Posted by med_empowered on December 22, 2005, at 23:29:37
In reply to Re: New PDoc RX'd High Dose Cymbalta » Phillipa, posted by fairywings on December 22, 2005, at 20:47:20
I dont know. I had a doc who was thought "cymbalta is like zoloft, plus straterra..it'll be great for adhd". So, I took 90mgs/day and...nothing. Absolutely nothing, except heightened anxiety. The Lilly studies, by the way, used exactly your dose--120mgs/day--and found no real benefit above and beyond the 60mgs/day, for either neuropathic pain or depression. I think maybe shrinks don't like to be told what to do--a sort of, "I'm the doc, I'm the expert, I'll prescribe as much or as little as I want to, blah blah blah"
Anyway, here's what I'd do--since 60mgs is the ideal dose, fill the 120mgs RX and just take one of the 60mgs caps per day. Your shrink's crazy prescription just allowed you to basically cut your co-pay in half. Yay!!!
Cymbalta plus Tofranil and Adderall worked pretty well for me. Maybe if instead of taking high-dose cymbalta you could add in something that played on dopamine and/or norepinephrine, that would help?
Good luck!
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