Posted by theo on September 8, 2005, at 23:02:24
In reply to Re: 2 answers for the price of one » theo, posted by Racer on September 8, 2005, at 18:25:35
> Keep in mind that I'm apparently treatment resistant at this point, but Cymbalta on its own never did do enough for my depression to stick with it as monotherapy. I'm also on Wellbutrin XL, and just added Lamictal (which doesn't seem to be helping at this point, but I'm not up to the Magic Dose yet, either).
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> For a while, before adding Wellbutrin -- I have an eating disorder, so Dr CattleProd wasn't thrilled to be prescribing Wellbutrin -- we tried 90mg Cymbalta, but it didn't work out. I was too sedated, and apathetic, and amotivated, and so on. Just not acceptable to me.
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> Hope that helps.Are you taking 150mg Wellbutrin XL? Does it help with the Cymbalta, good combo?
By the way, good luck with the Lamictal. I tried it for a long while (because of the slow titration) but gave it up because I couldn't find a magic dose. No matter how high I got in dose, each increase only lasted a couple of weeks, then pooped. When I got above 150mg I had major side effects, cognitive, headache, nausea, agitiation. Some people swear by it, but my body rejected it, plus it pooped out.
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