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05-24-2011, 10:48 AM | #1 | ||
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I know it's very, very hard to go off Cymbalta - have read all the horror stories - so I hope I can continue taking it, though at a lower dose, no matter what. It has helped the mental anguish as much as the physical pain. |
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05-24-2011, 11:30 AM | #2 | ||
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For me serequel was not for the pain it was cause my mood was everywhere and also supposed to aid in sleep. For me it did not help with the sleep but may have helped with my mood. I was having outbursts of anger and up and down moods. I am better at that then I was but I also have learned how to cope better with things. So not sure. My friend who has RSD takes serequel and before barely slept and with it she sleeps so well. So it has helped her.
Cymbalta I was on 120 and now 60 and I don't feel any different. I had no issues with lowering it. Just make sure you follow what the doctor suggests |
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05-24-2011, 10:22 PM | #3 | ||
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Perhaps my long-experence with Cymbalta may be useful to you, as I have used it on and off since 2005. While doing so I have gone off it many times, and in doing so developed a protocol that works very well. First of all, if I have been on full-strength (60 mg /day) for less than one month, then discontinuing it will not be that difficult. In that case, I simply go from 60 mg / day down to 30 mg / day for one week and then discontinue. I might have a bad day or two but thats about it. However, if you have been on 60 mg for several months or more, then a much more gradual tapering process must occur. I will first go to 30 mg / day for two weeks, and then 15 mg / day for another week. I will then discontinue completely and wait for the side effects (ringing in ears, brain zaps, ect.), which should then last no more than a day or two. You will start noticing the withdrawl symptoms once you slip below 15 mg /day, as that seems to somehow be an important threshold in the brain. I hope that this helped! David |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | nsw43 (05-27-2011) |
05-25-2011, 06:34 PM | #4 | |||
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I was prescribed Cymbalta last week at my neuro visit but didn't take it until today as I had my lignacaine infusion so didn't want a false benefit.
I was in so much pain in the past few days(due to overdoing it and the weather) that I took a Cymbalta this morning and went to work, the feeling I had was horrendous- I couldn't keep up with conversations and kept zoning out, I was also very sleepy, is this normal? |
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05-25-2011, 08:40 PM | #5 | |||
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I can only do 20 mg Cymbalta. I can't stay awake on ANY higher. I does help, even at that low mg. Depending on why I think I'm hurting more, or how I feel in general, I may take a Flexeril, or Vicuprofen, but not together. I also use Biofreeze(love that stuff) and Lidoderm patches.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | malawigirl08 (05-26-2011), nsw43 (05-27-2011) |
05-26-2011, 03:29 AM | #6 | |||
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Here is a drug checker to use:
http://www.drugs.com/drug_interactions.html Cymbalta is the only antidepressant with potential to damage the liver. It has a warning in this regard. Quote:
Keep this in mind if you use combination drug therapies. They may be additive to the liver. This especially pertains to Tylenol.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | nsw43 (05-27-2011) |
05-28-2011, 03:19 AM | #7 | ||
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Sometimes for me I am not sure if it is the med having less of a positive impact or it is just the time is worse pain wise. I go through periods where I have flares that are worse then others and it is not from anything I did. Well I don't think anyway. I think it is great you feel a positive mental impact though. Really when I was feeling better mentally it was helping me cope with my pain and health problems better.
I just read back and you stated you are sensitive to the other meds like neurontin. Like I said when I first got dx I started this med and had a really hard time. Then about 2 years later I tried it again but very small dose and increased very slow. With each increase I felt very bad but it did lessen as time passed and then felt ok. I know some side effects are too bad to stick with the med but some do pass. |
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05-27-2011, 08:53 PM | #8 | ||
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If you want to keep trying it, back off the dosage and see how it affects you. I have found it does block the pain very well, though I understand different people have different reactions. |
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05-28-2011, 06:06 AM | #9 | |||
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I may go back to my GP and ask if he can start me at 10mgs( if that is possible ). I am also taking imipramine and wondered if two antidepressants is too much although the neuro said to take both. Are you able to function normally taking Cymbalta, my worry is that I become so doped up that I can't perform my job or my family duties properly- this happened with my dad( he existed going from bed to sofa and became a social recluse, no life for anyone and he was still in pain ) |
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05-28-2011, 08:17 PM | #10 | ||
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Because of this slow and incremental increase in dosage, I've been able to function pretty well. There were times when I was a little dopey, but fortunately/unfortunately my body adjusted so I could perform fairly normally. I'm lucky to be retired so my life isn't rigorous, though I do consulting work (writing) that requires some mental agility. The Cymbalta has helped me to deal with the ridiculous pain and progressive nature of the disease, so I prize it. Before I took it, I was suicidal, and I don't want to go that way again. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | malawigirl08 (05-29-2011) |
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