Posted by dog on June 3, 2005, at 8:12:59
In reply to Re: cymbalta, MS, posted by dog on June 3, 2005, at 8:09:41
> > dog, First of all why do you call yourself that? Also is this a normal side effect of the medication? Is there anything else you can take? Fondly, Phillipa
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> "dog" is unique to PB, don't you agree?
> 1. i am not very creative
> 2. i like dogs.
> 3. its kind of an african-american cultural nickname...a "term of endearment"... although i am not african-american, i do like to study and/or attempt to identify w/ other cultures.
> 4. if my daughter would have been a boy, which i am glad she wasn't because she is a wonderful person, her name would have been "Caleb", which means dog in Hebrew.
>
> a side-effect of the MS drug beta interferon, brand name Rebif, can be depression. Statistically, i have at least two strikes against me:
> 1. i have MS and i am a man: women, although they are twice as likely to have MS as men, do better statistically once they have it.
> 2. i am 45 years old and was just diagnosed. statistically, people who are diagnosed in their 40s do worse than others diagnosed earlier.
>
> taking Rebif via self-injection 3 x a week has not been fun. but, the regimen/drug seems to be rightly agressive for my condition, both statistically and clinically according to my condition.... atleast from what i understand (my knowledge being very, very limited).
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> do you know, or does anyone else reading this have MS or know anyone who has MS?
>
> i am psychologically trying to work this whole thing out...i have to do some radical self-evaluation and re-do my whole frame of reference...this helps me a great deal to communicate with others who have similar struggles, ie. depression, etc.; thank you for reading this!
>
>does anyone else take 120 mg of Cymbalta each day? i would like to hear from you...
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