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i have upped my dose to 50mg at night at the moment not really seeing any improvement yet but i know its still a very tiny dose and i dont think i will see any improvement for a while until i hit a bigger dose, but the side effects arent too bad at the moment.
still not sleeping too good, cant seem to stay asleep and i have started having sweating at night in bed, like when you go through the menopause, but i went through that ages ago, so i am wondering if that and the insomnia are side effects, has anyone else had this happen?


andrea

It took me a full 2 months and a half to get pain relief from the amitriptyline, it is the same with this type of drug (so say the ladies at my support group for pelvic pain)
for some of them lyrica only started working after months and months! Side effects also lasted 5 weeks for me....you should try and stay on it, just be patient, it sucks, I know, but what else can we do

well i am now up to 75mg at night and really proud of myself for sticking to it, i know this is not a big deal for a lot of you but i am so scared of taking meds that this is a big break through for me, i am taking it really slowly and my next step is to upe my dose to 25mg in the morning and also to keep on taking the 75mg at night, i am also starting to now see a clinical psychologist to help with my fear of meds and illnesses, so maybe this will help as well, side effects not too bad but they do upset my stomach which is not good when you have ibs as well!



andrea

Andrea, maybe if you take them with food it will help a little with the nausea? Good for you for sticking with it.

Violet

well the nausea is a bit better but i am not feeling too good at the moment, some of my pain has come back and it feels a bit like i did before i started the lyrica, i will be increasing my dose tomorrow as i think my body has now got used to the 75mg and it needs to be increased, is this what happens that symptoms come back not quite as bad as before when you need to up the dose



andrea

Hi Andrea

I have been on pregabalin over a year now and found that every time i increased the dose, the pain would lessen for a few weeks, and then level off. I too had grogginess, double vision, tiredness, and some nausea for the first 3 weeks i started it. I would suggest you split your doses so that you take two pills at night and then one in the morning and one in the afternoon. That way you can sleep off the side-effects.
Kassie