Posted by 49er on February 22, 2008, at 14:16:31
In reply to Cymbalta - pdoc wants me to start at 60 mg, posted by kezia on February 20, 2008, at 10:38:33
> Don't ask me why, but he gave me enough 60mg samples for a month. When I questioned it, he said that 60mg was a good starting dose. It's new in Canada, so he doesn't have much experience with it, but he has switched a number of his patients over to Cymbalta and, from what he said, he started them at 60mg and they haven't had any significant side effects.
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> Well, I'm nervous about starting it, especially at 60mg. I asked if he would give me a script for 30mg, but he said I would be fine with 60mg. He is a great pdoc and I don't want to question him, but . . .
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> I am so sick of ADs that leave you feeling flat and apathetic, which is part of the reason I am nervous (and somewhat reluctant) to start Cymbalta at 60mg. I mentioned this to my family doctor and she basically said that that is what ADs are supposed to do. Wow! So, a person is depressed (loss of interest, no motivation, apathetic . . . ), so let's give them a pill that keeps them that way but makes them not care that they are that way?!?!?!
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> I don't know what to do anymore. I really just give up and think I will just learn to live without the joy and enthusiasm that I used to experience. It sucks, but I know there are others who are worse off, so I should just suck it up and get on with things.
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> Oh well, sorry for the rant and the pity party.Kezia,
What is your med sensitivity history? If you have a history of being unusually sensitive, personally, I would start as low as possible. You might be interested in this site by Jay Cohen, a psychiatrist who feels that alot of SSRI side effects are due to high starting doses. He is not antimeds:
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