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Old Jul 07, 2010, 07:03 PM
lisadhum1 lisadhum1 is offline
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Originally Posted by breezey55 View Post
I am bipolar and was on paxil for 10 years. My pdoc recently switched me to cymbalta because I also have fibromyalgia. It works for the pain, but is not working for me as well as the paxil. Antidepressants can trigger hypomania. Right now I am on 60 mg and still depressed. Different meds work differently on everyone. You might want to call his dr and let them know about his symptoms. Good luck.

He was given it while he was in a psych hospital for 6 days. When he came home he seemed better than I'd ever seen him and he always complained that meds never worked for him, now it makes sense. But exactly a week to the day he started the Cymbalta he flipped out. I have tried to call the hospital but am having no luck talking to an actual person and I don't know where T is. He's cut off all contact from his doctors.

I KNEW it was medication but I wasn't aware about the hypomania. He showed several symptoms of the allergic reaction 2 days prior to this episode which was the red flag for me. I even took him (although he fought me) to the ER and they said he was completely fine!