Posted by Racer on September 18, 2005, at 1:07:05
In reply to SLS, your Cymbalta knowledge requested please, posted by theo on September 17, 2005, at 19:34:24
I've been on 60mg of Cymbalta for about a year now. During that time, we've tried both 30mg and even 90mg, finally finding that a combination of Cymbalta, Wellbutrin, and Provigil works best. (Although we've recently added Lamictal to that, since it wasn't enough...)
I have had the horrible fatigue, and have learned that I pretty much have to have a nap at 2PM every day. While it's not ideal, I'm learning to make that work for now. The fatigue got much, much worse at 90mg, but at 60mg it's certainly no worse than 30mg, and since it works much better at that dose, I probably have more energy for that reason.
For what it's worth, the Lamictal, now that I've titrated up to 200mg, seems to be easing the fatigue. Unfortunately, that's going along with insomnia, but mostly it's not unbearable... I can't say that I'm as energetic as I'd like to be, but it's getting better every day. (I managed to get through the day today without a nap, and to hold off on my nap until 7PM yesterday...)
I hope that helps.
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