Posted by dcruik518 on July 24, 2008, at 13:43:36
In reply to Re: Which is superior Duloxetine or Venlafaxine ?, posted by dcruik518 on July 23, 2008, at 0:31:41
I have taken both and for me they have very very different effects. Cymbalta feels a bit like Paxil, but magnified several times, very calming, very relaxing, usually sedating, blissful, calm apathetic, non-motivated feeling. Effexor, in contrast, was very stimulating, made me extremely nervous around people, improved my "mood" in "bright" way but did nothing for confidence, made me gain weight. I liked the Cymbalta much better personally but it caused a weird side effect where I trouble speaking fluently on it. I have no idea why these two SNRIs have such different profiles. I do know, however, that Cymbalta is an EXTREMELY potent serotonin drug.
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