Cymbalta makes me tired?

The question mark in the title is there because I honestly don’t know the answer.  Since I started taking Cymbalta, I’ve felt extra-fatigued and “brain-foggy” during the day, but I haven’t been sure if it’s the Cymbalta’s fault or if it’s just seasonal and/or stress-related.  Just in case the Cymbalta was the culprit, last week I decided to take it before bed instead of in the morning, and I think my fatigue has become even worse.  That doesn’t make any sense, does it?  I feel like I’m sleeping well, but I still wake up feeling like a truck hit me (a truck filled with sleeping pills), and I can’t seem to shake it off.  I wish there was a magical test to tell me why I feel this way, and whether or not the Cymbalta is to partially to blame.  I have to say “partially” because my pain is a constant, it’s just the 24 hour fatigue which is new.  I used to be able to count on about six hours of clarity per day, if nothing else, and even that is gone.  I need to do some more reading about Cymbalta to figure out if this is common, if it goes away, if it’s totally unique, etc.  I wish I could easily just switch back to Effexor for a month to see if I felt any differently, but I really want to give Cymbalta at least a three month trial.

One “fun and funky” thing about taking Cymbalta before bed is that it seems to give me very vivid dreams.  I’ve been reading an excellent book about Japan called, Hitching Rides with Buddha, and when I read a few chapters before bed, I dream about traveling in Japan.  Vivid dreams might not be as attractive if I was reading horror stories before falling asleep, but so far, I’ve been pretty pleased with my dreams of cherry blossoms and the Japanese countryside.  I remember being much younger (like, twenty years younger) and noticing that birth control pills gave me nightmares, so this is a nice alternative.

Other than concerns about fatigue, and vivid dreams, my Cymbalta experience has been pretty mundane.  I had mild headaches at first but those went away after about two weeks.  It’s been much less interesting than the time I took Wellbutrin and subsequently couldn’t remember the name of the colour red, or how to tie my shoes.

SORRY, THIS ENTRY IS CLOSED TO NEW COMMENTS BECAUSE OF MORONIC SPAMMERS.  FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME, HOWEVER… IT’S A SHAME THAT WE CAN’T HAVE AN INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION WITHOUT PARASITES TRYING TO TAKE OVER.

Posted by on 08/26 at 11:15 PM

I've been forced to put comments on moderation because of recent spamming, and I've also removed the spot where you can leave the url of your blog. I'm sorry... if you have a blog that you'd like me to add to my blogroll, please email it to me! And spammers, urls left in comments are not converted to links. If by some rare chance you leave a comment which is actually on topic, I'll just remove your url before I approve your comment anyway. Long story short, it's a waste of time to spam here. No one but me will ever see it, and I'll block your IP at the server level.

Name:

Email:

Location:

URL:

Smileys

Remember my details for future comments?

Let me know about new replies to this topic?

What is the sum of 5 and 5?

Comments are unfortunately on moderation because of spammers. When I'm Queen of the world, spammers will be given the death penalty (but pot will be legal).

Next entry: Employment-phobic

Previous entry: Acai

<< Back to main