Posted by polarbear206 on January 28, 2007, at 8:34:54
In reply to Cymbalta at 3 days update, posted by blueberry1 on January 28, 2007, at 4:48:33
> I can't believe how sensitive I am. Here I am at a mere 5mg cymbalta and I'm frieking out with anxiety and fear and nervousness. On the bright side the deep dark depression seems a lot lighter. Previously I dreaded waking up and looking at the day ahead of me because I had absolutely no desire to live and it seemed like a long endurance marathon through an infinite dark dungeon. Now I wake up and dread the day because I have this strong nagging nervousness that just makes me 'scared' of everything. Hard to explain. I can't help but wonder if all those years on zyprexa changed things to where I cannot live without it. This fear stuff I feel from cymbalta is kind of in the paranoia weirdness vein more than the anxiety vein. But maybe it is just plain anxiety. Maybe I should try some xanax and see what happens. Doc said use it if I need it. From what I remember about xanax though, it never did get rid of my inner fear stuff, it just calmed everything else but didn't touch the fear.
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> I gotta try to stick with it a few weeks and see if it mellows out or gets worse. That is going to be real real hard.
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> Can you imagine? 5mg giving someone a hard time? That's ridiculous. And to think the normal route is to start at 30mg for a week and then go to 60mg. Wow. So many people at remedyfind have taken cymbalta without much trouble. Some had a lot of trouble. With me all I can say is it is a serious and powerful chemical.
Why don't you try taking it a night along with xanax for a couple weeks? Have you ever taken fish oil caps? This might be a good add on too for you. If so, I'm sure you know to take one with a higher ratio of EPA to DHA. I take 3 1200mg of Nature Made Maimum strength twice a day. Research has suggested that those with more severe depression/anxiety and bipolar depressions benifit from higher doses. Like you said, try and stick it out. Too many people give up too fast and don't give it a try. I have read your post about your hyper-sensitivety to medications and hope your will find relief. Do you any form of exercise? Do something that will make you sweat, to get those endorphins flowing. This is a great anxiety buster.Polarbear
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