11/8/2022 0 Comments Cymbalta withdrawal insomnia help![]() ![]() While doctors once believed that withdrawal from SNRIs did not cause severe symptoms, it is now commonly understood that antidepressants can cause severe withdrawal symptoms. It is common for patients who use medications like Cymbalta and duloxetine to experience withdrawal symptoms when they stop using the drug or reduce their dose. Who is likely to experience symptoms of Cymbalta withdrawal? More than half of people who take antidepressants like Cymbalta can experience withdrawal symptoms after discontinuing their medication. Like other SNRIs, Cymbalta treats depression, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, chronic musculoskeletal pain, and anxiety disorders by preventing the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain, boosting the levels of the neurotransmitters.Ĭommon side effects of Cymbalta and duloxetine include dry mouth, stomach pain, and decreased appetite.ĭue to the changes in brain chemistry that occur when using Cymbalta, the drug is associated with withdrawal symptoms if the dose of the medication is stopped or reduced quickly. It is also known by its generic brand name duloxetine. Hang in there.Cymbalta is a popular FDA-approved antidepressant medication that is classified as a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). Sometimes things become the lesser of two evils. I just hate that I have to take a narcotic, and that I am no doubt addicted to it. And of course getting pain relief with the Lortabs helps a whole lot with keeping depression at bay. I think exercise (I play a lot of tennis) which releases endorphins, helps my depression more than any antidepressant, as does meditation. ![]() Maybe there is some good in antidepresants for people who are suicidal or something, but generally I don't think staying on them long term is a good idea, and in my particular case I don't want to start using any of them at all ever again. They didn't help me with the pain either. I no longer trust any antidepressants, they don't seem to help with depression and they seem to have horrible side effects, especially the ones who claim to help with physical pain. At nite oxycontin does make me sleep but I don't mind it at night. Thankfully the Lortabs don't make me sleepy or lethargic. So I still have to take Lortabs at daytime, and one oxycontin at nite. I tried the neurostimulator implant for my I.C. But it finally went away afer about 3 months and I settled back down to not being sleepy all the time but not being hyper either. After I quit the Cymbalta I had a horrible period of withdrawal symptoms including nausea, insomnia, hyperactivity, hostility, non stop talking and pacing, etc. I have to take Lortabs for my severe chronic interstitial cystitis pain, so I was afraid maybe they had built up and were causing a sleepiness, but thankfully that was not the case. But neither the doctor nor I realized it ws the Cymbalta doing it. Not just the sleeping you sometimes do with depression. Two hours after I got up I was crawling back in the bed, and just physically sleepy and yawning all the time. Yes, when I was on the Cymbalta I started wanting to sleep all the time. > Does the "sleeping-itis" mean that Cymbalta actually caused you to sleep too much? What dose did you get up to? Sadly it did not help me with either one, and had horrible sleeping-itis while on it, and nausea, insomnia etc. I also have severe chronic pain from interstitial cystitis, so I was interested in Cymbalta because it said it helped with pain as well as depression. ![]() In reply to Re: Cymbalta withdrawal » tennisplayer, posted by Bob on April 21, 2008, at 13:29:12 Posted by tennisplayer on April 21, 2008, at 15:14:51 ![]()
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