Posted by alex101 on November 9, 2006, at 18:48:32
I have never posted anything like this before, but I thought you guys could help me out. I have lived with my girlfriend for 5 years now and she suffers from depression. She recently started taking cymbalta, about 2 months ago. After about 2 weeks she started to become very cold and mean to me, which was very unusual behavior for her. Now, I just found out last weekend, that about 1 month after she started taking the cymbalta she began seeing another man on the side. When I confronted her she told me that she strongly feels the cymbalta made her loose any compassion or feeling she once had for me. She said it made her want to hurt me and ultimately made her not care that she was cheating on me. She is now trying to quit cold turkey and going through severe withdrawl. I am definately going to stay by her side and help her through this trying time, however I do not know what to do after the withdrawl is over. I guess I am jsut asking if anyone else has had a similar experiance. I really want to believe that she is being honest with me and it was the mediacation that made her behave this way, but I just don't know what to think. Am I being a fool if I believe her and is what she saying sound reasonable to anyone? Also, she is really struggling with the withdrawl and keeps suggesting that she wants to start taking them again and ween herself off of them. If she is being honest and the meds made her behave that way than I can expect her to do this again, while she weens off?
Thanks
poster:alex101
thread:702129
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