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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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[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No it wasn’t in a rude way. I just said it in a really funny way. She’s super chill and we joke around. It used to make me tired but not anymore. It just slows my brain down with thought and ingesting information and some days I’m just so incredibly foggy

[–] TheGoldenGod 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I took gabapentin a while back, but what you’re feeling is fairly normal in the early stages of taking it. Usually after 6 months to a year you stop feeling so groggy and the body adapts to it and the dosage.

Granted, I took it for seizures and required an added medication to prevent them, but it helped with the migraines from the swelling.

[–] SpezCanLigmaBalls 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve been taking it for a year now although only got up to 300mg a couple months back

[–] TheGoldenGod 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, so they weaned you into it. Which could be why you’re still feeling the daze and lag.

As I’ve gotten older, the question becomes what works, as far as a side effect, if your body can adapt to the issue, this might be the best choice.

Every medication has side effects and some have far more than others but spread out. So if you can stick it out a little longer, I would stay on it a little longer to rule out if the issue passes.

But I’m old but internet standards lol and learned, with medications, sometimes you’re best off accepting, close enough.