Posted by Racer on January 30, 2008, at 16:55:55
In reply to Cymbalta, posted by bissie66 on January 30, 2008, at 12:50:26
My advice is to follow your own doctor's instructions. Your doctor may know something specific about your medical history which we don't, and that information may be very relevant.
As far as feeling better on Cymbalta, it's going to take a couple of weeks for the benefits to kick in. Every time you increase the dose, you'll have an adjustment period, so it's just as well to take it a bit more slowly -- it may be that raising the dose earlier will give you adverse effects that you'd miss out on if you waited a bit longer.
With all anti-depressants, it can take up to eight weeks after reaching an adequate dose before you feel the full effects. That doesn't mean that you won't experience any benefit sooner than that -- only that full benefits may take that long. With Cymbalta, I found that some benefits started sooner than others. One you've reached 60mg, stick with it, even if you don't feel quite as well as you hoped right away. Cymbalta was a pretty friendly drug for me, few side effects, and it helped my chronic pain from osteoarthritis.
Hope that helps.
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