Posted by Racer on February 6, 2006, at 11:45:14
In reply to Re: AD similar to Wellbutrin?, posted by JESSsMom on February 6, 2006, at 8:23:59
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> Isn't it though? Unbelievably frustrating. I've never had ear ringing but I remember when I was on Effexor, for instance, sweat just poured off of me. Then the discontinuation was more than I ever want to go through again.
> I think Cymbalta and Effexor are similar in that they are both SNRI's, so no thanks to Cymbalta either.
Actually, you might want to rethink that, if you had any benefits from Effexor, because Cymbalta is in the same class of drugs -- and is a very different drug. I've taken both, and I promise they're not the same.I took Effexor a number of years ago, and it is the ONLY antidepressant I will never take again. It helped, but not enough; it stopped working after about a year; it helped me gain about 55 pounds; and then it took me almost 8 months to taper off it, with nasty discontinuation effects even then. NEVER again.
Cymbalta is worth a try. It didn't help me even as much as Effexor did -- though I'm pretty well treatment resistant these days, on a lot of levels -- but it also didn't come with the same sorts of problems. A little sweating at first, I think it caused some weight gain -- though I'm pretty sure Wellbutrin is causing weight gain for me now, so I might just be nuts where weight gain is concerned -- and when I went off it, I had no trouble, after a year and a half.
As for the XL/SR versions, if the drug is helping you, they're certainly worth a try.
Good luck.
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