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Re: Cymbalta might just be workin'

Posted by utopizen on October 11, 2004, at 14:21:23

In reply to Re: Cymbalta might just be workin' » lemon68, posted by verne on October 10, 2004, at 9:21:20

> Cymbalta is working for me too. I can concentrate better and feel more motivated. Compared to all the other AD's I've tried it is clean - and actually helps with the depression. And best of all, I continue to lose weight. I can go an entire evening without eating or even thinking about food.
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> verne

This is incredible to hear! I really am glad that you found some relief with this!

From my brief education of the stuff as of 5 minutes ago, the Lilly site cymbalta.com doctors section makes it clear that only going up to 60mg was clinically efficacious, and that this should be the target dose for patients.

Higher doses should be explored, of course, if you aren't responding, since it's often the case that clinically, docs find higher doses more effective than what the package insert may claim.


Lilly claims that their data shows relief occuring in 1-2 weeks (keep in mind these studies tend to go up to the target dose quite agressively) and full relief in 4 weeks. That's quite a statement! (Lexapro's site claims to "hear" that patients report relief shortly after beginning with it, but this is a little too anecdotal for me).

I haven't tried it, but I'm on Lexapro 20mg and haven't found much relief yet. I'll try it for another month, maybe doubling the dose if my doc feels like it, and then trying Cymbalta since I've tried all the SSRIs and Wellbutrin and Effexor and Remeron already.

I've also, as a Plan-B, got some Seligiline I've got on its way in the mail I plan to use along with it.


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