Cymbalta dosage anxiety

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Avatar n tn So I slowly weaned off the lexapro and switched to cymbalta. For a week i took 5 mg of lexapro and a 30mg cymbalta. Now I am at a therapeutic dosage of 60mg cymbalta. And I also take clonozapem up to 3 times a day if I have panic attacks. Lexapro gave me gastroinstestinal side effects. While as Cymbalta now seems to give me sleep troubles/insomnia. However, sometimes the medication outweighs the side effects.
Avatar m tn I don't know what you will experience exactly but just from my experience on Cymbalta which I am currently on 30 mg didn't do crap for me and I didn't feel that i was that depressed but more anxious than anything. THen I did figure out I was more depressed than I thought but still depressed so they upped the dosage to 60 mg. 60mg is the standard dosage for Cymbalta. I had asked to be put on 30mg onlyh because I didn't want any side effects (especially sexual side effects)...
Avatar f tn Jan 7, 2014 my psychiatrist switched me from 60mg Cymbalta to 100mg Zoloft. The switch was made bc I felt after 5 yrs, the Cymbalta might be pooping out. The first week I took 30mg Cymbalta with 50mg Zoloft. After that week, I stopped Cymbalta and went to 100mg Zoloft. It's now a little over 4 weeks since the switch and I'm having panic attacks like I haven't had in years & also that disassociation feeling that goes along w/anxiety & depression.
396332 tn?1320003615 Im currently on Cymbalta and I just got my dosage upped to 60 mg. Do anti depressants noticably make you happier / less anxiety. Or do you not notice it at all....
Avatar f tn HI I am going to the doctor on the 13th of june to get on an antidepressant.
1100999 tn?1257701380 ok i have had anxiety since i was 12 i would get them for about a month straight then they would go away n 4 years later i would have them for a month straight n they go away now 4 years from then im having them but im going on 4 months ive had them everyday! im lightheaded n dizzy all day, is this normal? i keep convincing myself i have cancer, is this normal as well? or is there something truley wrong with me... i feel like im going crazy...
Avatar f tn If memory serves me correct 90Mgs a day of Cymbalta is the maximum effective dosage. This basicaly means that in clinical trials any more than 90Mgs of Cymbalta was not shown to produce any further impact on the symptoms of the subjects depression. In my case I found Cymbalta to be the least effective of the SNRI group of SNRI drugs.
396332 tn?1320003615 Tolerance can occur with klonopin, but not in the short time you've been on it. It is also usually dosed twice a day. If you're getting anxious again, it may be the klonopin just isn't working for you. If you do 1mg, you want to do it twice a day, but that's about as much as you'll want to take on a regular basis. More likely, the Cymbalta isn't working on your anxiety, and may even be increasing it, as it works on norepinephrine as well as serotonin.
3547166 tn?1347814000 I was recently prescribed Cymbalta for severe Anxiety. I am taking it but I haven't been on it long enough for it to start working yet. Does anyone have any personal experience with this medication? Does anyone know how well this medication will work? I am worried it won't work at all. My Psychiatrist has tried me on so many different medications.
407790 tn?1397761026 Thanks so much for the additional info! You're right, that's QUITE the cocktail of meds! How long have you been on that specific regimen? You're new to the Cymbalta (from the Pristiq) for about a month, correct? I personally think that adding the Abilify is a bit premature. You never know, you may see some significant improvements with the Cymbalta, but it's still kind of early to fairly assess your progress with it.
396332 tn?1320003615 I took cymbalta for 1 year. It hellped somehow but gave me no relief from low mood. Also gave me a lot of side effects.
611964 tn?1223767720 I have taken over 14 different AD meds (in the course of many years) including Effexor and Cymbalta. Cymbalta was the ONLY one that I found not only completly ineffective, but with nasty side effects. (IF you do not have an addictive past) ask your P-doc for some Xanax to get you over the hump. You can stop it once the Zoloft kicks in good. It will help with the anxiety on a temporary basis.
