Posted by Bill LL on March 15, 2005, at 9:42:36
In reply to Bill--How's the Cymbalta working for you? » Bill LL, posted by Chris O on March 14, 2005, at 13:08:11
I'm very happy with it so far. My tiredness (60 mg Cymbalta) is definitely not as bad as it was with 60 mg Lexapro.
It also helps more than Lexparo with my ADD symptoms, and therefore I was able to stop the Strattera.
Cymbalta makes me more calm than Lexapro, but it seems to raise by pulse rate and blood pressure just like Strattera did. Doesn't this seem ironic that a drug would both make me more calm, and also raise my pulse and pressure? (I think that Ritalin can also do that).
Also, when I switched to Cymbalta, the sexual side effects got better (less). But then I added a calcium channel blocker for hypertension and the sexual side effects got worse again.
But I have been on various blood pressure meds for a long time.
Cymbalta is currently the only psychogenic drug I am taking and is really working pretty good.
> Bill:
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> Sorry to go off on a side tangent here, but my pdoc just gave me some samples of Cymbalta to try after I decided to stop taking Lexapro. I'm just wondering how your faring with the Cymbalta. What side effects are you experiencing? What do you think are the pros and cons of the med, etc.? I querried others a couple of weeks ago on this question and got mixed feedback--some seemed pleased with Cymbalta, others not.
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> Thanks,
> Chris
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