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Has anyone used Cymbalta for nerve pain?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Jan 31 1:21am | Replies (74)Comment receiving replies
Hello,
Up until about three months ago I was taking Cymbalta for nerve pain from Cervical Spinal Stenosis. I was prescribed 60mg in the morning and 30mg at bedtime - I was taking that amount for about 7 years . I will say I believe it was helping but looking back 60mg a day worked better- Cymbalta is a SSNI or something like that that Serotonin is a big part of it. I was also taking 300mg twice a day which also helps nerve pain and restless legs syndrome and with sleep. But the same newer doctor increased it to 600mg 4 times a day. Looking back increasing it caused issues as it to has Seritonin and it worked better at much smaller doses.
Then after a surgery i was taking Norco which is a opiod with Seritonin ,!. i have major sleep issues and was taking 50mg Benedryl to help with sleep// I couldn’t sleep well and every two hours about 4-5 times I woke up and took 50mg more after 8 hours or so -I woke up confused and completely agitated and scared as something was wrong- my pupils were big and I figured out that benydryl has Seritonin in it and I had Seritonin Syndrome which I’ve never heard of but Seritonin is in so much stuff even over the counter products line Vitamin D3. So happens I should have went ER but I couldn’t think well and was scared. They monitor you and use klonopin to reverse the dangerous issues. I take Klonopin so I took more until the syndrome went away then i read up on how you can die from it.
Basically I could tell Cymbalta was enlarging my pupils and making me agitated and decided to slowly taper off- it took a while but I didn’t realize how it was effecting me until i was off.
Another pain management doctor started me on lyrica and i also take less gabapantine and take lyrica 50 mg three times a day.
Google Seratonin syndrome and seratonin is in so much but never warned about it-
I wont take SSRIs anymore and even though I remember when lower doses of Cymbalta did help, I think Lyrica works much better. just read up on each pill you take and be careful with the Serotonin ingredient- too much can cause death
Replies to "Hello, Up until about three months ago I was taking Cymbalta for nerve pain from Cervical..."
Nothing helped my facet nerves. It took nerve blocks and fusions to ease things.
Lyrica was so helpful for fibromyalgia. I just had a nerve block at C67 that eased all body pain and reduced fibromyalgia. I have high hopes after 20 years!
Cymbalta after effects if not my insistence to taper off completely most assuredly would have maimed my wife both physically and mentally. Beware read pages upon pages thus books on the extremely dangerous side effects…beware. I speak from a husband/long term well informed caregiver.
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Benedryl should not be taken with Cymbalta. You must make sure that all over the counter meds or herbals that you take, even if you only take them occasionally, are on the med list you give your physician and your pharmacy. People think OTC meds like Benedryl don’t need to be listed but you are a prime example of someone who could have had a fatal drug interaction. Update your med list today to include every med or herbal in your home that you may take so professionals have all the info they need to protect you from adverse drug interactions.
To answer your question, I find low dose Cymbalta to be more helpful for nerve pain than Lyrica.