So since my doctor increased my Cymbalta dose, I've been having trouble getting sleepy. Even when I'm exhausted, I have a hard time getting sleepy enough to fall asleep. Once I start to fall asleep, I have a hypnic jerk that startles me awake. This goes on over and over for anywhere from 1 to 5 hours. The same jerks happen if I try to take a nap during the day.
I am weaning down now (per doctor's suggestion), in a couple days I'll have dropped 10 mg. Still having the jerks and getting very little sleep.
From what I've read, sometimes starting an antidepressant, or having an increase of an antidepressant dose can do this.
Any knowledge of anything that helps with this? I have looked online and I see that doctors often say to take Klonopin but I don't want to make that a habit. I am thinking of returning to my acupuncturist, but I asked and he never treated that before. (They do treat for insomnia, though, and the treatments balance the nervous system.)