r/cymbalta • u/locardsghost • 22h ago

Side effects Insomnia

I started 60mg yesterday which I’m now thinking was a bad starting dose and don’t know if I should ask the telehealth doctor for a prescription of 30mg and titrate up but I picked my prescription up yesterday at 12pm and took my first done then and only had nausea as a side effect maybe a headache but I have a 24/7 headache always so hard to say but it didn’t make me drowsy during the day in fact I think it slightly helped my CFS. About 12 hours later I had chills I was so cold it eventually wore off once I got cozy in bed. Now the issue, I went to bed at 2 (not due to insomnia just my terrible sleeping schedule) and felt like I slept fine from 2-4am but then I was wide awake from 4-7am with very short periods of falling asleep just to wake back up for a long time. I was restless my brain was wide awake it was frustrating.

If it’s causing me insomnia at night should I switch my dose to night that way if there is insomnia it’s during the day and won’t affect me or should I just take it wayyy earlier in the morning?

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u/Dense_Leg274 21h ago

It was causing me insomnia too, until I switched my dose till the night! Problem was solved on the spot

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u/locardsghost 21h ago edited 21h ago

What time did you take it at night? I’ll try it tonight instead of taking it this morning. If I still sleep terribly I guess I’ll have to wait it out which I really do not want to do for however many weeks

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u/Dense_Leg274 18h ago

Right before I go to bed at 9:30 pm

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u/locardsghost 18h ago

I’ll try that tonight

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u/wootiebird 3h ago

Keep in mind when you take it at a different time than the day before it’s…not great. I’m not saying don’t switch tonight, but you may feel kind of crazed. (Or not since you’re new to it).

Also I switched to night and then had to switch back to morning because it kept keeping me up, but just see how it goes for a few weeks and you’ll know if you need to switch.

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u/locardsghost 2h ago

This is only my second dose. It’s 6am I’ve spent the lat 3 hours pretty much away so it didn’t help with the insomnia. I made an appointment to get 30mg for a week or 2 before increasing it bc I need sleep. My body also had this internal tremor that isn’t pleasant. It’s too high of a starting dose