Posted by Christia on March 28, 2011, at 23:08:10
In reply to Re: Alpha-delta sleep and cymbalta? » Christia, posted by floatingbridge on March 27, 2011, at 17:28:18
They sure do prompt difficult questions. Have you had success with other meds or med combos for the pain/depression one-two punch?
Effexor worked for me for depression, but caused me to to have to sleep 12 hours per night. (And I mean I HAD to!) I won;t even try pristiq, since it's basically effexor.
Lyrica for pain made me completely depressed within a week, even though the pain docs said this was not a SE (except for the suicide warning of course). The physical pain was almost magically gone, however.
While I am always grateful for meds that make me feel better, I'm always constantly aggravated as well. I wish I did not always get the side effects!
On a side-note. I saw that agomelatine works in part by increasing slow-wave sleep. I am half-ready to import it now!
Thanks.
> Christia, recently had a failed trial of cymbalta for double-duty AD & chronic pain. Impacted sleep greatly, negatively affected depression, and gave me intractable GI issues. (I hung on for about 8 weeks to wrangle the GI issue because it reduced the *other* pain so successfully.)
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> My dreaming and sleep altered quite a bit, though; more than pristiq. I, too, wonder about a med that disrupts the stages of sleep in which the body repairs
> tissues, including nerves....
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> So, no less pain now, but maybe, deep sleep/health deficit down the road? Medications can prompt some difficult decisions.
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