Re: Amytriptalin and Lyrica/ paxil or paroxitine/ JUDY

January 10, 2008

For Judy,

No, I quit all of my other meds when I went on Lyrica. I just didn't need them.

They were too much. I was not on anything else besides the amytriptiline and

sometimes Ativan if something got on my last nerve. And a sleeping pill which I

have not taken in weeks. I actually have not even taken a Tramadol for over a

week now. Just two enteric aspirin for a headache.

One thing I find is that I feel so much better the more I move. If I sit in my

chair for even the length of time it takes to watch a TV show, I stiffen up and

get full body burning and get all tight and the only thing that makes it better

is to get up and move around again. That doesn't happen all the time though. I

think it just happened today because I worked myself to death earlier.

I got so much done today! I had my errands list and then came home and unloaded

and vacuumed out my car. Got crazy in the garden because it was 66 here today.

So did some pruning I had wanted to do before that cold spell and pulled down

vines off the trellis. Fixed a wicked good dinner for the hubby and ran three

loads of dishes (yeah I had some catching up to do) and a load of laundry and

cleaned up the kitchen. Sat down to watch my show and fell asleep! LOL! Woke up

and fed all of the cats and wrote out some bills and watched some more TV while

the dryer was going and here I am at almost 4 AM on the computer. I am a little

upside down today. But I really feel pretty darn good. I think the Lyrica does

something to elevate your mood and give you energy. I know one of the side

effects can be euphoria, but I enjoy a little jazz if it makes me have more

energy and give me the " want " to do things.

And I think it helps with the ibs as well because of a positive change in my

symptoms. Anyway, I like the stuff and I am taking 75mg 2xd. I feel like ME

again.

Thursday I go to the eye doctor since I have NA glaucoma that was resolved

through surgery and I have to have a field of vision test but also I can't read.

Everything is blurry when I read. I can see fine otherwise so I don't think it

is the meds. Then I plan to come home and clean the basement. So if this is my

brain on drugs...whooppee! Beats how I felt three weeks ago.

Ruthie in NJ

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