Dear Helen,
I am so sorry to hear @ Neurontin(Gabentin-generic,in which I use). I have took Pregablin(Lyrica)first b4 and will never take again. It will and this is just my resonse to it and have heard of terrible results from others. Do research on it. I trust Neurontin since it has been around 30yrs. but Lyrica is fairly new. I am just concerned bc it will be good for a while and seem to really be helping, then the weight issues and that is inflammation. I have gained 80lbs+ on Lyric and am very scared of it.
YOU take care of yourself. I am new here. This is my first post. I am basically dx myself at this point, but have every minute symptom as well as most of the test that cause it so it seems pretty apparent. I do hope it is something else. I have a T3-T4 compressed fracture that was just left after I had an ACD & F spinal diskectomy. Another thing they forgot to tell me of was that I had a Chiari Malformation(6.5 cm) and to me that is so wrong to leave someone in that shape, especially if it could be the cause of all of my sympoms. I suffer daily and have pain from top to bottom. Carpel tunnel in both hands and don't know where that came from. I don't do a lot of typing. I guess the past yr. maybe just bc I have been researching that is all. I don't think that would cause it and especially if my nerve conduction was normal just a yr. prior. HMMM?
These are the things I have been dx with and don't know why I have them. All I had done was to have surgery due to a herniated disc basically and now all of these. MMMM? DDD of Cervical,Lumbar & Hip/Joint
Spinal Stenosis
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Spondylosis
Cervicalgia
Fibromyalgia-this one worries me to think they misdagnosed me..A?
I had an ESI(Epidural Steroid Inj.),actually 3 and the last one hit something to make me jump on the table to where I lifted my head to ask, "What happened?" and all the doc could say was, "FRICTON" and I saw the look of fear in his eyes like I have done something wrong look. He made me sit up real fast and asked me if my ears were ringing or did I have heavy breathing. I told him no and that my hands/feet were completely numb. He kept me and monitored me for over an hour with BP and Heart rate. I am still numb and this ESI was done Dec.'06.My hubby thinks this is where all of my pain has come from since basically that is when I started getting in bad shape. I just hope and pray that it is not AA, but all signs point to yes.
Another thing happened to me that could be responsible I guess. After the surgery and b4 I had the ESI's, my right arm burned in the muscle and my shoulder hurt some, but that was all. After the ESI's I hurt everywhere!!!
Well, I did have one doc that was a friend of mine and a Chiro. He took xrays of my neck and saw that I had a screw that was placed directly on a nerve. IT was placed in an opening, in the wrong place. I went back to the NS who done the surgery and told him of this. He said that nothing was wrong w/my surgery. Of course not. I didn't expect him to admit it. I am seeing a Orthopedic Surgeon April 6th and maybe...LORD WILLING..He will get to the bottom of what is just @ to drive me crazy.
I wish the best for you and hope sincerely that you could give Neurontin more of a try. I am just so scared of Lyrica. It hasn't been around long. I loved how it made me get up and do things, but then the weight piled on so fast. They have found my sed. rate in my blood to show actual inflammation in my body. SO, whatever you do be careful.
Pray for me and I will for u and I hope I met a friend here right off the bat.
GOD BLESS.. Karen