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.
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