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You are not supposed to drink while on Lyrica. I made the big mistake of doing that. I took my dose in the morning and then got invited by some friends to go out. I do not usually drink, but started drinking around 9:30 pm. I was found in an alley behind a restaurant at 4 am. The last thing I remember was last call at 2am. I am only posting this to give a VERY strong warning not to drink while on this medication. Luckily I am OK and still alive. It is a horrible feeling to not know what happened in those 2 hours. Please do not drink while on Lyrica.

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Oddly enough I have the opposite problem! I take 300mg at night for neuropathic pain that prevents me sleeping. If I have alcohol within a couple of hours of taking the tablet I don't sleep. No other side effects - except getting my life back.

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Get an MRI, sounds like herniated disks.

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I have noticed that I get drunk easier on when I drink while taking Lyrica, which is fine by me! I've never blacked out while drinking and, when I do drink, I tend to down a whole fifth. So getting drunk easier works in my favor because then I need less alcohol to enjoy myself. Granted I have always had a very, very high alcohol tolerance so that's likely why I don't have any issues really. I wouldn't recommend drinking excessive amounts like I do while taking a med like Lyrica, and I know I shouldn't be doing it but I still do from time to time. Working on cutting back with the drinking, especially since the Lyrica now helps with the pain that I was drinking to escape anyways. Won't be too hard for me to cut back on the booze though, did it before when my pain was under better control.

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I take lyrica for diabetic nerve pain. 450mg a day. I drank a glass of wine on Halloween and broke out in a sweat and hives all over. I am 41 years old and never had hives until that day. I know it wasn't the wine because i have drank wine before with no problem

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I take 150mg/day, and I haven't had any issues with blacking out. I usually only have a beer or two, but I've gone a little crazy before (6+) and I didn't black out. I'm 23 though, if there's any correlation with age.

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This is the first time i have seen that sight changes. I've also been feeling like my hearing has changed. I'm aware of every little sound. Mostly at work around the heavy equipment. Did you feel that way too? I joke about my "spidey senses" but my right eye isn't doing so great while my hearing almost drives me crazy.

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I agree 100% with you. I have been taking them for 5 months and been very careful about the alcohol I f I felt like a drink I would allow myself 2 x30ml measures with mineral water and lemon barely of vodka, last night I decided I had only taken my pills on the morning and I'm not sure why but for some reason I decided to have a few beers but that was a big mistake I don't remember falling to sleep only my partner finding me curled forward head in hands I have been ill now for 24 hrs can sleep cold/hot sweats and vomiting so please don't do it

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I drink beer on the weekend, I noticed with taking lyrica I drink much much more and get knocked out. If I don't take lyrica for the day can I drink normally.
Thanks for any feed back

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Yes, I'm having the same side effects. I've always enjoyed having a beer anytime of the day...especially when I'm on my boat. Most would label me as a moderate drinker, but beer never really made me drunk. When I started Lyrica for chronic headaches, I couldn't even finish 1 beer on the boat or even at my crawfish boil's....I could not tolerate a beer. Made me feel terrible and nauses although I never threw up. I'm at 300mg a day and it does help with the chronic headaches. I miss my beer buzz...

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What a weird drug Lyrica is. I first started taking it in January of 2011. 300MG a day and after about 5 weeks it erased my nerve pain completely. Drinking didin't have any effect on me at all. That same June I came off of it and ended up getting back on it that September. Same dosage and it didn't work anymore. Again alcohol didn't have any effect. Exactly one year later I was going on a vacation and was hoping to ease the nerve pain so the doctor put me on 225MG a day. It did help a bit but strangely enough, the day after drinking I would get really stoned for several hours. Even if just a few beers. Anybody else get this stoned feeling? I didn't get stoned when drinking but only the next day. Really weird. I may get on it again soon and would like to drink without this side effect. Its tough to go out with friends and not drink especially since I don't want them to know about my nerve pain.

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i have just started taking lyrica and after reading other peoples problems i am spewing at the thought of serious after effects i have noticed severe cramping in the back of my legs at night i hope this will go away if not i will have to stop i was put on it because of burning pain in my hands and legs in bed let me know how to stop taking it cheers

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I have a good friend who was taking lyrica for nerve pain in his legs. He drank beer quite often. One night he drank a lot and went home and put a gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Nothing precipitated this. He was perfectly fine earlier in the evening. Believe the suicide warnings. They are real.

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It could be that you are not used to drinking and you had too good of a time.

