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Posted by flmm on April 14, 2005, at 21:33:08
Anyone have any insight on sleeping with effexor? I currently sleep well on Lexapro, did not sleep well on Effexor, but would like to try Cymbalta for motivation and chronic pain.
Posted by Phillipa on April 14, 2005, at 22:09:27
In reply to Cymbalta and Sleep Vs. Effexor, posted by flmm on April 14, 2005, at 21:33:08
I know it works for pain. I took 60mg for about 3 months and stopped because I didn't think it was helping me. When I stopped every ache and pain was there. I didn't have any while on Cymbalta. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by The_Resistance on April 15, 2005, at 10:35:07
In reply to Cymbalta and Sleep Vs. Effexor, posted by flmm on April 14, 2005, at 21:33:08
> would like to try Cymbalta for motivation and chronic pain.
I don't have much to add on the sleep front, except to say that adding Remeron to Cymbalta would probably help you to sleep, its what I do with Effexor.I havent heard of Cymbalta helping with motivation, most people seem to find it makes their motivation worse.
I find this very frustrating, as I hoped Cymbalta would help with motivation due to its effect on Noradrenaline.
Posted by Interested on April 17, 2005, at 15:14:54
In reply to Cymbalta and Sleep Vs. Effexor, posted by flmm on April 14, 2005, at 21:33:08
I take 60 mg of Cymbalta a day, 30 mg in the am and 30 mg in pm. It does affect my sleep, but not dramatically. For example, I used to never wake up in the night. Now I wake up 2 or 3 times, and when I do wake up, I feel like I'm wide awake. But I lie there a few minutes, and I go right back to a sound sleep. It's not like insomnia. And I'm not tired.
It does have a norephenephrine reuptake inhibitor, unlike Prozac which is only a serotonin RI. So in the first week or 2, you have a definite "buzz" like taking an amphetamine. But that went away for me.
Good luck. It's a good AD, I think.
Posted by Colleen D. on April 18, 2005, at 18:50:24
In reply to Cymbalta and Sleep Vs. Effexor, posted by flmm on April 14, 2005, at 21:33:08
> Anyone have any insight on sleeping with effexor? I currently sleep well on Lexapro, did not sleep well on Effexor, but would like to try Cymbalta for motivation and chronic pain.
and now am back on Effexor. At 60mg the Cymbalta was doing about a 75% job on my chronic pain but I had no motivation and still couldn't sleep well at night without doxepin.
I am now on 75mg Effexor and it's really helping my joint pain at this low dose. I'm amazed. 30mg of Cymbalta didn't touch it for me. I now also take Wellbutrin and clonazepam and am doing quite well overall - chronic pain, depression anxiety, OCD and SP.
I've read that Cymbalta works very well for some people. It may be worth the try. When dicontinuing Effexor, going to Cymbalta, then back to Effexor, I had no "withdrawal" symptoms at all.
Colleen
Posted by coll81 on May 16, 2005, at 8:54:57
In reply to Re: Cymbalta and Sleep Vs. Effexor, posted by The_Resistance on April 15, 2005, at 10:35:07
colleen, i was wondering how long you were on the cymbalta for? because im just starting it and am also having problems sleeping but i hear if you stay on it past a month or two the sleping problems usually go away.. did u make it that far?
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