Posted by Minnie-Haha on April 10, 2005, at 16:09:28
In reply to Cymbalta..info please on starting dose etc., posted by sac on April 10, 2005, at 7:19:33
I am BP2 and on Trileptal. I started Cymbalta at 30mg and after 1-2 weeks went up to 60mg with no problems. Some here who are super sensitive to meds had to start at super low doses -- like pulling the capsules apart and counting out a few of the little beads inside! The smallest capsules are 20mg. If you are sensitive to meds, you might want to consider starting with those.
I was having a great antidepressant effect, and relief from my chronic neck and back pain, at 60mg, but my blood pressure got a little high, so I dropped down to 40mg. Not as great an effect, but still pretty good. Unfortunately, I did not find it effective for motivation, but some here have. I am augmenting with Wellbutrin XL.
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