Posted 2/26/2015 12:26 AM (GMT 0)
On Monday Feb.23 i have been on cymbalta for 5 weeks.I had been on Paxil for 10 months and it just conked out.The first week i continued the Paxil ( 10 mg only) and started with 30 mg of cymbalta.On week two i stopped the paxil and took 60 mg of cymbalta per day.For 2 weeks it was hell on earth,dizzy ,nauseated,constipated and i felt really depressed.I spent 4 days laying down and had to hold on to the walls to walk in the house,could barely eat anything,could not sleep more than 3-4 hours a night but, i decided that i was going to beat this SOB and stick it out.On week 3, i started to feel a little better and every day now things are slowly improving. After taking the 60 mg at breakfast time,i feel as though i could go back to bed but i do not.I try to keep busy and the tired feeling slowly goes away.I no longer nap after lunch and around 10 PM i feel sleepy and i go to bed but, i do not sleep more than 4-5 hours.I hope that as time goes by i will be able to sleep 6-7 hours per night. I also hope that this cymbalta will be the one for me because it is the sixth AD in less than 2 years.I am posting this to encourage the others who have to go through this hell in order to find a normal life.