Lyrica and weight gain..

I've been at 150 mgs of lyrica for almost a month now and have noticed a little weight gain I have to increase up to 300mgs and I'm afraid I will start to gain more..i'm 5'4 and i weighed about 127 before i started this medication and have definitely noticed weight gain in my stomach

Does anyone else have this problem? Does working out help keep the weight off or is it no use? HELP!

I saw in the last thing i posted one of you said you gained weight with this medication.

Hi
I have been taking lyrica for a month now im taking 300mg per day. I have also noticed massive weight gain around my stomach it looks swollen all the time. I am 5"2 and weighed 110lbs now i weight 117lbs! I dont know if this drug is worth the weight gain as I still have the pain. Has it helped your pain at all? Its is also making me have the worse constipation ever.

So far I don't see any improvement with my pain/irritation:( I'm trying to decide the same thing:( I guess ill try the 300 Mgs and see if it does anything To help. Have you tried any other medications? This is my 3rd one I've tried and the first 2 didn't cause any weight gain which were one of the side effects. (I took decipramine and neurotin)

I was 124 lbs before Lyrica and I've gained 20 lbs in the year or so I've been on it. And exactly as you said all around my middle which makes me look awful. I've tried various ways of shifting it but lose a couple of pounds only to put them straight back on again for reasons unknown. I have other health problems that mean aerobic exercise is out of the question too which doesn't help. I'm on 450 mg a day and find it helps with the diffuse burning but doesn't touch the rawness/soreness/heavy feeling around the vestibule and the labia to either side of that area. I daren't come off it though because I don't want the constant widespread burning to come back which I know it will because the sensation on the skin doesn't feel normal under all the meds so for now I'm stuck with being chunkier than I used to be which is embarrassing!

Forgot to say Kate, try Magnesium Oxide tablets which you can get from health food shops, I take 3 a day and it completely solved the constipation issue which I'm sure our pelvic floors don't need!