Last summer '10 the day I started Cymbalta (along with my other meds combo) I felt elated, then "normal". I couldn't believe that this is what other people feel like. My brain was calm and satisfied...not shooting darts at me for ever being born. Depression went away and I did pretty well over the past school year. Since then I've had some meds mistakes (bad reactions), but overall I still have days of feeling "normal" even though we had to add Abilify this summer to help decrease my depression. If my brain always felt as normal as the first year on Cymbalta, I would understand how normal people could be in the rat race, pursue things that are ephemeral, and have a family in an unbelievable time of human tragedies.

I love feeling "normal" because when you're in a pit and still digging down to deeper despair, normal feels like heavenly bliss.