cymbalta

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Originally Posted by AnnieUnix

I take Cymbalta for depression, 60mg a day, and Straterra 60mg a day for ADHA. This was when my Effexor, 375mg per day time release, stopped working. For me, this change was a disaster. My GP made the change, which was bad - IMHE I will only go to a proper psychopharmacologist from here on. The combination gave me fughe (sp?) states. I wasn't depressed, but I got out of control, not sure which on these factors caused that however.

out of control how?

Several studies have revealed that ADD/ADHD and bipolar disorder manifest symptoms so similar that people are mis-diagnosed for the wrong one about 50 percent of the time.

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Originally Posted by mikiglen

i am on day three of cymbalta, and other than pretty bad nausea this morning, it seems to be working well. i feel better and have more energy during the day...overall mood seems to be happier in general.
so far, so good

If you took the cymbalta earilier in the morning yesterday than you did today then that could possibly contribute to the nausea. It's important to take Cymbalta or Effexor around the same time each day or you will feel odd and queesy.

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actually, i tried taking cymbalta a while back in the am, and it knocked me out for a couple of hours.
now i am taking it right as i get into bed. it may have been something else, i was sick around 8am, and took it about 11pm (a bit later than usual maybe)
i'm still afraid to take it in the am in case it is still making me sleepy at first...if i am already in bed, i don't know

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yeah...could have been something else.

I know that when i don't get enough sleep and/or am way, WAY stressed out that I will sometimes get really sick at my stomach in the mornings and end up hovering over the toilet with dry-heaves...not fun at all

[mikiglen]

ok, another question here.
i take my cymbalta at nite. now, i have read on other sites that people who take it in the am, usually get real tired around mid to late afternoon and need a nap (this is the reason i didn't take it in the am)
well....now, i can't get up in the morning. instead of getting up and getting stuff done 6-7am, i don't even want to get out of bed til around nine. this is going to be a problem when school starts.
i wonder if i am getting that rebound sleepiness in the morning, and if i should move my dose to when i wake up. i am going to stay at 30mg a few more days then bump to 60. any thoughts?

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I tried it. It gave me an upset stomach. I heard that it works well for some people.

[runbux]

My first (and last) 60mg dose of Cymbalta, prescribed by a physician and taken as directed, cost me my sobriety date!!!! This stuff has to be the strongest most debilitating "high" I have ever experienced in my life. And, it lasted for over twelve hours! I very nearly had to go to an ER. This stuff is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!! If you use Cymbalta, and you consider yourself sober, you are fooling yourself! Personally, if this is what antidepressent drugs are like, I'll keep the depression! Nobody can feel like this and still call themselves sober.

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Originally Posted by runbux

My first (and last) 60mg dose of Cymbalta, prescribed by a physician and taken as directed, cost me my sobriety date!!!! This stuff has to be the strongest most debilitating "high" I have ever experienced in my life. And, it lasted for over twelve hours! I very nearly had to go to an ER. This stuff is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!!! If you use Cymbalta, and you consider yourself sober, you are fooling yourself! Personally, if this is what antidepressent drugs are like, I'll keep the depression! Nobody can feel like this and still call themselves sober.

Welcome to the MH forum.

I am sorry to say but I have to totally disagree with your post. I am on 120mg of Cymbalta and it has never made me high. I have never recieved a high from an anti-depressant. Someone who is bi-polar can have a manic episode onset when put on anti-depressants, it would be my guess that is what you experienced rather than a high. It is impossible for an anti-depressant to make someone high. That is not the function of them. If it weren't for Cymbalta and other anti-depressants I would have committed suicide a long time ago. Yes, I completely consider myself sober and no one can convince me that I am not simply because I take a medication to replace a chemical in my brain that my body does not produce enough of. Unless someone has truly experienced a chemical depression episode they can not truly understand the depths and what a miracle it is to have medication that can resolve the problem. There are times I become somewhat manic or depressed due to my bi-polar disease but that is not due to my anti-depressant medication it is related to the bi-polar issue.