Does anyone have experience with Lyrica? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

meliejv · 10-21-2007, 10:36 AM

I am in the process of a med change. I am currently taking xanax for anxiety and my doctor had suggested Lyrica. Does anyone have info on this drug. All of the other anti anxiety meds have actually made my anxiety worse. I would love to hear what your experience with this drug is.

Thanks
Mel:praying

shutterbug · 10-24-2007, 10:51 PM

i haven't heard of it. have you tried Buspar by any chance? Klonopan?

WLDKATZ · 10-24-2007, 11:07 PM

yeppers don't take it if you want to have kids in the near future.....I used to take it they took me off it so fast when I ended up pregnant it spun my head.......

butterflylover · 10-29-2007, 11:51 PM

It's an anti'seizure med. I was prescribed it for seizures but never took it. I had my first seizure in June. I figured if I started taking it I'd eventually have to wean off of it thus probably having another seizure.

Whenever I wanna research a med I use this site askapatient.com
It's a site where people rate the medicine, why they're taking it, side effects, and how long they were on it.

meliejv · 11-01-2007, 11:31 AM

Thank you all. It is actually an off label med for anxiety and I am trying to get pregnant so that helps. I have tried Klonopin and I feel very drugged on that but that too you can't take during pregnancy either. I want to get off xanax so I can get pregnant. I did start cymbalta about two weeks ago and that seems to be helping so far with the anxiety. I have been able to slowly wean myself down on the xanax but I am still taking a low dose in the morning. Still waking up with anxiety. Anyway thank you.

Mel

10-21-2007, 10:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
meliejv Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nashville tn Posts: 23	Does anyone have experience with Lyrica? I am in the process of a med change. I am currently taking xanax for anxiety and my doctor had suggested Lyrica. Does anyone have info on this drug. All of the other anti anxiety meds have actually made my anxiety worse. I would love to hear what your experience with this drug is. Thanks Mel:praying

10-24-2007, 10:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
shutterbug A picture's worth a 1000 words Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: With any luck, I'm lost in a view finder Posts: 2,947 Blog Entries: 5	i haven't heard of it. have you tried Buspar by any chance? Klonopan? __________________ I'M FINE!! Fanatically Insecure Neuratic & Emotional Bipolar/Depression support: 1-800-950-NAMI(6264).

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WLDKATZ Hell on Wheels Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Flint MI Posts: 4,455	yeppers don't take it if you want to have kids in the near future.....I used to take it they took me off it so fast when I ended up pregnant it spun my head....... __________________ Good Better best never let it rest until you kick the dog shi! out of the looser!!!!!!!!!

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butterflylover Beautifully Awkward Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Far from where I want to be, The South Posts: 323	It's an anti'seizure med. I was prescribed it for seizures but never took it. I had my first seizure in June. I figured if I started taking it I'd eventually have to wean off of it thus probably having another seizure. Whenever I wanna research a med I use this site askapatient.com It's a site where people rate the medicine, why they're taking it, side effects, and how long they were on it. __________________

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11-01-2007, 11:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
meliejv Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nashville tn Posts: 23	Thank you all. It is actually an off label med for anxiety and I am trying to get pregnant so that helps. I have tried Klonopin and I feel very drugged on that but that too you can't take during pregnancy either. I want to get off xanax so I can get pregnant. I did start cymbalta about two weeks ago and that seems to be helping so far with the anxiety. I have been able to slowly wean myself down on the xanax but I am still taking a low dose in the morning. Still waking up with anxiety. Anyway thank you. Mel

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