Posted by Glydin on October 26, 2005, at 9:00:19
In reply to Cymbalta or Lexapro? Need help and patience., posted by Unh on October 26, 2005, at 7:51:33
My diagnosises are a secondary issue of unipolar depression with a primary problem of an anxiety disorder. I'm not sure my experience will be of use to you, but.... I trialed Cymbalta and found I could not take the increased norepi with such a high sensitivity to anxiety. I found the same thing with Wellbutrin and the norepi influence. I have been on Lex for about 9 months. It has been great for me for the depressive symptoms and EVEN BETTER - for the anxiety symptoms. I no longer require a daily use of a benzo and my use of a benzo has decreased to rare.
Lexapro did have a moderate amount of startup upramp of anxiety which I treated with Klonopin. This was a startup finding for me and it did passed after a few weeks. I have not experienced weight gain. I had sworn off SSRI's prior to Lex as I had not had good experiences with them. Lexapro has been very different - in a great way - for me.
I'm not sure I'm really helpful, but that's my experience.
Your post was just fine, BTW.
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