As you may have gathered from my other replies to threads, I'm doing great in terms of mood.

Since I started Cymbalta on July 27th, my depression scores (in the quizzes section of this site) have been 20 or less. Since August 27th they have been in the single digits. To give you an idea of what that means, since October of last year when my manic episode ended, my depression was ranging from 40 - 70 points. It was always present with me.

Now I'm neither manic nor depressed. The meds have put that awful 2 year episode (which the pdoc labeled as mixed) into remission.

I keep expecting to wake up and find it was all a dream or that my brain adjusted to the meds (tolerance or resistance) and my depression will come flooding back in. But I think it's for real this time and I'm hoping this combo will last me for many years to come. One month at a time, though.

Thanks to everyone for your hope and encouragement when mine was gone. Now that life is so livable, I really need to find some goals to achieve. Eh, I'll be back in school in a few weeks and that will fill my schedule. Maybe I'll actually graduate and not drop out again.

Love you guys!