Posted by Robert35 on May 31, 2006, at 14:19:52
In reply to Are you on more than one antidepressant med?, posted by PeachLovie on May 30, 2006, at 19:52:13
> Does anyone on the board take more than one antidepressant? If so, what do you take? Does it help with depression/anxiety?
Hi PeachLovie,
I do: Prozac and Cymbalta (I don't own Lily stocks by the way ;) and my opinion about both drugs is mixed :( ).
I began, weaning off Cymbalta, taking Prozac again (used that before taking Cymbalta for many years); I found out that continuing taking Cymbalta in half the dose I used to take (60 mgs per day) is helpfull because Prozac makes me feel so stressed I cannot handle it.
Still taking Cymbalta enables me to manage to do my job at some level.
Apparently there is some antidepressant action of Cymbalta and the action of Prozac is like a 24 hours per day working stimulant (but one making me completely unfocused) at this stage.
Cymbalta made me feel depressed (and nauseous and like having an stomach/intestinal flu) but to a moderate amount only (didn't feel like I was loosing my grip on everything and falling in an abyss).
I really hope the combination of Paxil and Lexapro will work for you.
I haven't dived in the matter (and don't have an opinion about it) but some people on this board are positive about adding Zyprexa to a ssri.
(Maybe other possibilies mentioned on this board maybe a good augmentation; I will soon discuss adding nortryptiline to Prozac with my gp; I want to take it slow if I can.)
Wishing well for you, take care too,Robert
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