Posted by Dr. Vijoy on October 9, 2005, at 0:45:52
In reply to Re: Welcome tatt, posted by tatt on October 8, 2005, at 19:48:06
Sorry to hear that you are stuggling with the Cymbalta, and going from one dose to another and back may be especially troubling. If you look at my earlier posts, I did mention that I have noticed that the SSRIs incl. Cymbalta and Effexor are only a temporary solution and really are effective for a few months. They should be used as a crutch.. see Prozac Nation, it mentions the use of SSRIs aas a crutch and not a life long therapy. It is the job of your doctor to alleviate your depression as much as possible medically but also NONMEDICALLY. Unfortunately this is not always the case, and that makes me angry.
I have gone thru the withdrawl and feel better now, I feel like i have found myself better and you know what, im happy with the moody jerk that i am rather than the pseudo-cheerful plastic-smile person that i was on the Cymbalta and prior to that, Effexor. However, the Cymbalta did help me in the short term since i was going down a very dark path.
This is a very nice thread we have going on, keep it up. Cymbalta is a fairly new drug and needs to be exposed for the good and the BAD it really is.
Final advice, you should still do what your doctor tells you to do, because depression is a pretty serious disease, I know, I have it. I know cymbalta may be bad in many ways, but it is going to lower the chance of suicide in the short term at least. I wish I had something more to say, im sorry, i hope this helps.
yours,
Dr. Vijoy
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