Posted by barbaracat on September 25, 2005, at 15:45:08
In reply to Re: minscule doses, posted by Hattree on March 21, 2005, at 11:43:14
An update for those who were interested in the micro-dose experiment with Cymbalta. I was continuing to do fine on 10-15 pellets in that my severe depression was gone but I still dealt with alot of anxiety - much of it situational I'm coming to realize. But I was slowly titrating up to see if more would help the anxiety.
I also had a bad fall and injured myself, not able to do much and starting to feel depression creeping in. So I took the plunge and began taking a whole 30mg capsule about 2 weeks ago. None of the trippy effects of the last attempt, thankfully, much lessened anxiety, thankfully, but also extreme tiredness, apathy, blobbing and oozing around the house and beating on myself for being a lazy slug. I didn't realize raising the Cymbalta might have been to blame. I'll take lethargic depression over mixed states wailing anyday, but this is not my idea of an opimal med response. It's depressing to be this lethargic and unmotivated. I'd be frustrated too if I had the energy.
I have a script for Adderall which I'm going to try. Ideally, I'd like my current level of low anxiety with a lot more zip. Otherwise, I'll go back to my 10 pellets and hope they still work. - Barbara
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