely to have been triggered by my extreme reaction to 9/11) volunteer work, and eventually hopefully pushing the hyperawareness which is going on out of my head to a more background level by engaging in more activity. At least that is the current and probable theory. The one thing that can said in common about most of the medications I take is that they are sedating, which may contribute a percentage to their efficacy. The two main ones that seem to be the actors on the scene are Seroquel (D2 antagonism, the visual receptors which are even in the eye itself) and benzodiazepines, specifically Valium and Xanax (on a bad day), which demonstrably help "screen out" the information which most everyone could imagine if they actually thought about it. E.g., those new replacement traffic lights that are becoming more common in cities, with bright LEDs, someone could say, yes, that's rather bright, but it would be gone -- for myself, the "psychic pain" and the non-screening out of these items make them more miserable. Palinopsia does occur in the dark, like seeing images of cellphones, bright car consoles, bright TVs briefly for a snap to one direction or another. Haloform auras sometimes develop on objects at night briefly. When this first started, if someone took a flash picture of me, the flash would remain for 15 minutes. And I would be wearing sunglasses in nightclubs.
But I digress anyhow -- visual effects are something that can happen with Lyrica, I forget, around 5 or 10% maybe.
I wish you luck with it if you are still continuing on.-- tidings
Jay
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