Started duloxetine yesterday and the numbness is starting to hit
so i was on pregabalin on and off for a few months, but yesterday morning, i took my first dose of my new duloxetine prescription, and even though i was told it would only start working about 8 weeks in, this morning, i woke up exhausted and lethargic as always, but i noticed my muscles felt numb and my shoulders... weren't tense? i've had chronic neck, shoulder and back pain since 2009 (so since i was 9) and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2024, so over half of my life has been with some form of chronic pain, and now i'm not sure how to deal with this numbness instead of pain? have i just gotten so used to being in pain all the time that this is a bit uncomfortable? and how am i already having this effect so soon after starting this new medication? i mean, i also smoked a lot of (medical) weed last night, but i often do that, and i never have such a weirdly numb morning like this. i'm lowkey scared that i don't want to get better since the chronic pain has been something i've always been able to count on. is that insane?