[PrairieCat]

I wake myself up during the night by yelling out in pain during my sleep. This is fairly new to me. I am wondering if anyone else every does this - on Cymbalta or any other drug? Cymbalta is an anti-D, also for pain. The pain I have is not awful any more, but it still exists. It is either from osteoarthritis or minimal scleroderma (Raynaud's). I just get up and take some Gabapentin for the pain. I think maybe I am still just getting used to the Cymbalta and no Lexapro any more. I switched because I couldn't take more Lexapro and it was not strong enough for me. I am now feeling tired and kind of flat. Stuff irritates me more today. I am okay, though. I will just rest, can't do more.

Last night, I found a picture of what it feels like, the pain and the yelling out: a horse rearing up with a very, very red moon kind of reverberating in the night sky. Wish I could put the picture here, but don't know how to do that yet.

Would love to hear from anyone else that this yelling out during sleep might happen to. Thanks.

PrairieCat

[bluemountains]

Cymbalta was not for me. It was a miracle drug at first, but when it lost its effectiveness, getting off of it was miserable. I remember that my main problem was occasional brain zaps-kind of like a quick blink of electricity in my head.
I have recently had a similar experience with oxycodone. I jerked awake constantly, and never actually felt that I was sleeping. Also, my dreams were very vivid and disturbing.
I don't know if these drugs share any traits other than acting as pain killers. It was just interesting to read about a common symptom with different drugs.
Bluemountains