[Lexi232]

I just recently stoped talking effecxor (sp?) and had a REALLY bad experience with it.. Now i'm told cymbalta is the last med that they can try on me... so here I sit looking at a pill, some what simliar to the effecxor... I call them maraca pills, hence they make sounds when you shake them.
Anyways... I took Lexapro when i was 16 and 17yr, it worked great until i tried to ... >.> take too many and then i got immune to them... and they tried me on it back Last november again (19yr), but after about 3 weeks it quickly dived away and i was immuned again. It's the only one that has ever helped.
Since I was 10yr I've been put on and off of anti depressents, and loads of other meds... I technically think they haven't figured out what's wrong with me yet... But the first one I took was prozac which only made things a billion times worse...
ahh, i'm getting off track.. sorry...
My main question is.... is there anything diffrent about cymbalta? I"m taking - or about to take 30 mg...
on effecxor I was taking the lowest dose and it destroyed all of my creative thinking... until a week after i stoped taking it...

[beautifulconfusion]

Hi Lexi,

Aren't the maraca pills fun? I usually have to sit there & shake it a bit before I actually take the pill... hehe....

Cymbalta was the first antidepressant I tried. I was on it for about three months and had some pretty annoying side effects -- agitation, increased panic attacks, couldn't sit still, couldn't sleep, etc. However, to be fair, this was during a period when several traumatic events occurred in quick succession, & I was drinking heavily to cope... so I was probably not helping the Cymbalta to work as it should.

I've been on Effexor for about a year now. Overall, no side effects on 225mg, and it's the only antidepressent I've tried that's even made a dent in the depression symptoms.

From what I've read, Cymbalta & Effexor seem to be similar in that they both act on serotonin & norepinephrine. But your body handles different chemicals in different ways... unfortunately it's kind of a shot in the dark. If you trust your pdoc's opinion & s/he thinks Cymbalta would be a good option for you, I'd say give it a try. A month or so ought to give it enough time to reach a steady level in your bloodstream, & then you can gauge how it affects you. Of course be sure to get ahold of your doc immediately if you're having severe side effects -- & make them listen to you! (I learned my lesson on that one!)
There are a ton of antidepressent meds out there... don't settle for something that isn't working for you.

Hang in there... I know transitioning between meds isn't much fun. I'm wishing you all the best!

[Lexi232]

^_^ Thank you
*Shakes the pill* ^.^ teehee