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Cymbalta- Not for me....

Posted by cache-monkey on October 7, 2004, at 20:04:36

In reply to Re: SSRI/Cymbalta sleepiness, posted by Rayray on October 6, 2004, at 18:34:21

So, it looks like the trial of Cymbalta was pretty much a bust for me. From the start I felt sweaty, agitated and restless. Akathisia the term is, I guess. The tiredness thing was just for a day or so and I think from lack of sleep. (Kept waking up every half an hour.) And this was on a max of 30 mg/day.

So I'm tapering down and going off Cymbalta in the next week. Too bad, but based on this and my experiences with Celexa and Lexapro, I think I've learned I think that serotonegerics are not for me. They tend to cause anxiety and/or akathisia, sometimes bordering on hypomania (only after lots of sugar or simple carbs).

Anyway, sounds like most people are having better luck than me. Hope you have continued improvement!

Peace,
cache-monkey

> I started Cymbalta 30mg on 9/27 and went to 60 a week later. In the first week I noticed some sleepiness, feeling slightly flushed and warm, and some irritability (possibly a "coverage gap" after stopping Zoloft), although there was some increased "perkiness."
>
> This week I've noticed considerable lessening of the negative side effects. It's still too soon to tell, but I may even be getting a little libido back.
>
> I have to admit being lucky in that I tolerate most meds pretty well (so far) and tend not to have a lot of side effects.
>
> Good luck and stick with it,
>
> Ray


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