Posted by 4WD on September 7, 2004, at 14:24:17
In reply to Re: Cymbalta Journal - Day Four, posted by Bill LL on September 7, 2004, at 9:02:12
> It sounds like you are off to a good start in that you have more energy, less anxiety, more libido, doing more activities such as yard york and gym, and less nasal congestion. Hopefully your mood will lift soon. If it does not, you may want to try a higher dose.
I don't know if I can take a higher dose because of the buzz/tone thingy in my head. That is such a weird side effect - my doctors all shake their heads. I know it's from SNRIs, though, because it goes away if I switch to an ssri or if I'm not on meds.
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> Your log as been very helpful to me so far. I take Lexapro (an SSRI) 30 mg and Strattera 120 mg. The Lexapro gives me a certain degree of nasal congestion, but its not too bad. I think that's because it and some other antidepressants act as an antihistamine which causes dryness.Thanks. I was wondering if anyone was reading it. I was thinking this morning that Cymbalta feels a little like Lexapro without the sexual side effects. Mostly in that I am waking up earlier after less sleep and I have more energy. I get the nasal congestion from all a/d's I've tried.
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> As for the enteric capsule, you may be correct that Lily is being greedy in trying to make a pill that cannot be cut. I'm going to check into that. I think that some enteric pills can be cut because the enteric protection is spread throughout the pill and not just on the coating. But I'm not sure.
Here is what I can't figure out. My 30mg Cymbalta is a capsule. It's filled with the little pulvules, just like Effexor, except all the granules are the same size. Now, these granules can't each individually be enteric coated, can they? So it must be dissolving in the stomach environment. So why is the 60 mg in tablets and why do *they* need to be enteric coated? This matters a lot to me because I think I may need to be on 30mg/day but in divided doses or possibly 40mg/ in divided doses. I.e. 15mg morning, 15mg night.Does anyone know whether the 40mg is capsules or tablets?
Marsha
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