My hubby is 45 yrs old and has been suffering from panic attacks. It started in late Oct with chest cold, congestion, cough which he was treated with antibotics and Medrol Dose pack. He continued to feel tightness in his chest and the cough lingered for several weeks. The chest tightness lingered even longer. Due to the fact that his father and grandfather both had heart attacks at the age of 50 and died my hubby is very scared. My hubby has had several tests done and there is nothing phyically wrong with him. He has had normal EKGs, normal stress tests and normal blood tests. We have been to the Emergency Room about 6 times since Oct due to his chest pains. He was put on Xanax which sometimes calms him down. During his last visit to the ER he was given Ativan which seems to help him more than the Xanax. Yesterday he went back to his regular doctor and was given Cymbalta and Klonopin. He took 60 mgs of Cymbalta yesterday about noon and took 1/2 pill of 0.5 mg of Klonolin about 3PM. He said the Klonopin made him feel weird and really didn’t calm him down like the Ativan does. Last night he seemed calmer but did not sleep all night. This morning he woke up with dry heaves, nausea and feeling really weird like dopey. He did start therapy last Tuesday and will go again next Tuesday. His doctor is going to do another stress test and 2D echo as well for peace of mind. I know Cymbalta takes up to two weeks before it starts to work but does it work. Could it be causing the insomnia, nausea? Did the Klonopin cause him to feel dopey this many hours later? He doesn’t want to get addicted to any of these meds and he was told to take them as needed except for the Cymbalta. Can anyone give any insight on Cymbalta, Ativan and Klonopin?