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Old Aug 20, 2014, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by aquabelle View Post
I have only been taking Latuda For less than two weeks. So far no side effects, but no big relief either. I did end up doubling my dose of cymbalta, so I'm not us what is going on. Pdoc keeps it vague to mood disorder when asked about dx. I hope to hear more tomorrow as she is filling out my short term disability paperwork.
Best of luck with Latuda! I feel for you on paperwork requirements. I always hated dealing with all the paperwork when it came to the leave of absence I took from work during a PTSD relapse. It just feels... oddly degrading to have your mental and physical state reduced to a questionnaire, as if what you might be doing is lying—someone, somewhere, reading it and trying to poke holes in it. (This might be my general paranoia when it comes to insurance companies, having worked in insurance for seven years...thankfully, not anymore).

When I was given Cymbalta for nerve pain, it gave me consistently and noticeably dilated pupils, and made me feel like I was spaced out all the time, made my depression worse. But I have always responded horribly to SSRIs/SNRIs, and by all accounts, that was the mildest reaction I've had, probably on it being an SNRI. (Any SSRI = mania)

Hope it works out for you though! It's hard to find a good AD. I don't know what I'd do without my Wellbutrin. It keeps my depression out of suicidal range and away from total paralyzation from apathy, for the majority of the time. Hang in there and take care!