Posted by yxibow on July 21, 2008, at 2:18:15
In reply to Re: pregabalin better than gabapentin? » yxibow, posted by Marty on July 20, 2008, at 8:38:40
> > The blurry vision I mentioned above. Going from 20/20 to 20/40 is Not a Good thing when one is already suffering from an incredibly rare psychiatric and psychological disorder affecting ones vision in the first place.
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> I understand. What are your visual symptoms ?Too many to mention -- but basically since Nov 17, 2001 some inexplicable disorder has heightened my visual awareness (bright traffic lights, afterimages, etc) that other people might recognize but filter out instantaneously. It could have been precipitated by a massive amount of paranoia (which would have been natural, but more than my peers, after 9/11.
Or it could have come anyway. Its origin remains a mystery and to my dismay all of it baffles even neurologists. I also have a cluster of somatiform complaints which if I think about too much probably pop up now and then -- odd thirst things, and a random constellation of things.
I was hesitant at first and decided to take Luvox instead in the theory that it would reduce dopamine -- whether it did or not it helped a little. Accidentally because I couldn't sleep, Remeron was discovered as a more powerful agent but the weight gain was massive. Eventually I agreed to take Seroquel, which I have been on ever since, except for a request to change to Zyprexa because I was having more oral fasciculations.
Unfortunately it didn't have a lot of effect and dropping Cymbalta with the idea of starting Luvox again wasn't the best thing either. I now possibly have something akin or actually equal to tardive dystonia in my legs and arms as a result of stiffness encountered with Zyprexa, although the somatiform disorder may amplify my feelings of it. It nonetheless is very real, just like all the very real sensations that I feel every day.
Somatiform disorders are not made up -- not terribly often -- they are distressing to the sufferer and the most common form is pseudoseizure, where anxiety is converted into actual seizures, even when the patient is not epileptic. This is most seen in ERs.
I also have a bit of intolerance to auditory sensations but that comes and goes.
I no longer feel the same benefit since I dropped Seroquel again three times cold because of fear -- though I still take it because without it my current functionality would not be the same, even though it is likely the cause of a non tardive oral tic disorder (as extensively probed by a neurologist). The tic disorder is not entirely, but fairly tied to psychological distress, when it comes out.
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> > I tried it for at least a month I think and my distance vision was decreased -- I dont think it would lift if I did further. I think it's about 5% of people or so, but that's just off the top of my head.
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> I'm not sure I understand you.. What is it that is happening to only 5% of the people ?
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> /\/\arty
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I was saying that around 5% of people experience visual blurriness when taking Lyrica, give or take, I don't remember the prescribing information.
-- Jay
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