Hi ergwyn,

Welcome to the Bipolar forum on Neurotalk! I have been taking abilify for a few years now and had good luck with it at the full 30 mg a day dose. You work up to that dose slowly though of course but I started feeling full relief of the racing thoughts and bad BP impulses around 20 mg's. It's probably a good idea to call your pharmacist though, and ask them about the cymbalta/abilify combination. I used to take wellbutrin with it with no major problems, only stopped because it was 'activating' me, meaning making me a bit racy again in the thought department.

I take paxil and trazadone now which are both antidepressants, but I have never taken Cymbalta so I have no experience there to offer you. Other's here have mentioned taking it before so check back and see if they have left any additional info about their experiences with it. Do you have an official diagnosis of BiPolar I or II yet? I know I was miserable with the racing thoughts and it was only when I started abilify and it began to work that I really accepted the diagnosis of BP II.

Welcome to the board ergwyn, hope you stick around and share more about yourself and your experiences with us.