Lyrica Withdrawal Support Group

I took 250 to 300 mg of lyrica daily for fibromyalgia, for 9 years. I have stopped due to medicare supplement insurance doesn't cover it. My Dr. weaned me off over the summer. Now I may not pursue other meds to replace it. It's been 6 weeks since my last dose. I can't eat. Nothing tastes good most days. I had welts during withdrawal, which my hands constantly went to from anxiety. So I'm still healing from those. Many other withdrawals as well. My question is, how long will the lyrica stay with me? When can I really judge that it's the real me, not the withdrawing me or the damaged from years of lyrica me? So glad I'm off it now.

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How are you doing, now? Has there been any change? Are you on any other medications?

It is odd for the effects of it to still linger this long, after you stopped taking it. Usually 5 to 6 weeks is the limit, according to NIH studies. Have you experienced any rebound pain, or depression?

The welts are very unusual. Generally they would occur while taking a medication, not from tapering off of it, but I am not a doctor, so I can't say for sure.

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