Struggling to Wake Up on Duloxetine/Cymbalta

@El_Even My doctor takes duloxetine himself and told me it could vary for people and take up to about 4 weeks for me to start feeling the benefits of duloxetine and up to about 8 weeks to feel the maximum benefits it could offer me. For me, however, I started experiencing relief from my fibromyalgia pain very quickly after I started taking the medication, probably about 1-2 weeks for me. And the anxiety about 1-2 months, which lines up with what CozyVibez mentioned. My doctor asked me to send him an update after taking it for 4 weeks letting him know if it seems to be working for me or not and if I have any significant side effects that bother me and haven’t seemed to go away by then.

@El_Even for a neuropathic relief effect, it was about 1-2 weeks. It can take 3-6 weeks to achieve a full psychotropic effect

@CozyVibez Thanks for the reply! The significant pain reduction is definitely worth it! My doctor and I were just hoping it would be able to help my chronic fatigue syndrome as well, but even just the successful mitigation of my fibromyalgia symptoms has made me very grateful for the medication regardless of it being more difficult to wake. I take the medication in the morning since it was suggested by my doctor and the pharmacist. I was hoping for there to be some way to alleviate whatever is causing the difficulty getting up on the morning, but I suppose it’s difficult to get “everything” you want out of one medication, and sometimes we just have to be grateful for what relief we can get.

@CozyVibez As always, I hope this helps, and I'm sending you CozyVibez ❤️