Re: Help, Can't Sleep, Help

[Guest guest]

I take Seroquel and on bad nights Ambien also. My daughter takes the advil pm

liqid gels or sleep md and they seem to work for her. Good luck at your appt. I

will pray for a good outcome.

Hugs,

Judy Thurow wrote:

I see my Rh today. I need to discuss with him the awful lack of sleep because

of the pain. (really bad)

I started cymbalta Jan. 16. 30 mg. increased to 60 mg in less than a week.

I stopped paxil, amitriptiline, and lyrica at that time. Weaned off of paxil for

a week.

When I call about my pain at night and unable to sleep, I'm told I have to give

it time. Finally my GP told me to take tylenol pm. That has helped me to sleep

about 4 hrs.

The improvement I'm seeing with cymbalta is weight loss and less apetite.

My mind seems clearer even with lack of sleep. Amitriptiline made me so groggy

all day.

I need some suggestions of what helps you sleep??? I'm getting desparate.

Hugs, Judy/Wi

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[Guest guest]

Judy I took Amitriptyline for 19 yrs. & over those years I found that I took

forever to get to sleep & then there was the wieght gain. Today I take Celexa

for deppression & Lunesta for sleep yet I wake often. I like most of US can

relate to the loss of sleep. I am blessed to have gotten 7-1/2 hrs. sleep last

night. Yet I am sore and stiff even w/450mg. Lyrica per day. The

MONSTER,GGGRRR!!! Like some in S.E. Ark. would say " I feel Ya " .

If I didn't have insurance Lunesta would be out of the question.

Bless YOU Judy ! ! ! . . . ........................................... . . .

GOD grant me the serenityto accept the things I

cannot change the courage to change the things I canand the wisdom to know the

difference. Amen ! ! !

To: fibromyalgia_support_group@...: jody_8t@...: Tue,

5 Feb 2008 03:04:37 -0800Subject: Help, Can't Sleep, Help

I see my Rh today. I need to discuss with him the awful lack of sleep because of

the pain. (really bad)I started cymbalta Jan. 16. 30 mg. increased to 60 mg in

less than a week.I stopped paxil, amitriptiline, and lyrica at that time. Weaned

off of paxil for a week.When I call about my pain at night and unable to sleep,

I'm told I have to give it time. Finally my GP told me to take tylenol pm. That

has helped me to sleep about 4 hrs.The improvement I'm seeing with cymbalta is

weight loss and less apetite.My mind seems clearer even with lack of sleep.

Amitriptiline made me so groggy all day.I need some suggestions of what helps

you sleep??? I'm getting desparate.Hugs,

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[Guest guest]

I am taking Lunesta for sleep. What time of day are you taking

Cymbalta? Some people need to change the time they take it.

I hope u start feeling better.

Jerilyn

>

> I see my Rh today. I need to discuss with him the awful lack of

sleep because of the pain. (really bad)

> I started cymbalta Jan. 16. 30 mg. increased to 60 mg in less

than a week.

> I stopped paxil, amitriptiline, and lyrica at that time. Weaned

off of paxil for a week.

> When I call about my pain at night and unable to sleep, I'm told

I have to give it time. Finally my GP told me to take tylenol pm.

That has helped me to sleep about 4 hrs.

> The improvement I'm seeing with cymbalta is weight loss and less

apetite.

> My mind seems clearer even with lack of sleep. Amitriptiline

made me so groggy all day.

> I need some suggestions of what helps you sleep??? I'm getting

desparate.

> Hugs, Judy/Wi

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Judy - Have you ever been on trazadone? It's a similar type med as the

amityptalene, but works better for some.

Just a thought. I'm praying you can find the solution.

Jeanne in WI

>I see my Rh today. I need to discuss with him the awful lack of sleep

>because of the pain. (really bad)

> I started cymbalta Jan. 16. 30 mg. increased to 60 mg in less than a

> week.

> I stopped paxil, amitriptiline, and lyrica at that time. Weaned off of

> paxil for a week.

> When I call about my pain at night and unable to sleep, I'm told I have

> to give it time. Finally my GP told me to take tylenol pm. That has

> helped me to sleep about 4 hrs.

> The improvement I'm seeing with cymbalta is weight loss and less apetite.

> My mind seems clearer even with lack of sleep. Amitriptiline made me so

> groggy all day.

> I need some suggestions of what helps you sleep??? I'm getting

> desparate.

> Hugs, Judy/Wi

[Guest guest]

Judy,

I have a lot of sleep issues. Sometimes (not always) the hot tub helps. I take

Xanax and Nortriptylene at night to sleep; and I take Cymbalta in the morning.

I'm also on Lyrica so I am not sure why they stopped yours. If you wake after 4

hours on the tylenol pm; maybe take some more then?

My experience is that Cymbalta is subtle. It helps gradually; so that one day

you sort of say " hey, my pain is better " ... as for depression/anxiety it seemed

to taper off the extremes; so it wasn't entirely gone - just not so extreme.

Again, that was gradual. I've also read, the maker of Cymbalta says there is no

clinical evidence to support any additional gain from taking more than 60mg. So

for me, the Xanax helps settle down my mind at night to sleep - although I don't

take it all the time because it does have a left over groggy effect I think.

Hope my 2 cents helped...

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Help, Can't Sleep, Help

I see my Rh today. I need to discuss with him the awful lack of

sleep because of the pain. (really bad)

I started cymbalta Jan. 16. 30 mg. increased to 60 mg in less than a week.

I stopped paxil, amitriptiline, and lyrica at that time. Weaned off of paxil

for a week.

When I call about my pain at night and unable to sleep, I'm told I have to

give it time. Finally my GP told me to take tylenol pm. That has helped me to

sleep about 4 hrs.

The improvement I'm seeing with cymbalta is weight loss and less apetite.

My mind seems clearer even with lack of sleep. Amitriptiline made me so

groggy all day.

I need some suggestions of what helps you sleep??? I'm getting desparate.

Hugs, Judy/Wi

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