I am 56 and started taking Lyrica in July for late onset temporal lobe epilepsy. I have been slowly increasing my dose of lyrica by 25mg increments. I usually experience fatigue, slight dizziness and brain fog for the first 2-3 weeks, then the symptoms improve considerably. About one month ago, I bumped my dose from 150mg to 225mg all at once. I was a bit dizzy but doing okay. The past two weeks dry mouth has gotten way worse but is tolerable. I drink a half gallon of water a day to stay hydrated anyhow since we live at high altitude. But two weeks ago my sinus stopped draining and now I m very dizzy, as in the entire room is moving as though I had been spinning around. I have had sinus infections in the past, usually at this time of year. I catch them right away and treat them by taking sudafed & guifennisen and breathing steam. I also make sure the humidifier is at 45%. I have no symptoms of an infection such as discolored mucus, headache and sinus pressure like I usually do. I m just severely congested and extremely dizzy like never before. I relented and went to the doctor and she said that the lyrica could be making my dizziness worse. I began a course of antibiotics which I never take unless desperate, and have been using Xlear nasil spray in addition to my usual regiment. The dizziness is improving somewhat, but still more severe than I ve ever experienced with a sinus infection before. I m concerned that I may be having a dangerous reaction to the lyrica and am feeling anxious about it. I don t want to stop, as my seizures are improving, becoming less frequent and of a shorter duration. Since the dizziness is improving, it would seem that my sinus are a part of the problem. But what I find odd, is that I never had the usual symptoms of an infection to begin with. Should I cut back on my dose by 50mg and increase it at a slower rate like before? Is this going to be a chronic issue while taking lyrica? Any advise or reassurance would be greatly appreciated.