Health Organization for Pudendal Education

Helen,
Glad to hear you are finally got a ticket on the Lyrica train. I found that taking it 3 times daily smooths out the spaciness. I am now up to 150mg. 3 times per day and I don't even notice the side effects any more- just a mild buzz and a ratcheting down of the pain. Stay focused and make those bean counters give you the treatment that you need.

Calluna,
Wishing you all the best on your big day.

Don

i know this is a late reply but I only just joined and am looking through the posts. I was put on gabapentin 11 years ago by the pain team at Preston Royal . I stayed on it around 6 months crying every day, sobbing heartbroken until eventually I didn't want to live any more. The pain wasn't relieved at all but the depression was horrific. |Eventually my son did an internet search and found dozens of cases in America where Gabapentin had caused severe depression and often suicide. I can well believe it. They had recommended that I increase it every 3 days while in hospital but the side effects; blinding headache, dizziness, cotton wool brain, tiredness and sickness were so bad they increased every 7 days instead. After my son's search I contacted my GP and discussed it with him and decided to come off the gabapentin - SLOWLY. I immediately felt better and within 4 weeks was my normal self again, still in pain but no crying, no wanting to end it all just determination to get pain relief which I got back then from oxycodone.
Last week when PN started my GP immediately suggested Pregabalin (Lyrica); he didn't even mention gabapentin and was more than willing to prescribe lyrica so I guess it must be a local funding issue. We decided that after the effect Gabapentin had it would not be wise to go on Lyrica but as i said he was more than happy to prescribe it. Any pharmacist can look up a drug and tell you whether it is red listed by your PCT. In our PCT oxycodone can only be prescribed instead of oramorph if there is a good reason and my GP had to write to tell them I am allergic to morphine. However when a generic version of Oxynorm came out recently the chemist would only give me the generic. I had to ask the GP to change my script from oxycodone to the brand name oxynorm before they would issue it. There is no difference in price.