Anyone Like Cymbalta?
#1
Posted 07 July 2011 - 09:48 PM
Any thoughts anyone?
Hope you all have a better tomorrow!
#2
Posted 09 July 2011 - 11:01 AM
#3
Posted 22 October 2011 - 10:13 PM
Today I really snapped at my employees, and even I was aware of how it came across, and I am afraid of this behaviour. Anyone else ever have this? What can you tell me about it? Thank you.
#4
Posted 23 October 2011 - 03:54 PM
#5
Posted 28 October 2011 - 03:15 PM
#6
Posted 22 November 2011 - 11:12 PM
My suggestion: make any and all changes up and changes down in dosage very slowly. Any change will set off symptoms. They must be budgeted for and so pick easy times to make any dosage changes.
Best!
#7
Posted 02 January 2012 - 12:05 AM
#8
Posted 02 January 2012 - 01:27 AM
good luck.
I just started this drug after switching from Lexapro. I had been on Lexapro for 3 yrs. and did well but I think it started wearing off. My Dr. switched me to Cymbalta and I've only been on it for two days. It seems every forum I look through, most people hate it, which has me concerned. I was wondering if anyone has had a good response from it? I did notice I felt a little ramped up and couldn't sleep last night so I will switch and take it in the morning instead of the evening. My Dr. also has me on 30 mg. for a week then 60 mg. I'm going to contact her and ask if I can stay on the 30 mg. for longer than one week. I hate to take more than I need.
Any thoughts anyone?
Hope you all have a better tomorrow!
#9
Posted 02 January 2012 - 02:44 PM
The depression and anxiety problems I have started over 30 years ago, and about the same amount of time my spine has been degenerating (based on the level of damage my xrays show). Please have your spine checked, preferably by a chiropractor who knows about healing - like those at Maximized Living. They have centers all over the US, and they're not like other chiropractors I've been to.
#10
Posted 06 January 2012 - 10:32 PM
I have been on Cymbalta for almost five years now. I suffer from severe anxiety attachs which will start in the morning with some weigh on my chest and through the day the weight will get heavier and heavier. I try to control it by going to a quiet place, controlling my breathing, multiplying threes or doing prime numbers (mathmetician). Eventually after a few days of my normal life aggrivating me I end up in a full panic attack, in the hospital begging them to get the extra 300 pounds off of my chest so I can breath just one deep breath. Then the cycle begins again.
My entire life has been a tragedy and at the time cymbalta saved me. I could suddenly breath again and people didnt think I was crazy anymore. Cymbalta made me not worry about anything at all. Eventually I was let go from my job because I didnt care, I cant seem to get rid of the 20 pounds I put on, and I have no desire to do anything, but I do now have the courage to tell the people that screwed me up to get out of my life forever including my ex husband who continuously called me crazy. Since then even though it sounds like my life hasnt gotten better, it really did. I meet the love of my life and had two childen. We bough a house and we are as financially stable as it gets right now. The only thing that I have not tackeled is going off of my meds. I tried after I had my first child because I was already off when I was pregnant and nursing, but after a few week of weaning my son off my chest started to collapse again. I didnt tell my husband because all I wanted was to be normal, but eventually I ended up in the hospital and he had not idea what was going on. Same thing after baby number two but I ended up being rushed to a hospital from my new job which then was conviently released from that job.
So here I am, stuck on cymbalta for what feels like the rest of my life and I strongly feel that I can overcome this or at least I can do something that will control just the anxiety and not the plethora of other conditions that it controls. I have always been on the lowest dosage even though drs recommend higher. So I went from taking it once a day to once every other day and things where wonderful. Recently I changed it to once every two days and today I went off the wall. (This makes me cry) This morning my five year old was afraid of me, he was hiding behide my car and when I asked him what was wrong he asked me why I was was being so mean. It made me feel horrible. Though the day I have been waiting for someone to say something stupid or for someone to piss me off so that I can unleash on them. I fully realize that this is the withdrawl and remind myself constanly that this is not me, but I am so afraid that this is going to change the relationship with my children and my husband. Most of you probably think im completly off my rocker, and I am but thats me. I fully believe that if my surrounding world is perfect, that I can finally try to fix myself without distractions. If anyone has suggestions please reply.
#11
Posted 06 January 2012 - 11:22 PM
#12
Posted 07 January 2012 - 12:36 AM
luvmylife - I do the same as you. Sometimes I need to be alone and I say I am going to go regroup. You are not off your rocker. Have you talked with your Dr. about your wanting to go off of the med? Have you tried anti-anxiety meds instead? I agree with spicycabanagirl. I think it's so important to speak with your Dr. about your problems because you have a family that needs a healthy mom. Please continue your meds until you can get medical advice to do otherwise.
{{{hugs}}}
#13
Posted 24 January 2012 - 03:04 PM
I just started this drug after switching from Lexapro. I had been on Lexapro for 3 yrs. and did well but I think it started wearing off. My Dr. switched me to Cymbalta and I've only been on it for two days. It seems every forum I look through, most people hate it, which has me concerned. I was wondering if anyone has had a good response from it? I did notice I felt a little ramped up and couldn't sleep last night so I will switch and take it in the morning instead of the evening. My Dr. also has me on 30 mg. for a week then 60 mg. I'm going to contact her and ask if I can stay on the 30 mg. for longer than one week. I hate to take more than I need.
Any thoughts anyone?
Hope you all have a better tomorrow!
I like some aspects of it and hate other aspects of it. I love the fact that it's worked better for me than anything else I've tried, as far as controlling my stress and anxiety, which has enabled me to start making some changes that will help me cope with my anxiety and the anger and depression that arises from it. But I sure hate hate hate the weight gain. I went from a size 10/12 to 18 in just three years. I also sleep or want to sleep ALL THE TIME. BLECH!!! I have written about my experience with cymbalta and other anti-depressants in my introductory post in this forum. I am totally prepared to suck it up and deal with whatever crappy withdrawl symptoms I have to deal with if I need to, but dang...it's kind of self-defeating to have to go through all that when you took the drug because you were feeling bad in the first place...know what I mean?
Jamy
#14
Posted 01 February 2012 - 06:30 AM
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