 [ Symptoms ] when you go to get on the pill and they ask if you have had sex or not would it matter what your answer was if i went to the doctors and they asked me if i had sex or not and i did and i said i did not because i do not want my mom to know would it affect my birth control would it still work because all they check for if you did have sex was if you were pregnant or if you have a std or hiv [ Disease ] lyrica was the first medicine approved by the fda for treating fibromyalgia pain it is indicated for fibromyalgia pain and is felt to work by decreasing the pain signal intensity at the spinal cord level one of the possible side effects is drowsiness which can affect the sleep but it is not approved as a sleep med please work with your doctor to determine benefits and side effects of any of your meds and whether it is best for you to continue them when i started on lyrica about 2 years ago now it took approximately 3 months for my symptoms to truly see improvement they went away gradually over time for me lyrica is a drug that requires building up in the system and maintaining a certain level in order to continue being effective that is why they warn you not to miss doses or take double doses in the papers that come with it give it a little more time but if you do not see any improvement in 3 6 months you will definitely need to revisit with your doctor