Does Anyone Taking Lyrica Have Memory Loss? (Page 18)

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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I am on lyrica, 75mg @ night, 50mg by day for dreadful pain head to foot. I am seeing some benefit but my pain is still certainly there. I also take painkillers, & amitriptyline. I too, am suffering memory loss. Twice losing my keys while walking my dogs. Some days are worse than others. After reading your stories, I wonder, but what else can we do? Had pain for past 30 years, tried everything alternative meds, prescription meds, etc. Any advice out there would be welcome.

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I have good news! I have been on Lyrica 4 years. Same dose you are on. But I didn't have pain control. I kept reading/searching on Fibro sites for something better and recently read about Low Dose Naltrexone. My doctor agreed to let me try it 10 days ago. Bedtime. 1.5 Mgs. I am ecstatic to report that it prevents the awful migraines and body aches I was having and it helps me sleep. If it causes you too much grogginess, you can take half dose. It has to be compounded at a compounding pharmacy. Is an old medication so not expensive at all.

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I believe DHA would help regenerate brain damage from Lyrica. I've decreased my Lyrica by 50% and have been on DHA (Fish Oil is DHA and EPA fat the brain must have to be healthy but it needs more DHA than EPA), and I'm slowly seeing great improvements. I'm reading a dictionary and encyclopedia is renew my brain memory database. I also do math in my head.

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Thank you for your message I too have been on lyrica for terrible Fibro pain for years. I have trouble w/ word recall and it affects my memory. I cannot come off it I've tried over and over because my pain is so terrible. I also take toprimate for migraines. I know it affects my memory too. Thank you for your post. It's embarrassing to be mid conversation and I can't recall names or words.

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There is no way I can get off of lyrica. Although I grasp for words (realized it is only nouns (both improper and proper) and I have had weight gain and swelling,it allows me to lead a normal life. (I have trigeminal neuralgia)

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I've been on lyrica for four years. l do have memory issues, cognitive problems trouble remembering things, confusion. It has helped with pain as I suffer with severe diabetic neuropathy from my knees all the way to my toes. My Dr has changed the mgs from 100, 75, 50 & 25 now I'm back to 75. It has crazy side effects but nothing else helped me so I'm stuck and may loose my job who knows. This is my life now.

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Who told you that Carisoprodol (Soma) was banned? I get 90 pills a month and I have another script with 5 refills ready to go for when I run out in 2 weeks. I last filled a script 2 weeks ago. It's not a banned drug, I've checked, my Dr. asked me who told me that and I was embarrassed to say I read it online, lol. Maybe your doctor has chosen to ban writing scripts for it but it's not a banned drug.

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I've been on Lyrica for 6 years, I experience no side effects. I had memory issues from Fibro Fog long before I took Lyrica and it has not gotten worse, it's actually better since the Lyrica helps with the Fibro. Lyrica helps a lot of people so I really don't see them getting rid of it.

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Lyrica may react in different ways with different people. Some don't have the side effects of loss of memory and inability to remember certain words. You are the lucky ones. Most of the people I read who took it have the loss of memory years after stopping taking the drug. I still don't have my memory back and have been off it since 2006. I was only on it for a month and it fired my brain. Lyrica works by interfering with the signals between the neurons and also will destroy neurons. Lyrica caused the hospital I had worked for to get rid of me after working there 29 years. Lyrica may help some but for the most of us it has wrecked our lives either by destroying our brains or see our friends or relatives destroy themselves or commit suicide. This is a dangerous drug and any evaluations that were done was either not enough or was covered up.

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Travelgal I am happy lyrica has helped you but having said that , you are an anomaly to this drug , a very unusual exception to the rule , my 23 year old son has not had a dose for 6 years and his once brilliant memory has not returned , he tries to memorize his work and two weeks later can not remember a thing , this is seriously bad .

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Yes read this study about lyrica and neurontin. I've been on neurontin for about 10 years and have had such issues with it from memory loss, to studdering, brain tics, forgetfullness, I've started taking myself off this medication because I'd rather hurt than kill my brain

Ref: wellnessresources.com/studies/neurontin_and_lyrica_are_highly_toxic_to_new_brain_synapses

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Acetyl L Carnitine and Alpha Lipoic Acid also protect the brain. Must be taken together.

