Posted by bissie66 on January 31, 2008, at 15:32:19
In reply to Re: Cymbalta » bissie66, posted by Racer on January 30, 2008, at 16:55:55
> My advice is to follow your own doctor's instructions. Your doctor may know something specific about your medical history which we don't, and that information may be very relevant.
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> As far as feeling better on Cymbalta, it's going to take a couple of weeks for the benefits to kick in. Every time you increase the dose, you'll have an adjustment period, so it's just as well to take it a bit more slowly -- it may be that raising the dose earlier will give you adverse effects that you'd miss out on if you waited a bit longer.
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> With all anti-depressants, it can take up to eight weeks after reaching an adequate dose before you feel the full effects. That doesn't mean that you won't experience any benefit sooner than that -- only that full benefits may take that long. With Cymbalta, I found that some benefits started sooner than others. One you've reached 60mg, stick with it, even if you don't feel quite as well as you hoped right away. Cymbalta was a pretty friendly drug for me, few side effects, and it helped my chronic pain from osteoarthritis.
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> Hope that helps.This did help. Thank you!
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