Posted by Tony P on March 16, 2010, at 18:06:37
In reply to CYMBALTA, posted by blahblahblah on March 4, 2010, at 0:22:31
> Hey all,
> I have just started on Cymbalta and it is making me extremely drowsy. I got put on this as it is meant to be more weight neutral so I didn't expect the drowsiness. Does anyone else have any experiences they can share with cymbalta.Makes me drowsy too and the effect hasn't gone away after a year. As I was already having problems with hypersomnia, this became a major problem, especially because Cymbalta seemed to work well for me in every other way. I was on 30 mg 3x a day and I'd fall asleep after each dose.
What's worked for me:
- substituting 20 mg Cipralex/Lexapro for one of the Cymbalta 30 mg doses
- Taking one 30 mg Cymbalta in the AM and one at night
- adding 100 mg modafinil (Provigil/Alertec) & a couple of cups of coffee(!) to my morning regime.-- Tony
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