Posted by West on December 18, 2008, at 14:23:37
In reply to Re: question about tapering off cymbalta, posted by nlcrj on December 18, 2008, at 13:36:44
> Thanks for the input. I do have the gelcap time release type, and i can count out beads. I read somewhere that it's bad to take tthe beads directly, and since theyre supposed to be digested further down, if you take them outside of the pill capsule you can risk stomach damage. but at any rate, its not hard to pop open the pills, dump out the beads, swear at them a bit and count out a dose. i counted 180 beads in a 20mg capsule which works out to be 9 beads per mg.
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> i also have a prescription for sertraline 50mg that i havent started yet, as i wanted to get off the cymbalta first. ive taken it before years ago, and it seemed to work well enough then; the effects were much more mild, and thats more what i want. just a little boost, as i can do the rest of the work on my own.
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> would it help to switch directly to the sertraline, or should i wait a few weeks to establish a baseline?
> part of me wants to just throw them all out the window and operate drug free, but my mood swings are intolerable without any medication. hmmmm....If you aren't getting any benefit you could switch without running into any problems yes. It sounds as if you're better off on an SSRI anyway.
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