Cymbalta and methadone
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Day 12 off Methadone here. My Dr. prescribed me Cymbalta to help with the deppression and anxiety which I have suffered with for the last 16 years and of course now is infinitly amplified. Supposed to take 30mg/day for the first week then step it up to 60mg/day there after. I took it the first day (Fri) and it made me feel all jittery like I drank 10 monsters. Didnt take it yesterday. I know it takes about a month to start working completely but I didnt like the feeling I had.
Well I go to a methadone clinic cause of drug problems. I didn't start feeling the pain from the fybro until after I started going to the clinic and that's what terrifies me cause everyone keeps telling me how much the methadone is helping with my pain and if that's case I can't even imagine what the pains gonna be like without the methadone. And I also thought that doctors only prescribed narcotics for fybro as a last resort too.
Some of us have a chemical imbalance, that is why we become addicted. I too take Cymbalta and I love it. If you had diabetes wouldn't you take insulin? Well if you have a chemical imbalance then you need medicine to fix it. It does not mean that there is anything wrong w/ you. I am not even saying that you do but maybe you should talk w/ a professional to see if something might help!
m for bi-polar disorder,high blood pressure,high cholesterol, thyroid,water pills, 2 different kinds of pains and they are cymbalta,methadone anyway i came up dirty on a drug test the Dr.gave me and he said just for that he was going to take my methadone away, My question is can he take my other meds away also?
lower back & right leg pain NOT very consistent 2001 after 2nd pregnancy.
lower back & right leg pain VERY consistent 2006 after 3rd pregnancy.
2007 the start of wanting to chop my right leg off every night from the constant pain.
2008 dr prescribed me every pain med to try what helps. Tramadol 50mg 1/3xs a day was the winner!
later that same year got in 2 car accidents. 1st one was horrible. hit from behind on the highway, spun around, & flipped over a couple of times.
I use Cymbalta for abdomen, neck and hand pain and Fibromyalgia. It does a good job for me. There are some unpleasant side effects such as nausea and being light headed upon standing being the worst for me.
I tried Neurontin and Lyrica. I couldn't take the side effects from either of those two.
I've experienced life without Cymbalta. Without it my pains levels are considerably higher. My mood is much better on it.
I use to take opiate based drugs and got off of them with methadone and suboxone. I still had major pain and 10-12 years ago tramadol got popular was something they never thought could be abused but I learned after 150mg (3 pill) that it was, So here I am today trying to stop! My doctor wrote a script for Cymbalta 60mg nine months so I could stop taking so many tramadol. He thinks I am only taking 8 a day the max but I take between 10-16 a day.
yes u need to talk to ur doctor and dont just jump off u need to come down real slow maybe cause of ur age u could speak to him about the methadone tabs that any doc can write out so that u dont have to go into the clinic daily also iv been on methadone for 10 yrs and im on 2mgs now well four days ago i stoped and i am now haveing small doses of subutex because of the narltraxzone in it im hopeing it will take the methadone out quick i will stop takeing the sub ater 1 week because withdrawal iv
I was put on cymbalta for depression and nerve pain ( RSD ). I hate taking new medicines I know nothing about. I am young and I am afraid of it. I start off taking 30 mgs for a week than increase to 60 than I will get up to 120 at some point. Could someone please tell me something about this drug? Is it safe?
Thanks Susan...
My husband has been having ed problems for several years now, Collis helped a bit but not much. He has zero libido which is probably resulting from meds (methadone, cymbalta, abilify)...
Lately, however he's been getting sort of a half erection randomly throughout the day and he says his whole penis hurts really badly.
Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?
I have come off of a lot of my medications. My final meds are Wellbutrin, Trazodone and Cymbalta. The Wellbutrin is suppose to take the place of the cymbalta. After horrible withdrawal, I came completely off of Cymbalta last week. I became so depressed that I couldn't stand to talk, much less move. All I wanted to do was sleep and be left alone. When I did interact, I was grizzly mean.
The average dose for Cymbalta is 60mg per day, and although some doctors do prescribe it 120mg per day...there is no evidence to prove that it helps any more than the 60 mg per day. The maximim dose for Prozac is 80mg per day so you're still below the highest dosage on that one. I doubt your doctor will increase the Cymbalta anymore, and if he tries to...find another doctor! Best wishes.
My sister started taking Cymbalta for Fibromyalgia and her appetite dropped a lot, and just a few months later she was pre-diabetic. I have read some other people's comments saying that going on or even going off of cymbalta has really messed up their blood sugar. some people even say that it made them diabetic. so if you are on cymbalta, just watch out for some of the pre-diabetes symptoms and tell your doctor about any weird eating habit changes that happen.
Namaste,
mcmcorp45 offers excellent information and advice and it is true that studies have shown that Cymbalta does note alter the reproduction process.
If this is going to be your first child and you are having difficulties, I would consult with a doctor, who may need to refer you to a specialist as mcmcorp45 mentioned. Don't forget to have both parties evaluated for a possible problem.
And Paxil gives more people a rough time upon stopping than any other antidepressant other than Effexor (and, ahem, Cymbalta). Your friend should have been tapered off the Paxil, and maybe was, but if not, and even if your friend was, there's a lot going on now possibly, too much for us to say which is which.
My doctor does not know I am tapering but I asked for an anti-depressant and is has helped. I am on Cymbalta 60mg and it has made a difference in how I feel. Not al the time, but a huge improvement over how I was before. It only took like 2-3 weeks for me to notice a difference in my mood, but the thing I loved is because it increases noripepherene (sp?) it helped my withdrawal symptoms while I was tapering down from 40 to where I am now stuck at 12-14. Hope this helps.
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