Posted by theo on October 24, 2004, at 11:32:08
In reply to Re: Cymbalta Day 12 - Anyone else on Week 2/3?, posted by invisiblemanpa on October 24, 2004, at 7:33:46
> Yes...I plan on hanging on until at least 8 weeks...and yes I have a lot of issues with anxiety. I have been struggling my whole adult life with socail anxiety..it came out of nowhere in college and has stayed with me throughout my professional life. I could of gone much further in my profession without. Plus it puts a real damper on a socail life. Like me, a lot of people used alcohol to deal with it in socail situations until I found that I could be helped by benzos. I can keep it under control with a benzo..now klonopin...I am hoping Cymbalta has the excellent crossover benefits that I hear about. None of the other ADs had any effect on anxiety issues, so I am hoping Cymbalta does, so I can only use benzos as needed.
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I couldn't have phrased a better description of myself than what you have above. My social anxiety has held me back from so many situations. I did completely quit alcohol 1 1/2 years ago and although my depression has lifted from not drinking, I still battle social anxiety.Did you have any luck at all with Paxil? It was wonderful for me but had to quit because of sexual dysfunction.
So has the Cymbalta helped you as of day 12 at all for anxiety? Many people on this board trying Cymbalta are also tapering off something else so I've not really seen a post rating Cymbalta truly.
I haven't been on any antidepressant in a couple of months, just taking a low dose of anticonvulsants and they aren't doing much.
Keep me posted on your progress as I'm tempted to try Cymbalta mainly for the same reason you stated, social anxiety.
Please reply though and tell me if Cymbalta has helped at all in the time you've been taking it and if it has initially increased anxiety as some antidepressants do.
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