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Re: Cymbalta and memory loss?

Posted by 49er on February 15, 2009, at 8:32:02

In reply to Cymbalta and memory loss?, posted by SlugSlimersSoSlided on February 12, 2009, at 4:13:48

> I was wondering if anyone else experienced short term memory loss while on Cymbalta.
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> I have restarted my college classes this semester after taking a semester off and I am noticing I am having a hard time remembering a lot of things. When I am reading, I have to read things several times to even absorb what I read, I am forgetting my train of thought while speaking and go completely blank.
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> I am typically an A student, but so far this semester, I am getting low B's on my tests and this is after a great deal of studying. When I take the tests, the words seem familiar but I can't remember what they mean. The only reason I believe I am even getting low B's is because some of the stuff is review for me. So I am really worried. It isn't test anxiety either, I feel calm before my exams.
> I am having trouble with day to day stuff of remembering anything. I noticed this, at the end of last year, but now with me taking classes again, it is VERY noticeable. I think I should see my doc, what do you think?

That happened to me on Wellbutrin XL. I would forget words that I never had a problem remembering prior to being placed on the med.

I would lose things that I had no memory of losing. It was like I never owned the items to begin with.

Anyway, sorry you are experiencing that. It must be very frustration.

If it were me, I would get off the med. Adding meds to deal with side effects just makes things worse in my opinion. But that is me.

And no, this is not depression. I wish people would stop blaming all cognitive problems on the label.

Sorry, this is a hot button issue for me as I feel that is used to diminish patients' complaints about side effects.

49er

PS - If you decided to get off the med, please taper very slowly due to Cymbalta's very short half life.


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