Posted by Minnie-Haha on November 5, 2005, at 8:55:51
In reply to Re: Cymbalta update… and question (long) » Minnie-Haha, posted by KaraS on November 5, 2005, at 2:03:47
> Good to see your name back here. I'm sorry to hear about your son's deployment. That has to be very anxiety provoking.
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> I can't speak to all of your questions but I can tell you a little bit about beta blockers. I took atenolol for a couple of months recently. My pdoc thought it might help with my anxiety and indirectly with depression. Unfortunately, it didn't help much with anxiety and it didn't touch the depression - though it was nice not having a racing heart.
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> Pindolol is a beta blocker that was used in the past to augment antidepressants. It doesn't seem to be used much for that purpose anymore so I don't think it was very effective. Also, you may be aware that beta blockers can potentially increase depression. The cardiospecific ones, like the antenolol I took, have less of a chance of producing that effect. A beta blocker could certainly help you to tolerate the 60 mg. of Cymbalta but you'd still have the issue of less motivation on that dosage.
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> Hope that helps some. Take care.
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> KaraThanks for the feedback. I see my PCP next week and it will be good to have some specifics to discuss.
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