Posted by Racer on February 4, 2005, at 13:42:43
In reply to Re: Opinions on Cymbalta, posted by nicki on February 4, 2005, at 13:24:46
I've been on it for some time, and have mixed opinion. Before this, I did take Effexor XR for about three years, but had been off it for a while.
Anyway, the start up effects were not all that pleasant, but they weren't all that bad and they did go away pretty quickly. It didn't cause a remission of depression for me, but it did help, and it's great for physical discomfort. At first, it seemed to help with weight loss -- but I'm anorexic, so that's not necessarily a good thing -- but lately I'm thinking it might be involved with some weight gain. (I started in August, so that's what? About six months.) I can't tell, though, since weight gain is a big part of the treatment I'm receiving right now, so it might just be that the treatment is working better than I want it to...
Anyway, I'm in favor of giving it a fair try. For me, with augmentation from Wellbutrin, I jumped into the "responder" catagory within days.
Good luck.
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