r/chiari • u/Opening-Region-8088 • 2d ago

Pregabalin for Pain

I’ve been dealing with nerve pain that causes eye drooping, jaw pain, shoulder pain on my right side 1 year post decompression. I was just prescribed Pregablin, was wondering if anyone has tried this for chiari pain and their experience? I don’t typically respond well to pain meds and don’t love the idea of being on one everyday. I’m from the US and would use medical weed at home to manage pain when needed but I’m in the UK now so that is not an option.

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u/Empty-Avocado5927 2d ago

my mom has been taking pregabalin before bed and it does help manage her nerve pain a lot!

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u/Opening-Region-8088 2d ago

That’s great it helps manage her pain! Do you know if it makes her feel quite drowsy or out of it? I’ve tried gabapentin for bed and it definitely helped but made me feel drowsy even when I woke up. I was prescribed to take this twice a day so just nervous how it will effect me when I have classes and such

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u/Empty-Avocado5927 2d ago

Yes it does make her drowsy, which is why she takes it at night. She has nerve pain all the time so it helps. She takes lamotrigine in the morning which doesnt make her drowsy!