"been suffering with low back pain worse in the buttocks and sometimes hips.  numbness, tingling in both legs.  underwent a laminotomy for spinal compression due to synovial cyst and facet joint disease.  have a couple herniated discs, but left alone in surgery...felt i would recover from this on its own as i have very mild degenerative disc disease..  since taking lyrica for only 3 days at a low dose my pain has subsided enough so i could actually leave my home to go out to dinner.  pain went from about &quot;10&quot; at its worst down to about a m &quot;2-3&quot;.   i would say try it as it may work for you. side effects are less than gabapention."