Posted by lucie lu on October 23, 2008, at 7:23:44
In reply to Re: meds 'causing' depression? » lucie lu, posted by Phillipa on October 22, 2008, at 23:31:00
> Lucie Lu isn't lyrica supposed to be good for it but if afraid of addition have read here that it can be addiction. If you can take ad's could cymbalta which helps pain help? Love Phillipa
Hi Phillipa, as you can see I took your suggestion about trying this board for my FM problems :)
Yes, lyrica is and this may be the next thing we try. However, I'm a little uneasy about it since there are a lot of side effects reported for it, and I am very sensitive to meds :(
Cymbalta may be a possibility. I currently take wellbutrin and lamictal, both of which I tolerate well. I don't know offhand if cymbalta is an SSRI, I can look that up easily enough, but my pdoc doesn't like me on SSRIs because of the bipolar dx. But I'll keep looking - maybe I'll try amitriptyline again. In retrospect, it's only drawback was gaining weight, but it looks like they all do that (exc wellbutrin and lamictal)... guess I'll just have to stick to a diet more closely.
Thanks,
Lucie
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