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Posted by Ilene on August 12, 2005, at 17:37:57
I just saw a new pdoc after about a year of seeing residents at a local medical school. She seems awfully young and doesn't know much about MAOIs, but she seems reasonable and open to suggestions. She wants me to stay on what I'm on (80 mg Prozac, 25 mcg Cytomel, 10 mg Abilify). She prescribed
Wellbutrin for the sexual problems I'm having but doesn't want to change anything else right now. I said I wanted to either boost the Cytomel or stop taking it. She agreed with me but doesn't want to do it right away. She suggested duloxetine (Cymbalta) as the next thing to try.She also said the more a person has been depressed, the easier it is for them to become depressed again, and the harder it is to get rid of it. She compared it to twisting an ankle--it's easy to injure it again. Despite this (I've been depressed most of my life) I'm feeling relatively optimistic.
Any of you folks with TRD have good experiences with Cymbalta?
Thanks,
I.
Posted by med_empowered on August 12, 2005, at 18:53:27
In reply to New Pdoc, posted by Ilene on August 12, 2005, at 17:37:57
I'm young (21), but I have depression-heavy bipolar disorder, so I've been in and out of depressive episodes since I was 11 or so. Anyway, Cymbalta was OK for me; not spectacular, but it lifted me enough so I wasn't *severely* depressed--every bit helps, I suppose. I imagine that if you augment it, you could get some really impressive results.
Posted by Paulbwell on August 12, 2005, at 23:07:58
In reply to New Pdoc, posted by Ilene on August 12, 2005, at 17:37:57
> I just saw a new pdoc after about a year of seeing residents at a local medical school. She seems awfully young and doesn't know much about MAOIs, but she seems reasonable and open to suggestions. She wants me to stay on what I'm on (80 mg Prozac, 25 mcg Cytomel, 10 mg Abilify). She prescribed
> Wellbutrin for the sexual problems I'm having but doesn't want to change anything else right now. I said I wanted to either boost the Cytomel or stop taking it. She agreed with me but doesn't want to do it right away. She suggested duloxetine (Cymbalta) as the next thing to try.
>
> She also said the more a person has been depressed, the easier it is for them to become depressed again, and the harder it is to get rid of it. She compared it to twisting an ankle--it's easy to injure it again. Despite this (I've been depressed most of my life) I'm feeling relatively optimistic.
>
> Any of you folks with TRD have good experiences with Cymbalta?
>
> Thanks,
>
> I.I havn't tried cybalta but recently read of a patient who had been given loads of ADs over MANY years with little response, they were tried on 15mg Dexedrine Spans 2x daily and were given a new lease of life. Dexedrine and other Amps seem to me to be a god send to TR depressed patients-with few SEs
Posted by Ilene on August 13, 2005, at 12:45:36
In reply to Re: New Pdoc, posted by Paulbwell on August 12, 2005, at 23:07:58
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> I havn't tried cybalta but recently read of a patient who had been given loads of ADs over MANY years with little response, they were tried on 15mg Dexedrine Spans 2x daily and were given a new lease of life. Dexedrine and other Amps seem to me to be a god send to TR depressed patients-with few SEs
I tried Dexedrine a couple of years ago. Didn't do anything.I.
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