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Aug 23, 2016, 02:40 PM
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I'm not going to lie, I'm nervous. I was on a high dose of Cymbalta for many years before being dx'd last a year with Bipolar. She immediately started weaning me off since it can trigger mania. The hard part of stopping it was that my OCD/Anxiety came back full force along with body aches I didn't even know I had. I talked to her about it and she agreed with just 20mg and hopefully with the Lamictal and Gabapentin, it won't trigger anything. My DH is scared and I am too. However, I just can't live like this. I did ask about Seroquel as needed and she wasn't for that. So, I should get it from my mail order pharmacy in about a week. I'll keep you guys updated.
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Hashi/Bipolar Mom 300mg Lamictal 1800mg Gabapentin 10mg Memantine (weaning off) .6mg Clonidine (for sleep and anxiety) 40mg Propanol (for sleep) 3 mg Xanax 10mg Saphris |
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Aug 23, 2016, 02:45 PM
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I was on a few meds both with and without mood stabilizers. They were pretty different in terms of ativation with the mood stabilizers; it wasn't a problem. I'm remembering Effexor specifically and it was much better with mood stabilizers with it. I had to go off it for some reason (I think I was having blood pressure issues???) but it did help and did not make me feel agitated all the time like it did when it was just Effexor.
Good luck!
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD. Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily |
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Aug 23, 2016, 02:51 PM
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Aug 23, 2016, 07:10 PM
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What was your dosage of cymbalta?
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Aug 24, 2016, 10:46 AM
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I just got off Cymbalta after a year of begging my pdoc to change it coz i was getting progressively worse from a traumatic incident at work. I took myself off it, had to deal with the brain zaps but i got myself down to taking it once a week. He wasnt listening so i had to take it into my own hands. I knew for ages it wasnt having any affect on me, i know i did the right thing by stopping it myself. I was supposed to be on 60mg a day. 2 weeks ago i literally had to give my pdoc an ultimatem - Change my meds now or in 2 weeks i'll be back in hospital or in a coffin. I literally had to hit rock bottom for him to listen, i never wanted to get to that place again but it made him listen this time & there has been very slight changes since then but every little thing is progress!
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Aug 25, 2016, 03:15 PM
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