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s like my mind goes completely blank. Would you recommend stopping Effexor and switching to Cymbalta? Will Cymbalta reduce the withdrawal effect? My daughters were both recently put on Cymbalta, and their depression is much better, and they claim they are "thinking more clearly".
Thanks for your input.
My Dr. just switched me from Effexor XR to Cymbalta. I took my first dose of Cymbalta in the evening, because the script said it caused drowsiness. I was wide awake all night and went to work the following day. Has anyone had a problem with this med at night? Now I'm not taking anything. I'm a mess. Probably going through withdrawals. Please help. I can't reach my doctor.
I'm guessing you're suffering Effexor withdrawal, not Cymbalta withdrawal. It's not impossible to get a withdrawal from a short stay on a med, but unlikely. Sometimes a med just affects someone more profoundly than one would expect. But given you just came off Effexor, that being one of the hardest meds to stop taking and one that can have long withdrawals, I'm guess you didn't successfully stop it slowly enough to prevent withdrawals.
Treatment resistant just means you haven't found a treatment that works yet. I'm confused, though -- you say you're taking Cymbalta while you're still taking Effexor, and have just started tapering off the Effexor? Are you on a therapeutic dose of the Cymbalta or a starter dose?
Truth is that Cymbalta is just as bad, but you hear less about it because Cymbalta is a much less popular medication compaired to Effexor. Both Effexor and Cymbalta are SNRI (Selective Neurephineferine Reuptake Inhibitors) and thus they both are very much alike including the withdrawl symptoms they produce. SSRI meds also cause withdrawl symptoms, but to a somewhat lesser degree.
I have spent many weeks tapering off Effexor in the past, and also Cymbalta.
Due my health insurance more then tripling the cost of Cymbalta I have to change meds. I have been using Cymbalta for alomost four years, I am very concerned that my Doc wants to start me on 40mg of Prozac when I have been on 120mg of Cymbalta. Can I have your thoughts about 40mg vs. 120mg and what side affects I will have to go though.
Believe Cymbalta and Effexor are in the same class of drugs. Not familar with Abilify. None of us likes the weight gain that seems inevitable with many antidepressants.
Wellbutrin in very stimulating and in another class of antidepressants. Suspect there would be less sexual side effects and weight gain, but others will have to weigh in on it. It never helped me; just amplified the anxiety to point I had to have Soma to relax tight muscles.
Some antidepressants have been successfully used for pain. Cymbalta is commonly prescribed for pain and Effexor has shown promise in studies for pain. Some of the older Tricyclic antidepressants like Imipramine have had good results on pain. I have never heard of Zoloft being used for pain however. I suppose it could possibly work by the way it increases synaptic levels of dopamine but Zoloft is only a weak dopamine re-uptake inhibitor.
I was on paxil for almost 20 years for depression and panic. MD switched me to Cymbalta. He said it is possible for you to get used to meds after being on them long term. Is that true, cannot find much info. on that. The problem is the Cymbalta was better with my depression but seems to increase my anxiety and cause me excessive sweating, esp in social situations. Does the sweating sound like a common side effect for SNRI?
My OB put me on Wellbutrin XL to see if that might help (I have tried zoloft and effexor before) - but I am having sever withdrawl to the Cymbalta. I was on 60mg and then now for the past two months I have been taking 30mg once a WEEK - opening the capsule and dividing it into two.
I have not been on any Cymbalta for a week and a half - trying to get it out of my system completely, but I am having very bad withdrawls.
Why bother going off Cymbalta if you're going to replace it with Effexor? You'll probably have the same withdrawal response when you try to stop the Effexor.
I'd love to know if your neurologist supports you starting Effexor ...
my son just so happens to be here right now. he has been on cymbalta for two years now...after trying prozac and effexor. he has alot of anxiety also and it seems to work the best for him. i asked him about the side effects...and he said he had none...no brain zaps either.
guess everyone is different on how things affect them. the prozac and effexor both made him more depressed.
s Lilly) created Cymbalta, a half-fast replica of Effexor (just chemically tweeked a little). In short, basically Cymbalta was created with $$ in mind, not the health and safety of the people that would be treated with the med. Sad I know.
Glad you are off of it and feeling & LOOKING great :) I'm happy for you.
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