We been waiting till school is out and our disney visit is behind us to ask Dr to put DD 15 on the lyrica. We haven't had good luck with most meds and many has been much more trouble than they worth due to the side effects. Hence the wait and DD not due to see her dr again till then anyway.
DD was DX'd with CFS and Fibro among other things when she was 13 and 14 yrs old. She missed at least 3/4ths of the 7&8th grades. Went back to school last year in April with her class taking her honors classes and made the honor roll after being out almost 2 yrs.
This year tho not pain free by any means she has done very well in her weighted honors classes and played volleyball, basketball and softball as a 9th grader. Seems the more active she stays the better she feels over all.
The Lyrica should be ideal for DD as she has a central pain processing disorder along with the fibro. I don't know how she stands to do sports as sometimes she can't stand to be touched at all even the slightest touch is very very painful other times she's pain free because her whole body is numb.
BTW a cousin who is mid 30's now has been on the Lyrica for a few months it has allowed her to go off most all her other meds she was on for the fibro and she says her thinkin is much better and the fog is much less. Thinks that her body was fighting the pain so much it effected her thinkin and increased the fog now that the pain is much less and she doesn't have near the drugs in her system she is functioning much better.
DD was DX'd with CFS and Fibro among other things when she was 13 and 14 yrs old. She missed at least 3/4ths of the 7&8th grades. Went back to school last year in April with her class taking her honors classes and made the honor roll after being out almost 2 yrs.
This year tho not pain free by any means she has done very well in her weighted honors classes and played volleyball, basketball and softball as a 9th grader. Seems the more active she stays the better she feels over all.
The Lyrica should be ideal for DD as she has a central pain processing disorder along with the fibro. I don't know how she stands to do sports as sometimes she can't stand to be touched at all even the slightest touch is very very painful other times she's pain free because her whole body is numb.
BTW a cousin who is mid 30's now has been on the Lyrica for a few months it has allowed her to go off most all her other meds she was on for the fibro and she says her thinkin is much better and the fog is much less. Thinks that her body was fighting the pain so much it effected her thinkin and increased the fog now that the pain is much less and she doesn't have near the drugs in her system she is functioning much better.