[Paradigm]

Hey all...

I haven't posted much here, but log in to read up on various things occasionally, this place is a great resource!

Anyway, my accident was in November 2006, I'm T6 complete.
So it's been a little over 2 years now. When I got out of rehab in July 2007 I was on 300mg of Lyrica four times a day. It made me pretty drowsy in the beginning, but I gradually adjusted to it, and didn't suffer from the drowsiness any longer, and was almost completely pain free on that dosage.

A month or so ago I dropped back to 300mg three times a day, and was coping ok, so the last few days I've dropped back to just twice a day. I certainly know about it by the end of each 12hr stretch, but I will persist with it I think.

I'm asking what dosage other people are on because I was speaking to a friend this week who is a T5 para, and he suffers with incredible pain which serverely impacts on his quality of life. He keeps a journal of his pain levels, and has tried everything his doc's have thrown at him, but he has recorded just 5 days with low pain levels over the course of 2 years.

He is on an extremely low dose of Lyrica compared to me, and it just seems crazy to me that I have been able to get out and about, and LIVE LIFE... I've been skiing, camping, scuba diving, riding motorbikes and just generally socialising, while he has been virtually house-bound for two years.

IT"S NOT FAIR!!!

I feel so sad for him :-(

[jass1]

I'm taking 450mg daily and I'm in most of the time, that's way I'm seriously thing of Spinal Stimulator surgery because i cant take it any more

[cubanito_016]

the mass dosage of lyrica is 600mg a day and I take 300mg in the mornig and at nigth I take 300mg.I know this nurve pain suckss I deal with them to and life is a bitch.I dont do alat of things caUSE of the the nurve pains but when my pain is relief for a couple of days i try to enjoy those days but when the pain comes back I have no choice youst to deal with it.

This post has been edited by cubanito_016: 04 March 2009 - 08:50 PM

[Trinity]

I take 525mg a day but i split it into three doses of 175mg, I found this more effective than taking it twice a day

[macad]

Paradigm, on Mar 4 2009, 01:09 PM, said:

Hey all...

I haven't posted much here, but log in to read up on various things occasionally, this place is a great resource!

Anyway, my accident was in November 2006, I'm T6 complete.
So it's been a little over 2 years now. When I got out of rehab in July 2007 I was on 300mg of Lyrica four times a day. It made me pretty drowsy in the beginning, but I gradually adjusted to it, and didn't suffer from the drowsiness any longer, and was almost completely pain free on that dosage.

A month or so ago I dropped back to 300mg three times a day, and was coping ok, so the last few days I've dropped back to just twice a day. I certainly know about it by the end of each 12hr stretch, but I will persist with it I think.

I'm asking what dosage other people are on because I was speaking to a friend this week who is a T5 para, and he suffers with incredible pain which serverely impacts on his quality of life. He keeps a journal of his pain levels, and has tried everything his doc's have thrown at him, but he has recorded just 5 days with low pain levels over the course of 2 years.

He is on an extremely low dose of Lyrica compared to me, and it just seems crazy to me that I have been able to get out and about, and LIVE LIFE... I've been skiing, camping, scuba diving, riding motorbikes and just generally socialising, while he has been virtually house-bound for two years.

IT"S NOT FAIR!!!

I feel so sad for him :-(

My husband is on Lyrica 300 twice a day he has found some benefit with that but was told that was the maximum dosage

[Hawkeye]

I was taking 150mg twice a day. Currently I take none. I just couldn't get past the side effects.

Joe T-4 complete