Posted by iris2 on September 5, 2004, at 15:19:27
In reply to Re: To owensmar others » iris2, posted by 4WD on September 5, 2004, at 14:43:32
> Hi,
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> I decided to go with the Cymbalta and see what happens. I figure it's a lot easier to try one med and hope that works. If it doesn't, then i guess I'll start monkeying around with augmentation, maybe Mirapex.I am augmenting with amisulpride Milnacipran or was going to with Cymbalta.
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> I rarely take the pain medicine because I'm so afraid of developing some kind of dependency. It's just that when I do take it, I feel so much better. Not just because the pain is gone, but mentally. I guess that's the "euphoria" you hear about. What I wouldn't give, though, to be able to feel that good all the time. Half that good!
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I guess I could not say I feel eurphoric else I would be worried about taking it too. There is a lot of hype about it that just is not true. It is not very addictive contrary to popular belief. I have read a lot and talked with my pdoc about it since other docs and family gave me so much grief about taking it. It helps me emotionally, if I do not take it I find I am more severely depressed. Of course when I am in great pain I take it regularly and more.
> Yes, I'm bulimic, since age 17. I'm 48 now and in remission. I had been working on it real hard for the last few years and was ina akind of partial remission fo the last couple of years (much, much reduced frequency). Now I haven't binged/purged at all in about five weeks. I found that certain SSRI's completely stopped the urge to binge - especially Paxil and to some degree Celexa but they made me anxious, especially Paxil. It was heartening to realize there was a chemical reason for this disease as well as an emotional one. It relieved me of a lot of guilt and I think that contributed to my getting better. Five years of therapy didn't hurt either.I was diagnosed with anorexia at age 15. I weighed 56 lbs before I started eating. Within a year I was acutely bulimic. A lot of therapy helped some. The Maoi's made my depression almost nonexistent and during those several years I had no bulimia. I always knew when the medication was pooping out as even though I would not be depressed I always started the bulimia first. As I get older it is not a constant no matter how I am feeling. I go months with no bulimia and even at its worst now it is not so frequent. At earlier times it was several times a day. Now when it is bad it might be several times a week and even then it does not last but for a few weeks. I am 45 now.
My last therapist and I agree that the bulimia at this point is a learned response to strees and depression. It is not seperate and apart from thte depression.
I would not concern myself with the pain meds. If they help take them. If you want to I will look up the stuff I read and post it for you?
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> > I started a thread on my results with Cymbalta. "Cymbalta Journal"I'll check the thread.
irene
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