Posted by yznhymer on September 30, 2004, at 3:35:35
In reply to Cymbalta-First Dose, posted by silversea69 on September 29, 2004, at 23:19:06
> I have just started on Cymbalta tonight at 9:00PM EST. By 10:30 I started to feel manic and needed to do to get up from the computer and I cleaned my kitchen and did dishes, that seemed to take care of it. 11:30PM my heart started racing and I found it hard to catch my breath. I went outside to go for a walk as it is a cool night and that usually calms me. I walked about 2 blocks and it felt as though someone was sitting on my chest! I returned home and it went away. My doctor told me to take this at night since it would cause drowsiness, well it has had the opposite effect on me.
I'll be starting Cymbalta on Monday. Based on experiences here I think I'll dose right after breakfast. I wonder if some of the agitation and anxiety would be helped by a little ativan or klonipin? The physical symptoms of anxiety... that tightness in the chest, etc... can be pretty uncomfortable, as you described.
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