Lyrica potentiates the effects pf drugs and alcohol- making then stronger and hit faster .

If someone rarely drinks - stick to 1 drink .

If someone is more likely to drink in a daily basis- take it slow and drink low proof booze.

If u notice u are becoming intoxicated in a weird way or quicker than usuall slow down! Common sense ppl!

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Hi leonale, I have now been up graded to palexia 200mg plus my 600mg of lyrica a day. This has eased my pain of that much it is unbelievable. The blood tests I have had before going on palexia have shown there is a bad infection in my body. The doc is now getting me to have a bone scan scintigraphy along with a gallium scan- infection. Hope this will show what is going on with my body. All from a total hip replacement. With Palexia it is very dangerous to touch any alcohol at all so if anyone thinks they may have to go on this medication, get rid of any alcohol from sight. I have had 3 eye tests over a five week period and each test comes up totally different so now I have to see an eye specialist for that too. I think lyrica can be blamed for that looking at other posts here.

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My reaction to Lyrica seem to mirror Geof's: short-term memory problems, dropping things - especially if I'm holding an object in one hand & do something with the other hand (docs done nerve tests - normal) I often drop the 1st item, eyesight changes - eye docs says eyes weaker, but no change in my early cataracts? Wants to do Cataract surgery - says vision will be great then ... ?! I drink very, very rarely so I h/n had any issues described there; but I'm also not much fun now :-) I take med for buldging disc just below neck fusion & pinched femoral nerve: some not so good days; some bad days, as long as there are more days I'll take what I'm given.

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Hi Andrew, I have been on 600mg of lyrica since late 2012. I was involved in an accident back in 2010 and put on lyrica to help me with mental issues. After reading some of these posts I have side effects mirror imaging. Stiffness in my lower back has been very severe, Fingers cramping, short term memory loss and urine problems.
I just took it all as part of thr accident but looking back these problems were not there then. I have an appointment with a pain specialist very soon so in will see how things pan out then.
My sight has been changing and has drs scratching their heads there too.
My hands also shake and I drop things a lot.
I will get back to you all after the appointments

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I have been taking Lyrica for three years now and was on 200mg a day but have been on 50mg a day for the past couple of years. I can not control my drinking when I am out and am now scared to meet friends. It has ruined my social life and I have only just realised by reading these reports what it has done to me. I also recently became so weak that I could not walk and my neurologist suggested it was Vitamin D deficiency. I went for a blood test and my level was 11.6 nmol/l and it is supposed to be 150! I have suffered from back ache for the past 12 months and after 4 weeks of Vitamin D replacement and fish oil and calcium along with Mg spay on my skin the backache has totally gone. Lyrica stimulates the liver to metabolize Vitamin D. If you have a job which depletes your sun exposure then this over time is a big problem. I would recommend anybody on Lyrica long term to have a blood test. It is also extremely addictive and I am totally hooked. Returning to alcohol. I have found myself totally losing hours out of evenings. I have found posts on Facebook days afterwards; as sometimes I don't check that are quite offensive and I have no recollection of writing them. I have been offensive to people in the street and have found this out from people who I know that I have no recollection of being with at the time. Please try not to take this drug unless you really need it. I am going to do all I can to stop taking it as I feel it is having bazaar affects that change over time and with certain circumstantial factors. I wonder how much Pfizer know about these effects? Thanks everyone.

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Hi Bob,
I am on 600mg of lyrica and have been for 12months. Don't take your dose until you are home after having a drink. lyrica with alcohol just hits you no warning just knocks you out. You will sleep for several hours and not know anything. I also take it for chronic pain relief from an accident.

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Hi Steve:

Thanks as I do not also abuse alcohol but do like to have a few socials and not go over the edge! I have also been taking Tramdol which is now being weaned off at same time I'm weaned onto Lyrica. With Tramadol I experienced after having taken some alcohol that you got more tired like and maybe agitated or irritable. Not sure if same will occur with Lyrica but will see what takes place. Back issue may also provide some of the affects with alcohol but more so with the drugs I'm sure.

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As I said before I'm down now to 2 X 75mg Lyrica a day now , at the weekends I have 2 to 3 Beers and that does me , I don't get great pain relief from the Lyrica , but I find its better than nothing it relaxes me that little bit and the few Beers I drink helps even more. I believe it concentrate the affects of Alcohol , so I suppose I'm getting the affect of a lot more Beer than 1.5 litres. I believe with me its not really having the drink any more , but the fact that I can tell myself I'm a beer drinker that really matters.

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