Posted by jrbecker on September 20, 2004, at 16:47:27
In reply to Cymbalta for anxious depression?, posted by Allan on September 20, 2004, at 16:16:58
> Does anyone have any idea about whether Cymbalta would be better for an anxious depression than Effexor?
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> The usual SSRI's all cause agitation in me.
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> Effexor seems to be causing severe chest tension in the afternoons.I have anxious/agitated/atypical depression symptoms as well.
I did not suffer from chest tension/shortness of breath, but effexor did cause me some agitation, even at the low dose of 37.5mg.
At the equally low dose of 30 mg of cymbalta, there has been almost nil agitation comparably. Of course, I can't speak to higher dosage levels, but it seems that most of the other posters have reported that cymbalta is "cleaner" and is less likely to cause the agitation side effect.
As for anxiety and mood, cymbalta has also been an improvement on both.
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