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hhh Regular Member Date Joined Jul 2008 Total Posts : 64	Posted 8/26/2008 12:36 PM (GMT -6)
	So I like Cymbalta and think it is helping with mood and pain and perhaps energy level. I've been on it for about a month. The last three nights, my insomnia has been unbearable. I couldn't even fall asleep watching the Democratic Convention! I slept about an hour and a half last night and I'm having difficulty working and driving today (the ton of rain and incredible humidity here in the southeast is so helpful for energy levels--not! ) I don't want the increased insomnia to be related to the Cymbalta because I don't want to stop the Cymbalta but I have got to get some sleep. yes, I take a ton of crap at night to get to sleep but it has all stopped working. My sleep lab is in three weeks. Has anyone noticed an increase in sleep symptoms with Cymbalta? I'm starting another thread on Xyrem because I really want feedback on that. thanks. Holly Back to Top

searchingforanswers Regular Member Date Joined Jun 2008 Total Posts : 44	Posted 8/26/2008 1:57 PM (GMT -6)
	Holly, I've been wondering the same about Cymbalta. I've had a hard spring and just saw my rheumatologist last week. I've been on Cymbalta 60 mg for about a year and frankly I didn't think it was any different than the last anti-depressant I had been on (Celexa). When I told my doctor that my energy level was so low that some days I could barely get out of bed, my pain has been worse and it is a constant fight against the depression, he raised my dose of Cymbalta to 90mg in the am and this weekend it is to be increased to 120mg daily. Even the pharmacist was concerned about that dosage and called the doctor to clarify it. I have to say that the increase in dosage has helped me alot. I do have more energy and am not nearly as depressed. But like you I am starting to have trouble sleeping and have not yet started on the 120mg. I'm hoping that it is a side effect that will resolve itself in time. I'm feeling better than I have in a long time! I do know one thing, this is a drug that you want to take early in the morning. Bev...searchingforanswers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ mother of four sons, grandma to five, wife to one wonderful husband ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fibromyalgia since 1993 Cymbalta, Tramadol, Lyrica, Xanex ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Love people and use things NOT love things and use people. He is richest who is content with the least....Socrates Back to Top

Sera Smiles Veteran Member Date Joined Nov 2006 Total Posts : 669	Posted 8/26/2008 3:53 PM (GMT -6)
	Hey you two and others out there wondering about Cymbalta. I have been taking Cymbalta for quite some time- somewhere around 4 years and it has been wonderful for pain and depression. I have not had any issues with it keeping me awake- I am a natural insomniac and it just keeps getting later everyday! LOL I have never connected my insomnia to Cymbalta because I was an insomniac before I was in pain or depressed. I do hope that the med is not the reason for your sleeplessness. I find that ambien works best for me for sleep, if I take it early enough. Definitely talk with the doc about this, good luck! DX- FMS 2003; Hypertension; Depression; PTSD; IBS *RX- Ultram 100mg x 2/d; Toprol 100mg/d; Cymbalta 60mg/d; Buspar 5mg x 2/d; Malic / Magn 1650/300 x 2/d; Claritin 10mg/d; Bendryl 50mg x 2/d;* *B-Complex 1/d; Melatonin 5mg/night; Ginseng 500mg x 2/d* PRN- Flexeril 10mg; *Hyoscine Butyl 2 mg* "Its never too late to be who you might have been" George Eliot Back to Top

Jokat Regular Member Date Joined Feb 2008 Total Posts : 278	Posted 8/27/2008 7:43 AM (GMT -6)
	I swear by Trazadone for night time. I have NEVER had trouble sleeping while taking the Trazadone. (3 years now) If I forget to take it I am reminded becasue I can not get to sleep. I take the Trazadone and within the hour I am dead to the world. JoKat Fibro is a life sentence, but not a death sentence. Fibro since 2005 Lyrica, Cymbalta, Trazadone Back to Top

hhh Regular Member Date Joined Jul 2008 Total Posts : 64	Posted 8/27/2008 7:59 AM (GMT -6)
	JoKat, thanks. I appreciate any and all suggestions as sleep deprivation is just maddening. I did try Trazedone a while back and couldn't sleep on it and in fact, started taking it during the day for energy but then had some GI symptoms. I have a bottle of 50 mgs and a bottle of 150 mgs in the cabinet and my husband keeps urging me to try them again so I might on Saturday. Thanks again. Holly Back to Top

Marlee2 Veteran Member Date Joined Aug 2007 Total Posts : 6067	Posted 8/27/2008 8:45 AM (GMT -6)
	I looked on medline and insomnia is not listed as a side effect of cymbalta. Xanax is my bedtime friend. I drift off to sleep in no time after taking it. I walked in the bedroom last night and DH had the convention on, that got changed in a hurry. luv and hugs Marlee Forum Moderator Fibromyalgia Fibro,Sjogrens, Anxiety, Gastroparesis, IBS, Gastritis, Allergies, High Blood Pressure, Low Blood Sodium and Osteoarthritis Amitriptyline, Celexa, Xanax, Synthroid, Zyrtec, Micardis, Spironalactone, Tylenol, Reglan, Lidoderm Patches and Tramadol Co Q 10, Super B Complex, Extra B12, Multi vitamin Back to Top

hhh Regular Member Date Joined Jul 2008 Total Posts : 64	Posted 8/27/2008 10:03 AM (GMT -6)
	Marlee2 said... I looked on medline and insomnia is not listed as a side effect of cymbalta. Yeah, huh! Cymbalta and Insomnia: An Introduction ="showDescription(event, 'http://insomnia.emedtv.com/insomnia/insomnia.html', 'Insomnia is the inability to get enough sleep.', 'Insomnia')" onmouseout=hideDescription(event); href="http://insomnia.emedtv.com/insomnia/insomnia.html">Insomnia is one of the most common side effects of ="showDescription(event, '/cymbalta/cymbalta.html', 'Cymbalta has been approved to treat various conditions, such as neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, anxiety, and depression.', 'Cymbalta')" onmouseout=hideDescription(event); href="http://depression.emedtv.com/cymbalta/cymbalta.html">Cymbalta^® (="showDescription(event, 'http://anxiety.emedtv.com/duloxetine/duloxetine.html', 'Duloxetine is a prescription medicine licensed to treat depression, anxiety, and other conditions.', 'Duloxetine')" title=duloxetine onmouseout=hideDescription(event); href="http://anxiety.emedtv.com/duloxetine/duloxetine.html">duloxetine hydrochloride). Studies have shown that up to 16 percent of people reported insomnia as one of Cymbalta's side effects. Back to Top

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