[TaubTaube]

I've been on Celexa since 2003. It's lost its effectiveness. I guess it's bound to happen sooner or later with the stupid brain chemicals. I've been on SO many meds over the years. It gets super frustrating.

New psydoc put me on Cymbalta. I hear that it helps with fibromyalgia which I have, so maybe it'll be a twofer.

Other than that I've been anxious and blah. I don't know if it's because it's winter or if it's hormonal since PMS time is near.

Anyone else take Cymbalta?

[Skeezyks]

The Skeezyks is no longer on psych med's. But I took Cymbalta (first the name brand & later on the generic equivalent) for well over a year. (I don't recall how long exactly.) It was the best antidepressant (for me) I ever took.

I was on the maximum recommended dosage. And there were virtually no side effects except that, over time, I did begin to notice a slight jerkiness in my hand & arm movements such as when I was be using my computer mouse. However, once I tapered off of the med this jerkiness went away.

Oh... & by the way... when I did finally decide to go off of it, I went in to see my pdoc to get a withdrawal schedule. He recommended a schedule that took me from the maximum recommended dosage down to zero over the course of 2 weeks. I thought that seemed very fast. But since that was his recommendation, I decided to go with it & had few problems as a result... maybe just a bit of increased jitteriness for a while.

If I were ever to consider going back on an antidepressant, Cymbalta would be at the top of my list of possible options. Plus it does provide a certain amount of pain relief. I have a ruptured disc in my low back & sciatica & the Cymbalta helped. The benefit is subtle though & it develops gradually, in my experience. But it helps.

[Fizzyo]