Posted by vikala on October 5, 2004, at 17:16:08
In reply to Re: SSRI/Cymbalta sleepiness » cache-monkey, posted by Racer on October 5, 2004, at 13:07:46
I started at 30mgs of Cymbalta for 2 weeks. Felt sedated and I slept all day and night. I am now on week 3 of 60mgs, and honestly there has been a slight improvement. No other med made me this sleepy (Prozac, Lexapro, Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor) I don't think any of them made me feel tired at all. I nap daily and sleep 9-12 hours a night. Even when I sleep 6-7 hours I still feel exhausted. I thought maybe too much rest was the culprit and that wasn't the case. I'm also experiencing sexual side effects even though I was told this drug had the least occurence. Eli Lilly needs to update the side effects and warn people about this sedation quality. It's pretty intense in my opinion.
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> For me, I've experienced some ongoing sedation on Cymbalta, but not as bad as the first couple of weeks. Also, with my anxiety under control now, the depression itself is leaving me feeling apathetic, and amotivated, and generally lethargic.
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> It's gonna be different for everyone, but that initial sedation lasted about four weeks for me. Then it faded.
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