1823499 tn?1370090289 Its horrible. Was suppose to up my dosage today but didnt. For the past 3 to 4 days i have been really moody and mean. I feel all balled up and anxiety. Really bad racy hart, shakes. Im stopping it tho. No more cymbalta.
1348086 tn?1370783185 He put me on nortriptyline (25mg first week), and is weaning me off of cymbalta (I was on 60). He dropped me down to 30Mg of the cymbalta for 7 pills and then every other day for the next 7 pills. After one week, I was to up my dosage of nortriptyline to 50Mg. I actually waited 8 days. Today was an off day of the cymbalta and I am suppose to start with 75Mg of the nortriptyline. I have had terrible anxiety today due to our social gathering here at the house.
Avatar f tn 3 weeks ago to Pristiq 50mg. The first week I took 30mg Cymbalta then 2nd week and since, no Cymbalta and only Pristiq (still taking buspar & Xanax prn) I feel I'm noticing small improvements in the past cpl weeks but not back to normal. Today is a rough day with anxiety/adrenaline/agitation. I so want outta this hole and praying it works for me. Anyone else have success switching to Pristiq? Would like to hear how long it took for ppl to notice a difference.
Avatar f tn Im trying this cymbalta.....again but its making med feel so wierd.My d. always asks me what has worked in the past ,well so far nothing really the cymbalta seemed to work last year for awhile.
Avatar f tn Does anybody what the dosage for someone like me would be and what are the names of anxiety medications that doctors prescribe?
Avatar f tn just switched to cymbalta 30mg 5 days ago and feel great so far still have a little of the issues i had on zoloft but i guess the zoloft is still in my system. my question is when you switch from one to another how long does it take for the first one in my case zoloft to be out of my system???? i was on zoloft for severe anxiety but it never really made me feel at ease i still worried i was going to lose control and freak out and go crazy.
Avatar m tn Often options include trying other meds with less of this particular side effect (for depression/anxiety often pristiq, effexor, cymbalta) or adding another med to the sertraline such as wellbutrin/bupoprion. It can take some trial and error but it can get better!
Avatar m tn Is this postpartum anxiety or is this withdrawals from only 4 days of cymbalta?maybe klonopin withdrawals? Any insight would be great! I've been to several doctors and all my blood work comes back normal and my ekg. So worried about if this will go away as it's been a month.
Avatar n tn Only side-effect I had when I tried Cymbalta 30mg was nausea. It started the day I started Cymbalta and lasted for about 1 week. Therapeutic lag was about 3 weeks, after being on 30mg for 2 weeks. Took it 5 months, went off cold turkey and brain zaps lasted 1 month or so. One drug does not fit all, we can all reach differently to various drugs.
Avatar n tn Hi. I've had Cymbalta. I didn't get a side effect like that. It should really only have occurred the first couple weeks. It's usually the dizzy, sick stomach kind of feelings that are the main side effect when you start taking any anti-depressant, or mood stabilizer. This sounds pretty uncomfortable for you, so I would make an appointment with your doctor. You should expect these things to happen, and get used to some of the trial and error periods.
396332 tn?1320003615 My doctor has recently added strattera to my cocktail mix. So I am now on Cymbalta + Strattera for general anxiety/ OCD. Has anyone had any luck with Stratttera being added to there antidepressant. My doctor said this was a great combo.
396332 tn?1320003615 Im wondering what you guys believe to be the best anti depressant for anxiety/ depression? I know they work on everyone different but I just want to see what you all say because I have been on Cymbalta for a while and I do not know if its working fully.
Avatar m tn Thanks for the reply actually was upped to 40 mg over the summer sometimes i fall backwards again into the realm of anxiety have been on it for years tried cr depekot and cymbalta but no help just wondering if the time to go to a psychiatrist is now starting to reemerge the attacks