Posted by Emily Elizabeth on November 15, 2012, at 7:12:00
In reply to Re: Something to add to Cymbalta?, posted by neversaynever on November 15, 2012, at 6:54:11
> If cymbalta is only helping his pain , then its not the right med , like jono said an ssri like lexapro or zoloft . Then do what i have to do take ibrufin tabs for the pain 3 times a day.
Sigh. Yes, I agree with that, but it is pretty hard to convince him how poorly it is helping him. I was hoping that there was an easy add on that he could just take. Based on the posts here and my own digging it does seem like going back to the Zoloft and maybe adding a TCA would be a better option. When he was taking the Zoloft he was taking handfuls of advil and Tylenol every day (MD said this was okay) but it wasn't sufficient.
I do suspect that his pain is worsened by his depression and he tends to manifest psychological symptoms physically. I have him seeing a therapist, but he spaces the appts really far apart and then cancels, so he has only been like twice. I am getting frustrated that I care about addressing this more than he does. I wanted to go with him to the pdoc, but he won't let me. Sigh. End rant.
Thanks for your thoughts,
EE
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