Posted by sad mama on May 11, 2007, at 20:34:37
In reply to Re: Welcome tatt, posted by tatt on October 8, 2005, at 19:48:06
My daughter, only 20 at the time, went to a psychologist that I found for her. It is a hard age; still a child but handling a lot in the adult world. I went through that at that age and thought she could use some counseling. I was very surprised that he immediately had our physician prescribe Cymbalta, which I was clueless about. Trusting doctors, we complied. That was over a year ago. She quit taking it in November (noone warned us about withdrawals) and had all the symptoms everyone is talking about, but it was new to us and we didn't connect the dots. It was horrible and she went back on it. After reading up on this drug, I realize that she is on one of the higher dosages: 60mg. She now feels like she never needed a drug in the first place. I wonder how many people just need a person to purge to but end up on these drugs. That is not to say that many people don't need to be on medication, but in her case, not. She is going to go off of it this summer when she has a window of time. Now that we know what to expect and can benefit from this forum, I hope she will get through it alright. Thanks for any helpful replies.
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