Posted by yxibow on August 15, 2006, at 13:26:52
In reply to What is the Current Buzz on Cymbalta??????, posted by invisibleman15010 on August 15, 2006, at 7:05:48
> Good Morning,
> As I get ready to go back into the head doctor and ask for a change, well I asked already in a letter, my current lexapro, wellbutrin,remeron is doing zippo....I have asked for ECT and then possibly going back to Effexor XR, which I had some luck with, or Cymbalta. I was on Cymbalta for
> only a few weeks, I had to change head drs because of insurance and the new one, a real jerk,
> took me off the Cymbalta, was rude, so I blew out the door and up to the admin. office and filed a complaint. I could not believe the calls that I got from the clinic director and even an apology from the Dr.. Anyway, before I finalize what I ask for, ECT and ??, has anyone had or heard of anyone having luck with Cymbalta. I know this time last year it was the big buzz on the net. People even asking what pharmacy had it, they were willing to drive. So now it is a year passed, more or less since the release and I don't see much on the board. Any help out there.
> My Mother who is in her 70's started it and has had no problem. She was put on it for mild depression and more for severe pain from arthritis and something else pain related. She does not tolerate meds well and this has not bothered her.
> Thanks,
> EI'm sorry you got into a scuffle with your previous doctor -- insurance is such a patchwork wreck here (I'm assuming the US).
I'm not going to ask you to rephrase how you feel about things, but wouldn't it be more positive to yourself to consider the new person a psychiatrist? Head doctor sounds so self-pejorative. Anyhow.. that was intended as a conversation thought. :) I would consider various classes of medication still before ECT, but that is up to you and your doctor.
Cymbalta varies wildly for people and Effexor somewhat too -- I can't, at least at the time any way when I took it, stand Effexor at all. It seemed unrefined, and about a dozen cups of coffee. Eventually led to taking Ambien and dumping the medication.
For myself, Cymbalta eventually led to a one-day epiphany or something at 80mg, which indicated that there is some, but not complete indication of it even beyond 60mg. I think it is one of those medications that has a long delayed reaction of result to it, and there have been definite breakthrough depression periods when it hasn't been as successful.No antidepressant will perform well all the time. I'm now at 120mg.. its hard to say its any different than it was at 80, but so far (perhaps masked by a fair amount of benzodiazepines) I have felt nothing different than I have on any other antidepressant that has some limited action on serotonin -- if I excercise heavily or at random times, I may get a slight jolt looking to the left or right, but its nothing that hasn't been heard of.
Others I've heard cannot stand even 20mg of Cymbalta and are breaking open the capsules (!) and counting the individual enteric pulsules inside them. If you get to this stage, and you have to count them -- do NOT chew the enteric contents -- you will get an immediate rush of Cymbalta which is supposed to be time released.
So that's my summary from my point and from what I've read so far here.- J
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