Does Anyone Taking Lyrica Have Memory Loss? (Page 17)

I have been on Lyrica for about 8 months now and I am having fantastic results. My dr is trying to increase my dosage and I have been doing it in 50 mg increments. I am up 100 more now in a month, for a total dosage of 400mg. I find that I have very bad recall and loss of my vocabulary during conversation. It eventually goes away, but I was wondering if anyone else has this? If it keeps up, I just may have to drop back down 50mg until I get used to it? That seemed to work that last time I had to raise it.BTW, I have nerve pain in my ribcage. (not caused by shingles)

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It's so hard for people with Fibromyalgia to really tell sometimes with forgetfulness because I was having such Fibro Fog (bad forgetfulness) before I ever started taking Lyrica so Lyrica has been a godsend to me. I also have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and bad Osteo Arthritis so I have nerve pain throughout my entire spine and joints. Nerve pain down my legs, in my rib cage, in my feet......Lyrica is a great medication for so many people. As with any drug you have to weigh side effects with the benefits of any drug. My husband also takes it for similar reasons. We lead normal lives, both of us are successfully self employed. Someone commented that the only people that liked Lyrica were disabled, stayed at home and basically didn't have to use their brains, well that's crazy talk, you can't speak for others who have been really helped by Lyrica. I'm glad that its helping you, you may just do better on a lower dose, some people just don't need the full 100mg X 3 per day.

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Don't take it: it obviously doesn't work for you. Go see a new doctor at a teaching hospital.

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In regard to tooth decay, I have been on Lyrica 4 years and have had no problem with tooth decay. However, dry mouth causes tooth decay and one of the side effects of Lyrica can be dry mouth and dry eyes. I keep my mouth moist by using a moisturizing rinse for dry mouth and I use a moisturizing eye drops to bedtime and upon waking.

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Certainly hope not! I only took it for a few weeks but stopped because I couldn't handle the side effects. It is not a safe drug. It's not just forgetfulness. For me, it was getting lost, losing bits of time almost like a black out, leaving things on the stove etc... I don't see howit is still on the mmarket. Memory loss isn't even listed as a side effect that I could find. Hope things look up for your son. I'm much better since I stopped taking it but as I mentioned I still lose my train of thought occasionally.

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Nick, I don't understand your post which you addressed to me. Are you a lefty? How does that pertain to the discussion about lyrica and memory loss? What do you mean by, "I know it all, don't tell me..." Do you mean you share my experience of similar side effects from lyrica? I'm confused. Could you explain?

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Hi Ginger76, I took lyrica for about 3 yrs, and it was a godsend at the time. I was wracked with pain, spending most of my hours & days in bed w Colpacs , TENS Unit, Vicodin, and over 200appointments to neurosurgeons, acupuncture, physical therapy, etc. I could barely function and was so serotonin depleted I was suicidal. I cried everyday. I was elated when a physiatrist prescribed lyrica, and after initial side effects wore off (unsteady balance, exhaustion, I slept for 3 days straight, foggy mindedness) I was then elated. Over time I developed incontinence to the extent of nonstop drip- drip 24/7, and memory issues, such as word-reaching, loss of fluidity of speech, as I so often struggled to recall a word or name I just knew I knew, but it wouldn't come to me. That worried me. I read here that people got off lyrica, and I tried, but too much pain, burning hot feet wouldn't let me sleep. I thought people who could stop lyrica must not have needed it in the first place. Not true. I kept trying to reduce my dosage, eventually tapered off and was free of it in 3-4 months. I still don't like the neuropathic pain, but it is much less severe than before lyrica. A urologist ascertained incontinence was caused by lyrica, and indeed it too went away. The memory issues have now begun to improve .
I thought it might've caused permanent brain damage, as it seems to be for some unlucky people. But I am getting a noticeable improvement, noticeable also to my husband. My recommendation to all is to get off it as soon as you are able. Best wishes to everyone who has ever suffered so much as to have needed lyrica in the first place.

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My pain wasn't severe.... It just prevented me from being able to run on my feet in the ER for 12-16 hours straight. Which is why I had pain management to begin with. I suppose for people that need pain control as the number one priority, then it may be the answer. It wasn't for me. I'm glad you are on the mend. I just believe this drug is dangerous and should be re evaluated.

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Yes, I encounter that too. Loss and slow in forming words and find it difficult to express myself at times. Weight gain and loss of appetite too.

