does cymbalta cause nightmares?

I've been having nightmares and night terrors every night and I know they are 2 seperate things. I've been on cymbalta for a week, 30mg. Should I wean off of it?:((

I would just keep going with it, I had the same thing when I started. But after about 2 weeks they stopped.
I am actually going through this same thing all over again because I just had my dose increased to 60mg a day. Past 2 nights I've had some messed up, scarey dreams.
What are you taking the medicine for? Good luck.

my dr just put me on cymbalta today..iam taking for fibramyalga ( not sure of spelling) but upon reading it does not say it is use for that...has anyone heard that?thanks

Im on cymbalta for fibromyalgia and medial nerve damage in my hand. And the nightmares did go away. Thanks :)

fonztheboss wrote:

my dr just put me on cymbalta today..iam taking for fibramyalga ( not sure of spelling) but upon reading it does not say it is use for that...has anyone heard that?thanks

I have taken this for a couple of years for fibromyalgia and it has been a life saver. Really helps with pain and yes it is often used to treat fibro

What mg's are you on Piper? Also does cymbalta cause you to sweat a lot?

My doctor took me off cymbalta because it causes me severe sweating and acne and is making sick.

I took cymbalta 60mg along with xanax 1mg a day. It made me hyper and so my Dr suggested I stop. I now have headache, diarrhea, insomnia, and God awful nightmares. I've been off cymbalta for 1 Wk and xanax for 2 days. When will the nightmares leave.

fonztheboss wrote:

my dr just put me on cymbalta today..iam taking for fibramyalga ( not sure of spelling) but upon reading it does not say it is use for that...has anyone heard that?thanks

YES!!!! Apparently there is something in Cymbalta that helps with body pains. This is probably tied into the fact that people with Depression frequently have major issues with body pains. There's no MENTAL health issues without PHYSICAL health issues and vice versa. You have to treat the body holistically because it's all one organism :) Hope this late response helps!

I have vivid dreams.Thought it was my sleeping pills. Took Ambien and the doctor swiitched me to Tamazepam. No luck. I desided to take Cymbalta every other day to withdrawal, but started having ringing in my ears. I now understand that is one of the side affects of withdrwal. I have situational anxiety/depression.

I've been on cymbalta for about a month and a half or so and I still wake up with nightmares. I also was waking up multiple times every single night so I started taking my medicine in the morning instead of at night. I don't wake up as often but still have awful nightmares.

I had never suffered from night terrors, nightmares or talking in my sleep in my entire life. That is, until I was put on 60mg (twice a day) of this stuff for worsening fibromyalgia & mild-to-moderate depression by my doctor. Yikes. And then three, four very bad dreams started occurring a night, every night. I wasn't talking in my sleep- I was screaming, yelling & swearing at the top of my lungs in my sleep. My mother said it was like living with Linda Blair in "The Exorcist" night after night, because I'd only stop if she came in & actually woke me up. When I went off the medication, the whole ordeal ended. I don't normally recommend a cold turkey approach to coming off a medication, but this is an exception.

Nasty stuff, this drug. When I stopped taking it, I realized it had actually caused a worsening of my depression every time the dose was increased. I really thought those black box warnings weren't applicable to me, because I am highly analytical of my own nature & doubted that any chemical could affect me like that. Ha. Unless you're under extremely close supervision, stay away from this drug, at least in higher doses. No amount of temporary pain relief is worth a possible suicide or, at minimum, chronic severe sleep disturbance.

I find i only have dream effects if i miss a dose. That said, they are extremely intense to the point of being able to recount them completely months later in 20 min detail. They also tend to be very awful. I'm on 120mg each day, and i don't really have any side effects if i don't miss a dose, except for swaeting, especially it seems when sleeping. Ultimately, though, i think the medication has been very affective, though i did originally start on 60mg, then 90mg, now 120mg as my standard.

Just wondering, what kind of nightmares are u guys having. I have them as well but they tend to be about people from the past who I lost, mostly loved ones. They are very present in my dreams and when I wake up I feel terrible for missing them. The dreams themselves are very weird and slightly scary but they trouble me most because of the feeling they give me when i wake up...
Anyone else having this kind of dreams (like ghosts from the past communicating..)

yep i am having alot of dreams with dead relatives...and just plain old ghost dreams.the ones with the relatives just make me sad.the ghost dreams are starting to freak me out a bit.just plainly scary, atleast i know i`m not the only one.

My daughter was on celxa had nightmares and is now on cymbalta 60 and they are worse. This makes me sad to hear lots of people are having these. I'm also on cymbalta 60 and my dreams are vivid but great. Hope these get better for everyone.

I have been on cymbalta 60 mg for about 2 years now. I have had the dreams about weird things. I had stoped it for 30 days cold turkey. I would not ever sujust that to anyone. But i am back on it same dose. Is anyone having bad sweats, weight gain from this?

Took Cymbalta for 30 days and had nightmares every night about the first week. Now off it, back to Celexa and trying Celebrex for my osteoarthritist Waiting to see how I do with Celebrex for pain. Day two and not relief yet.

Ive been on Cymbalta for a year now and am taking 120mg I have horrible nightmares, night sweats and apparently I talk in my sleep now. This is the only medication that works for my depression/anxiety. My husband says sometimes I cry and scream in my sleep. He even said I will fight and cuss! Most of my dreams are about ppl either getting killed or dying. The most recent on I've had seemed like a LSD episode.

Hmm, this makes me wonder why I woke up at 3am last night. I just started cymbalta 30mg and am supposed to move up to 60mg next week. I don't remember a dream, but lately that has been a common sleeping pattern for me. I believe it to be pain related as each time I wake up my back pain has worsened.

I am hoping my reintroduction to ADHD meds and meds for depression/chronic pain are going to do wonders for me in terms of my motivation, ability to finish tasks, and interact with people in the capacity I have always wanted to.

I will have to report back because I was also on welbutrin but that just made cravings of all types go away, no real anti depressant effect.