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I was prescribed Lyrica today. Being the impatient person that I am, I was wondering the normal lenth of time before the medication starts working.

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I have diabetic neuropahy in both feet, it runs past my ankles and starting to hurt in my shins. The pain is 24/7 and finally the doctor said I had no choice to use Lyrica. Believe me, I fought this a long time. I take 50 mg capsule 1x a day and will for 45 days then go up to 75 mg capsule. For the last 2 weeks I've taken the 50's and still have no pain relief. However the sleepiness is my major side effect and I hate it. I fall asleep and wake later not even knowing I did. This scares me! Any input or advise would be appreciated. How long until the meds kick in?

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I also have severe fibo an degenative disc dease an been on lyrica for week an half but haven't had any relief yet, sure hope it works soon

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Hi, I realise this thread may be a bit old but here goes - I have been on Lyrica now for 8 weeks for what may be disc protrusion C6/7. As mentioned previously I had acute pain across my shoulder and down my right arm to my fingers, with my arm, hand or wrist variously aching extremely.
I was put onto Lyrica, Tramadol, Panadol & Ibuprofen.
I slowly weaned myself off the other three and now take 2x75mg Lyrica, morning and night. I cannot identify any real side effects but early on I was lying around most of the time. Personally I think either Lyrica is fabulous (if you wait for a while for it to take effect) or I am improving lots :) - that doesn't really help much, does it?
I would like to know whether I have to go off Lyrica gradually, and if I do, once I am not longer taking it, how long before it's effects have left me and I know how I 'really' feel?

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It worked for me the first day! I have peripheral neuropathy. Worst side effects from Lyrica are blurred vision and bruising (bruising has begun during the last week). I have been on Lyrica for almost 3 weeks.

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I found the tablets worked immediately. first tablet gave relief as they are advertised as also having an analgesia effect. side effects arent too bad and go away. weight gain is annoying.

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Yes, most side effects do eventually wear off, the length of time it takes, really depends on your body and how fast you adjust and build a tolerance to the drug. For some people it happens very fast, for others it takes weeks, or months, and you may experience some side effects again, every time you adjust the dosage higher.

Also, for some people, some side effects never do wear off. I have been on the same dosage of narcotics for almost a year now and I still get drowsy every time I take them, I spoke to my doctor and she said it just works that way for some people.

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I started taking Lyrica about 4 days ago for pain caused by cervical femoral stenosis (my doctor said I am a 'classic C6) I describe my symptoms as feeling like I have a butcher knife in my back between my spine and right shoulder blade, and constant, dull pain and numbness in my right shoulder blade laterally from my spine to shoulder, and then down my tricep and top of the right forearm. The Lyrica helped almost right away but I agree that the side effects make it difficult to get excited about it. The 'spacy' feeling, forgetfullness, effort to concentrate, and speach lazyness are frustrating. Not to mentiong feeling like you are not yourself anymore. My doctor said the side effects do eventually go away. I'm on 75 mg twice a day and will jump up to 150 twice a day in a week.

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I don't have FMS, so I can't speak personally, but from other posts on here and other boards, I can tell that others suffering from it have had good results from these types of meds.

Since it is not a narcotic or pain medication, yes, unfortunately, if your doctor has taken you off of all others, then you will still have pain until this starts to work, which can take, depending on your body chemistry and metabolism, anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks and for some people, as long as 6 to 8 weeks.

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I was put on Lyrica recently for severe Fibromyalgia pain. It is a nice change from the narcotic pain medicines that I have been taking, but the pain is still very intense. Have any other FMS patients seen results from Lyrica?

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Depending on the severity of your pain and your own metabolism, it can take anywhere from a week to a month to see results from this.

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It took a week for me. What were you prescribed Lyrica for? I started taking it after surgery on my cervical spine and for some reason started having panic attacks or something, dizziness and heart racing, only at night when trying to rest. After being on Lyrica for a week, those symptoms stopped, (not sure why or how it worked). I am now having low back problems and those symptoms have started again, so as of today they have increased my dose of Lyrica. I sure hope it works.

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