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Nick - your post re Democratic Party (USA) is simply wrong and even delusional. That country's two main parties have very little difference policy/economically/business/Foreign Affairs wise but at least they TRY in the face of opposition in Congress from the dumbest and most evil politicians since the days of Stalin and Hitler: Bus***e Republicans. You really are a joke in other countries (President TRUMP? Oh my God that might even BE likee Fascist Germany/Italy!). Here in W Europe we see the only credible candidate with a real 21 Century agenda as Bernie Saunders. He CARES. It is just a pity that once in the White Place he will only take a couple of days to find out he is NOT the 'most powerful leader in the world' but merely another marionette whose strings are being operated by the Bush and Rockefeller families in particular through their minions serving as Republican Senators, Governors and Representatives. Some no doubt unwittingly but we know who REALLY runs the US.
Give the bastards a dose of 1, 200mg Lyrica daily and screw up their brains. Just so the rest of the world can finally stop being interfered with by these pieces of nasty doo-doo who run the US through money and lackeys on the Hill bypassing the democratically elected President! Or should that be a dose of 5 or ten GRAMS of pentobarbital sodium instead? Then we need not worry about them again & you will end up actually being governed by the guy most of you voted for! May Saunders triumph as he is the only credible politician currently in the race and acceptable to the rest of the developed world.

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I am on 325 Mgs/day. Is anyone have near fainting spells in the first half of the day? Also does anyone have brain burning?

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Lyrica is frying your brain , many people are never the same after Lyrica ...

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Absolutely he could be wrong since 50% of MS patients don't have lesions on their brain or they get them much later in their disease. If you have all of the MS symptoms other wise get a 2nd opinion.

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For many people, the loss becomes worse with higher doses, and can also become permanent, meaning if you stop, your recall/ memory does not recover. It is a "rock and a hard place" drug.

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I agree with all of your comments, except one that does not concern Lyrica and that is politics. Politics does not belong here. Find a blog that does. We are all here to offer our help and a shoulder and to cry on.

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I would like to think some one in authority will read about our suffering and make it known to the world .

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Hi,
I was in Lyrica for a year, got up to 200 mg three times a day. My symptoms were horrible,I couldn't speak in full sentences. I was /am a 4.0 student. My eyesight got blurry. I had to take my husband with me everywhere,I would forget where I was,what went on, why I was doing what I was doing. The scary part is, my doctor was going to increase the dose even more,against what the pharmaceutical company reccomended. I was suppose to have the worse case of fibro in south Florida. I fired the doctor. I quit cold turkey, don't do it ,its very dangerous. I should have done it under medical supervision. I have to say I had two weeks of the worse withdraw. Here it is 6 months, I have had no meds. I can think somewhat, not 100 percent back to normal. I hurt some,nothing like I did. I can live now. Ithink that when were on meds ,we need to realize what good and what bad are they doing. I wish you luck. There is no way , I'm getting on medicines again where they just keep increasing them. I want to live my life not as a zombie.

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Apologies to the Republicans in the US for my last post, but in my opinion the last credible President representing that party was Abraham Lincoln...
Lyrica or any of the generic pregabalin (not a single one of which is worth using they are so poor - it is expensive and I suggest getting the brandname from India. It is one of only around 6 drugs made or marketed by Pfizer in that country and though extremely expensive for India it is peanuts co pared to the West).
Personally I woyld never touch it having been given it for my lumbar pain after carisoprodol was banned almost worldwide (India again but quality poor compared with the best in the world, the high priced Finadiet LISTAFLEX 350 from Argentina, who no longer allow export of medicines). Ataxia, amnesia, feeling and acting drunk although TT - it is simply a horrible drug with too many debilitating side effects and what's more is not even effective for the condition it was prescribed for in place of now-banned Carisoma.

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Sounds pretty similar to me. I still have some pain but its so much better off Lyrica. I had urinary issues and the brain process issues. My feet kill me, but that's due to bone spurs as I fell quite often,waiting for surgery.


I have to say that the commercial with the teacher using Lyrica is very Scarry. I never drove on the medicine much less be responsible for 20 kids.

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Hi. I take Topamax 200 mg per day. I was told and have found that it actually is responsible for the same effects. I hope you don't experience this. It is so frustrating! I am given this for migraine prevention, however, and have found that the trade off is well worth the side effects.

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Words are my thing, but it is so frustrating when one eludes me and that happens all of the time with lyrica.

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