Posted by utopizen on October 11, 2004, at 21:26:18
In reply to Re: cymbalta - how does it effect excercise? » sjb, posted by jrbecker on October 7, 2004, at 14:14:52
> About seven weeks ago, I switched to Cymbalta. It has DEFINITELY been an improvement on Effexor in terms of an antidepressant and the ability to stay motivated to exercise (as well as exercise performance). I have kept on a low dose though -30mg daily.
>I'm glad to see that it's help you be motivated enough to exercise! This past summer, with my Zoloft not working, I would just wake myself up at 8 and immediately get out of bed and put my bike garb on and run out the door with my bike, because it was my only shot at fighting off the depression-induced negative thought cycle "oh, let me sleep in" or "oh, what's one more hour of not doing anything" lathargia.
With enough routine, it sort of became programmed into me and helped a lot.
But I think you should talk about uping the dose of Cymbalta with your doc to 60mg or more. Exercise is great, and you should continue with it regardless, but my only concern is if you're relying on it just to keep away the creepy thoughts of depression like I used it for.
That's no way to live... I hope to try Cymbalta shortly, and hopefully it'll let me feel like waking up in the morning has a purpose again. I haven't felt that way for two years now. I don't know how it got like this, but all I can do lately is wish I lived in the past again as a happy sophmore college student and not a lonely depressed senior who feels meaningless. I want my life back. I want it back. I sort of feared getting depressed when I was younger, thinking I'd never get out. I've tried every AD now. Lexapro 20mg right now. Cymbalta. Hope.
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