Re: Just Ruthie in NJ

[Guest guest]

Oh my goodness. I can't believe someone wouldn't apologize after ramming

you with their cart! How rude.

Are you experiencing dizziness at night from the Lyrica?

I hope that passes for you as your body becomes more used to the drug.

Thanks for checking in.

Jeanne in WI

> Back for a moment. Lyrica is working. For the most part, the pain is much

> less but not all gone and sometimes at night I have the full body burning

> and have to take a Tramadol, if I can get up to get it. The other night I

> had to have the hubby lift me out of bed and get my meds

for me. Woe! A few nights before that I got up by myself and fell right

over backwards. Fortunately a footstool was there and broke my fall. Then

the other day, I was in the grocery and a man ran his cart into my hip full

force. I think I could have picked him up and hung him on a nail I was so

peeved. I did bitch him out because he never

even said " excuse me " or " sorry " . My hubby, who was twice his size,

offered to smack him. LOL! Love my hubby! So, days are pretty darn good,

nights are so-so, depending.

>

> Wishing all of you better days and nights.

>

> Ruthie in NJ

[Guest guest]

I don't think the Lyrica makes me dizzy, but I do think it affects

my balance a bit. When I am half asleep, I am not so able to stay

upright. So that is probably why I fell. I fell up the stairs this

afternoon too. I am accommodating this by changing the way I stand

and walk. I feel so good otherwise on the Lyrica, that I will keep

on with it and hope that this side effect wears off with time. I

have no more brain fog, I am not so sleepy, I have more energy, I am

more positive and I can think and plan and actually get something

done in a day. Yesterday I cleaned two bathrooms and did a load of

laundry and ran errands for my friend who was in a car accident and

totaled her car.

I also have a bigger appetite which is NOT so good either. So I am

following South Beach Diet to try to get back to normal again.

Tonight I had a glorious shrimp stir-fry that was divine. My own

recipe. I need to get the weight off that I put on while moping

around pre Lyrica. Gosh I am glad to have gotten off the rest of my

meds. I feel human again.

Ruthie

>

> Oh my goodness. I can't believe someone wouldn't apologize after

ramming

> you with their cart! How rude.

> Are you experiencing dizziness at night from the Lyrica?

> I hope that passes for you as your body becomes more used to the

drug.

> Thanks for checking in.

> Jeanne in WI

>

>

> > Back for a moment. Lyrica is working. For the most part, the

pain is much

> > less but not all gone and sometimes at night I have the full

body burning

> > and have to take a Tramadol, if I can get up to get it. The

other night I

> > had to have the hubby lift me out of bed and get my meds

> for me. Woe! A few nights before that I got up by myself and fell

right

> over backwards. Fortunately a footstool was there and broke my

fall. Then

> the other day, I was in the grocery and a man ran his cart into my

hip full

> force. I think I could have picked him up and hung him on a nail I

was so

> peeved. I did bitch him out because he never

> even said " excuse me " or " sorry " . My hubby, who was twice his

size,

> offered to smack him. LOL! Love my hubby! So, days are pretty darn

good,

> nights are so-so, depending.

> >

> > Wishing all of you better days and nights.

> >

> > Ruthie in NJ

>

[Guest guest]

try neurally mediated hypotension, a lot of the meds will cause a drop in BP and

most FM patients have low BP to begin with so any drop is going to cause a

reaction.

Re: Just Ruthie in NJ

I don't think the Lyrica makes me dizzy, but I do think it affects

my balance a bit. When I am half asleep, I am not so able to stay

upright. So that is probably why I fell. I fell up the stairs this

afternoon too. I am accommodating this by changing the way I stand

and walk. I feel so good otherwise on the Lyrica, that I will keep

on with it and hope that this side effect wears off with time. I

have no more brain fog, I am not so sleepy, I have more energy, I am

more positive and I can think and plan and actually get something

done in a day. Yesterday I cleaned two bathrooms and did a load of

laundry and ran errands for my friend who was in a car accident and

totaled her car.

I also have a bigger appetite which is NOT so good either. So I am

following South Beach Diet to try to get back to normal again.

Tonight I had a glorious shrimp stir-fry that was divine. My own

recipe. I need to get the weight off that I put on while moping

around pre Lyrica. Gosh I am glad to have gotten off the rest of my

meds. I feel human again.

Ruthie

>

> Oh my goodness. I can't believe someone wouldn't apologize after

ramming

> you with their cart! How rude.

> Are you experiencing dizziness at night from the Lyrica?

> I hope that passes for you as your body becomes more used to the

drug.

> Thanks for checking in.

> Jeanne in WI

>

>

> > Back for a moment. Lyrica is working. For the most part, the

pain is much

> > less but not all gone and sometimes at night I have the full

body burning

> > and have to take a Tramadol, if I can get up to get it. The

other night I

> > had to have the hubby lift me out of bed and get my meds

> for me. Woe! A few nights before that I got up by myself and fell

right

> over backwards. Fortunately a footstool was there and broke my

fall. Then

> the other day, I was in the grocery and a man ran his cart into my

hip full

> force. I think I could have picked him up and hung him on a nail I

was so

> peeved. I did bitch him out because he never

> even said " excuse me " or " sorry " . My hubby, who was twice his

size,

> offered to smack him. LOL! Love my hubby! So, days are pretty darn

good,

> nights are so-so, depending.

> >

> > Wishing all of you better days and nights.

> >

> > Ruthie in NJ

>

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