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CarolDiane

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I Wanted to
Posted: 10-19-07 04:57am

But my drug plan would not cover it. So, I was changed over to Lexepro and doing fine with it. Was taking Zoloft which did me no help whatsoever. But, everyone is different.

Carrie
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brandy681

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Cymbalta Works Great For Me!
Posted: 11-06-07 18:59pm

I love Cymbalta because my appetite has been little to none and I have lost weight without trying and I have a lot more energy and feel sooo much better! I also have less pains and I take it with Lyrica which aslo helps for pain but Cymbalta works well for depression too.. I felt immediately better when taking it but now I feel even better, I would not go without it.. Espeicially for aches and paines, fatigue and depresion.. This is gr8 stuff!
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brandy681

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Hi!
Posted: 11-06-07 19:07pm

Hi again.

Let me first say that I am on 30 mg in the morning. My doctor said DO NOT take it at night because it gives you energy and you may get insomnia so it is best to take it in the morning. I take BOTH Cymbalta and Lyrica for pain and nerve pain, etc and they both work well.. I take one 30mg dose of Cymbalta every morning and I take 2 75 mg Lyrica in the morning and again at night. You should try Lyrica it works better than Cymbalta for pain but they both work great for me! I have heard that some people say that the 30 mg dose works better than the 60 mg dose and I don't know why but maybe you should try lowering your doce. I have one of the very best doctors in Georgia, he is like 65-70 years old and from India but he is a genious let me tell you because I asked him that I want to raise the doce on the Cymbalta and he said that just because it is a bigger doce does not neccesarily mean that it will work better. I have a friend who goes to him for 20 years and she has major deppresive order, Scitzoprenia, etc and she is really doing great because of him! He said that over a large study of people they said that the 30mg worked better then the 60 mg but you need to talk to your dr about possibly weaning you down. I am however on the highest doce of Lyrica but not with the Cymbalta.
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brandy681

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Posted: 11-06-07 19:11pm

Hi Carrie.

I was on Zoloft for a short period of time several years ago. I hated that medication because it made me soooo tired during the day and I took it at night. I could not stay awake for anything and was allready having trouble concentrating in school at the time. This just made me worse because I could not even make it to school somedays but I was so glad to get off of it. I also gained a lot of weight, I was 110 and went up to 140 in high school and so I got off of it. Now that was years ago but I would not go on it again for anything and so I am weary now of medications because of that. I was the same with Cymbalta and Lyrica and told my doctor that I allready stay tired a lot so to please not give me anything that would make me tired and he told me that he hasd the perfect pill for me. I thought yea right but I knew that he was one of the best so I took it and omg I loooove it..
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CarolDiane

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Hi Brandy
Posted: 11-07-07 00:58am

I am no longer on Zoloft. Did not work for me after several months. My Neurologist put me on Lexepro and I love it. Then something in my life cause my deppression to worsen some and now I take 10mg of Lexepro in the AM and one at bedtime. I also switched from Xanax after 4 years to Klonopin which is a longer lasting anxiety drug. The duo that I am on now works wonderful for me and I am a different person.
As you know, every drug has a different affect on people. Now, take my son. He not that fond of the Paxil his physicatrist put him one. So, I told him next week when he goes in to ask about Lexepro.
So be happy that you did not start on the Zoloft. I'm like you, Lexepro works just great!

Carrie
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jenjen0604

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Re: Has Anyone Tried Cymbalta???
Posted: 03-17-08 10:39am

I'm 29 yrs old and I have rheumatoid arthritis, which has left me crippled to the point that I am very limited in the activities I can do, including driving and work. As a result I became very depressed and had high anxiety. At first I tried Wellbutrin with no success, then my doctor put me on Cymbalta, b/c it was supposed to be the this fantastic new wonder drug. My doctor slowly stepped up my dosage to 120 mg, and one month later I STARTED HAVING SEIZURES. I have no history of epilepsy, nor does my family. Yet my first seizure occurred almost exactly one month after I started 120 mg of Cymbalta. I have 3 more grand mal seizures since and numerous mild seizures. Cymbalta also put me in a terrible "brain fog," where I would zone out all the time, and sometimes I felt almost like I was floating outside of my body. I would talk jibberish to my husband, although in my head I thought I was talking clearly. Then my insurance wouldn't fill it the way my doctor had written it, so I went 2 days without. I thought I was having a meltdown! I cried uncontrollably all day long. When my husband asked what was wrong, I couldn't answer him. But now let me answer how it actually helped as far as my depression went: AWFUL. It made me even more depressed than I was before, but I thought, given my medical condition, that I was asking too much to expect a wonder pill to make me feel better. So I stuck with it. I couldn't sleep most nights, usually slept until 2:00 in the afternoon, would shower, and then go back to bed. I prayed to sleep my life away. I stopped going out, stopped talking to my family and friends, just cut myself off from everyone. I even tried to leave my husband b/c I told him he deserved better then me. So after all of these seizures, I figure it may be the Cymbalta causing it and ask my doctor to take me off of it. He agrees and puts me on Prozac. And I feel a gazillion times better!!!!! I feel like I have my life back!!!! yes You couldn't pay me to ever try Cymbalta again!!!! I've talked to quite a few doctors. Half of them love it, half of them think it's junk! Of course everyone's situation is different, but here's my experience.
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bodbh

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just started cymbalta april 9
Posted: 04-13-08 21:43pm

hello
i just stated taking 30 mg of cymbalta for depression that has lasted approximately 2 years and a little more. i don't feel much of anything yet, except it makes me more energetic...which is a good thing for me compared to what i am used to.

hopefully within the next couple of weeks i will start to feel more of it start to kick in.
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