diamondcut Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 Can anyone tell me if this will probably pass or if this is a reason to really stop.Benn on Lyrica just over a week for Migraines. I had the usual sleepyness and general wrapped up in cotton wool feel in the day on it, which i actually thought great, i can deal with that! My heart is usually the first thing to play up on new drugs.I have taken it so slow and am only on 10mg once a day but last 3 days i am now getting lower back ache quite badly as well as cramps in my legs. This is definatly due to the Lyrica nothing else.Im just worried it could be kidneys with the lower back, but cramps in legs cant be a good thing, can anyone suggest what this maybe and if its a reason to stop or just keep trying to push through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clairc Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 I just googled and joint and muscle pain is listed as a side effect of the drug. Does that sound like what you might have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peregrine Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 I got stiffness on Lyrica, which (in combination with it not really doing anything for the chronic pain) caused me to come off of it. Almost all of the stiffness has gone away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamondcut Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hi Peregrine,I have stopped the Lyrica and its all gone away...yet another pill that doesnt out weight the benefits.Can i ask what you take for migraines as i think you and me have agreed before we have a dual type of POTs!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peregrine Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I don't take anything in particular for migraines - just a cup of tea and some ibuprofen for the rare ones. Mine are pretty minor when they happen - just a standard headache with some photo- and phonophobia, no nausea. And you're right about the dual type of POTS! The video that... issie, I think? sent out had a neat explanation of EDS and POTS and how you end up with a dual type (you overshoot too high after standing, which is sympathetic overdrive, but then you overcorrect and BP and HR crash and you pass out, basically an issue of overcompensation on both ends). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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