I started out with Lyrica and far prefer it to gabapentin. So far most of the information seems pretty spot on, Lyrica seems to be 2x as strong as gabapentin on a mg to mg dose. Gabapentin seemed to cause a bit more in the way of stomach issues, with maybe 3 days in a row of rec doses leading to diarrhea. I never noticed this with the Lyrica, even after burning through my 60 300mg pills in ~10 days. Gabapentin also seemed to leave me feeling a lot more susceptible to the cold weather then Lyrica ever did. Tolerance built up incredibly quick for me with Lyrica, I would start out at 600 mg when I first got my script, then within 3 days I would be up to my max of 1800 mg at once. After burning through my months Rx in 10 days, I'd be off them for 15 days or so until my new Rx and tolerance would be back to normal. Kind of a rambling post I know, I'm high... Hope this helps
-oatmeal