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Re: Luck with Cymbalta, no luck with Effexor? » Donna Louise

Posted by Minnie-Haha on January 4, 2005, at 18:47:53

In reply to Re: Luck with Cymbalta, no luck with Effexor?, posted by Donna Louise on January 3, 2005, at 22:08:48

> ... Cymbalta really is working for me. With effexor I retained some depression and got extra jumpy in addition. Not so with Cymbalta.
>
> I was to report to someone (sorry can't remember who, but I did remember to report, that is great improvement!) how I was doing after another month had passed. I think I am in my 10th week with this drug and still doing well.
>
> Donna

Hi, Donna. It was me who asked you to report back in a month. Thanks.

I am glad to hear Cymbalta is still working for you! I started it myself a little over three weeks ago: first week at 30mg, since then 60mg. So far, so good. I haven't noticed a huge boost in my mood, but I haven't felt like crying and I do feel a little better -- just maybe a little flat?

Most of my side effects have decreased or at least remained liveable so far: a little constipation, fidgeting, sweating, thirst, the occasional headache. One SE, though, is causing me some worry and may neccesitate cutting back or quitting if it persists or can't be addressed with minimum hassle: insomnia.

BEFORE I started Cymbalta, I had NO trouble falling asleep but was regularly waking in the middle of the might and having a hard time getting back to sleep. (The meds I was on at the time were Trileptal and Ativan.) NOW, I am having trouble falling asleep, too. However, I told my pdoc that I was getting sleepy sometimes in the early afternoon (about five hours after taking my dose, in the a.m.), so we have changed my schedule to late afternoon, to see if maybe I get sleepy at bedtime. I just started that today, so we'll have to see what happens. (I also now have an RX for Clonazepam instead of Ativan to take at bedtime if I wish, but I really don't like taking benzos regularly so I hope that won't be necessary.)

In your December post you said you have "major depression and GAD with all the obsessional thinking that goes with it." For comparison, my DXs are Bipolar II and mild OCD. (I'm not sure about these; I think I may actually have mixed depression and anxiety instead of BP disorder, but that's a long story.)

That's as much as I can share for now. I want to give this trial another three weeks (that will be six total) before I give it a stronger endorsement.

FWIW: I have chronic neck and shoulder pain from some old injuries and I noticed a significant reduction in discomfort when I went from the 30mg Cymbalta to 60mg.

Minnie


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