Posted by fauna on October 13, 2005, at 9:31:44
In reply to Re: Cymbalta and other SNRI side effects?, posted by Cairo on October 12, 2005, at 20:53:06
Thank you to all for your responses! I saw my pdoc yesterday and he now feels that I'm probably a bipolar II-- and in retrospect it really does make sense. I've had thoughts along that line for a year or so now. But it was still hard hearing it from the pdoc "officially" you know?
Anyway...for now we are leaving the Cymbalta at 30mg daily and he is slowly adding Abilify to it to check my reaction. Starting at a half tab (2.5mg) for 3 days then going to a whole tab. If it works then he says he will probably switch me to depakote or lamictal-- either alone or in combo with an SSRI because I still lean way too much toward depression rather than hypomania. Took the first dose of 2.5mg last night but didn't sleep worth a darn all night! Still anxious and on "overload" cognitively but I am now taking the Xanax once or twice a day to calm things down some and it does help. Still not convinced that I want to continue the Cymbalta though. I don't like how it makes me feel but overall my depresive S/S seem a "little" better than last week. But I also know myself well enough to realize I HAVE to be on an AD too.
It's just hard being in that "guinea pig" stage again! Tweaking this and tweaking that. But I will keep rolling with it! Thank you again for the responses and support! Will let you know how it goes! Best of everything to all!
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