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I have been on lyrica for over a year and my memory loss is significant. I have been slurring of my words all the time, it's rough and it's not really working and im on 600mg. When I didn't have the money to get my meds I went through withdrawal. my Dr told me it's like coming down from coke and opiates at the same time. I was so sick I thought I was dying.

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My doc gave me 150 lyrica for nighttime use ... Weight gain was extreme ...blurred vision , eyes only felt and looked half open ....memory loss ...absolute nite mare .... am now off it and on 10th lever ... is never go back near lyrica no matter what !!!!

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I agree. That's what I did, get off it, but very slowly. Brain damage (memory issues don't necessarily change) and diapers is not for me. Getting off it took an incredible toll on my body. Not easy to do.

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Is this a UK thread ...
I feel like I've lost my mind and memory

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This is a Lyrica thread. All countries welcome and yes you may be experiencing loss of memory and the inability to say what we want to say, like trying to find the right word in a conversation. It depends on how much you took and how long you've been on Lyrica. I took it in 2006. Lyrica caused me to lose my job and short term memory. One time I forgot how to drive and sometimes I'd forgot where I was going. I had other symptoms. I took myself off it in 2006. I was only on it a few weeks. I went cold turkey. I kept my phone next to me and told my family what I was doing. This kind of reaction happened to me on another medication in 1976. At that time I was seeing a psychiatrist who was treating my husband and the doctor would talk to me about how to handle him. He was a Sckitzoprenic Sckitzoid or switch those terms around and that would explain my actions about Lyrica. The psychiatrist he was seeing was also a neurologist.
Basically what happened was that he hit me during the night and told everyone I had fallen and suffered a concussion, which the hospital didn't pick up. Anyway I was put on this medication because the hospital said I was an epileptic. After a few weeks had passed my husband went in to see the psychiatrist, when the doctor called me in I told him what the hospital said and the medication they put me on. He told me to stop taking it. He further said I didn't need such a strong medication and also he said that epilepsy didn't run In my family and that all I had was a concussion. I went off the drug cold turkey like he told me to and that tapering the dosage was not the way to go.
That's what I did with Lyrica. I don't recommend it to everyone. It depends on dosage and how long you are on the medication.
I do recommend that if you want to go that route then start seeing a psychiatrist or a neurologist. They deal with the nerves and neurons. And when you get off it some side effects will go away, but some remain. The most common ones that stay with you for God's sake are memory, articulation in speech, and the inability to find the right word.

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The doctors who prescribe Lyrica should TELL as well as provide in writing the possible side effect of cognitive impairment that COULD BE PERMANENT and to follow the patient to ensure that this isn't occurring. I'm afraid that many people who are prescribed this drug for pain are mentally and physically exhausted to the point that they fail to read all of the side effects that might occur...however, even if they DO read the info, they will find that one of the more common side effects of "trouble concentrating" is never said to risk the impairment becoming permanent, long after the medication is stopped. Obviously, this permanent impairment is not a rare occurance, and I'm sure that there are many more people who have yet to realize that their decreasing mental status is due to their Lyrica, especially if they stopped taking the medication, and the "trouble concentrating" continues. I know that I'm the sort that if I get a rash after starting a medication, then stop it, and the rash doesn't improve--I think that the medication wasn't the cause...and I've been a nurse for 25yrs! I imagine that soon we'll be seeing the attorney commercials "Have you lost mental function after taking Lyrica?" But until this happens, PLEASE educate your physicians about these horrendous side effects. Please listen out for others who might be taking Lyrica and warn them about the possible serious potentially PERMANENT cognitive effects, and urge them to closely monitor for short term memory loss, increased difficulty concentrating, etc. Lyrica is dangerous!!!

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Hello I have been on lyrica since last June 2015 . I have also notice bad recall now and spasms which have increased mainly when I get up in the morning and tight leg muscles.
I have also known my speech is becoming very slurred. Not sure why it's happening though

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Those of you who had problems with lyrica should also have their blood drawn to see if they also have a vitamin D deficiency. Low levels exhibit a lot of the same symptoms as lyrica. Lyrica doesn't help either.Vitamin D deficiency only compounds the side effects of this drug.

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