Posted by Elroy on January 13, 2005, at 17:34:11
In reply to Re: Effexor XR to Cymbalta transition, posted by tina13 on January 13, 2005, at 14:30:04
Not sure if this helps, but my situation was one of primarily anxiety and secondarily depression - say a 60/40 mixture! My psych doc had me on Ativan (worked better than nothing but not super spectacular) and recently switched me to Xanax XR. Now that she feels she has a better handle on the anxiety - maybe too much as I feel quite a bit of sedation - she now wants to add an AD, specifically Cymbalta, in order to balance things out. Possibly something like that is the answer? It seems like many ADs are "overstimulating" and many anti-anxiety meds are depressing. So maybe its the combination that's needed?
Elroy
> > Thank you, Tina and Mike. Your posts are interesting and helpful.
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> > I'm taking 450 mgs of Effexor now, so I worry that it may take a very long tapering-off period and a continuing descent into deeper and deeper depression before I'm at the point at which I can even begin to take the Cymbalta. That's why I'm sort of clinging to the Effexor even though it's lost much of its efficacy for me.
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> > Mike, as you tapered down, did your pdoc augment your diminishing doses of Effexor with another med?
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> > tt
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> glad i was of help. anyway i stopped taking the cymbalta after almost 3 wks b/c i felt llike it was giving me more anxiety. im still waiting to hear from my dr. i think im just gonna tell him to put me back on effexor. what do u guys think? i need some advise!
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