Posted by greywolf on September 26, 2006, at 23:18:51
In reply to Re: Everything else failed, now it's Cymbalta's tu, posted by Phillipa on September 26, 2006, at 22:33:06
I think you are all right insofar as making sure I give it a fair shot. But it's just become so damn hard to go back to the ADs again. I've been on them all--serzone, luvox, paxil, prozac, wellbutrin, effexor, clomipramine, imipramine, lexapro, nardil, trazodone, remeron, zoloft, yada yada yada. It's been years of crappy SEs with little or no therapeutic benefit, or courses with meds like wellbutrin, nardil, depakote, and lamictal where I tolerated them well, but they had no significant effect regardless of the dosage. Nardil worked fine for a short while, but ultimately there was really no effect.
But now, the OCD is really starting to run my life, to the point where I now spend hours of my day in checking, counting, or repetitive behaviors, and I spend a ton of concentration and energy trying to camouflage those behaviors.
I'm lucky because I have a wonderful therapist who is widely recognized for her work with OCD. I accept that it's a slow process, but I was so hopeful that the work I've been doing could be augmented with some med help. I just don't think Cymbalta will cut it.
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