Posted by grammy on September 21, 2005, at 22:17:19
In reply to Re: Do Cymbalta Side Effects increase with dose? » theo, posted by verne on September 19, 2005, at 20:44:06
> I open the capsule and take anywhere from 2mgs to about 10mgs. I'm not very precise about it. Just whatever sticks to the end of my finger.
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> Besides the anti-depressant effect, at tiny doses it is an aphrodisiac. Anything above 20mgs - especially 30mgs - however, causes total anorgasmia.
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> I've been taking cymbalta off and on for a year and I get the best results with small doses when I haven't taken any for over a week. I'm almost euphoric at first but this disappears after a few days of regular doses (40mgs per day currently).
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> When I briefly took 60mgs I slept alot but actually lost weight. It seemed to act as an appettite suppressant and hunger pains were a thing of the past. I felt hot much of the time, as though my metabolism was higher.
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> Since my atypical depression is worse than ever and I'm sleeping all the time anyway, overeating, and not enjoying anything, I thought I would go back to the highest possible cymbalta dose that the insurance company will allow. Is that 60mg per day? I see the doc next week.
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> Of course, at that dose, I will have to give up all my "adult" subscriptions, or what I call my sex life, and live like a monk - substituting the ecstatic religious experience for sex I guess.
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> I will become a purely cymbaltic saint.
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> VerneVerne, I have been on Cymbalta for 2-1/2 months and it is working so well for me. The sexual side effects went away and I had the best "O" I've ever had. The constipation issue is also much, much better. I think the longer you stay on it the better the side effects get. Carole
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