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Anyone on Lyrica or gabapentin? (self.chronicpain)

submitted 1 year ago by SpezCanLigmaBalls to c/chronicpain

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I started on 100mg x3 gabapentin and then worked my way up to 300mg x3 daily. Once I got to 300mg I became so damn stupid. So then I told my pain mgt doc and she almost fell out of her seating laughing by the way I told her I’m dumb but then she wanted to see if Lyrica would be any better. Got on 75mg x3 and I’m still very stupid.

I never remember anything and forget words mid sentence or what I’m even talking about.

Anyone else have this struggle also?

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[–] Bondrewd 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeeah, that never went away for me on lyrica, although I did not wait out that 6 months the other guy is talking about.

It is a freakish experience. I was already not working but would have been unable start anywhere at all in that state.

It took me 2-3 months to wean off by 5-10% at a time, being suicidal every few days. If you dont want to get hooked on something else, you have no way of decreasing withdrawal symptoms.