Posted by desolationrower on November 30, 2008, at 11:06:32
In reply to Re: Cymbalta overdose/rejection?, posted by bleauberry on November 30, 2008, at 10:40:04
I think bleuberry is right. Patients need to be clear about how drugs affect them. Doctors have experience with others that we don't have, but they don't know how much the drug is doing unless we tell them; it isn't like a wound where the surgeon can look and see if it is cleaned and sewn up, your brain is your own. I like to think of dosage increases as options to keep around in case. Personally, my response to meds is usually to wonder if they are doing much at all or just a sugar pill, so i'm the sort taht will keep increasing dosage. But for people who have strong responses, positive and negative, i think being less aggressive with dosing is a better idea. What may happen is the effect evens out at the 30mg dosage after a few more weeks, and you decide you need a stronger effect; your body will be a bit more adjusted and the side effects less as you transition up. But if you can get full benefit with less drug, that woudl be good too.
-d/r
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